Item 13 - Historic Property Preservation Agreement

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HRCA No. 2024-11, HRC No. 2024-09, HPPA No. 2024-13 — Halsell House (2424 N. Oakmont Avenue) January 29, 2026 Page 4 Oakmont Avenue. There are three additional entrances, which feature two glazed wood - panel doors and one glazed solid wood door. A double -hung wood -sash window is located on the west fagade. The shop building has a rectangular plan, flat roof, and stucco siding (Figure 9). It is accessed via a metal roll -up garage door (south facade) and a glazed wood standard door (east elevation). Two horizontally sliding aluminum -sash windows are located on the east elevation. A flat -roof shelter extends from the shop's east elevation, covering nearly all the concrete -paved area between the shop building and detached garage. The front yard is landscaped with a broad lawn and various shrubs and mature trees, while the back -yard features lawns, ornamental plants, and a citrus tree. The Halsell House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties under Criteria 1 and 4. Under Criterion 1, the property is eligible as an intact example of a Colonial Revival -style house in Santa Ana. Located in Park Santiago, the house cost $7,000 to build in 1937 and retains most of its original features. The recommended categorization is "Key" because it has a distinctive architectural style and quality as a Colonial Revival -style residence (SAMC Section 30-2.2.2). The Halsell House also qualifies for listing under Criterion 4, due to its associations with its original owner, Oliver L. Halsell. Halsell is credited as a central figure in the 1911 founding of Fairhaven Memorial Park, whose park -like landscape design reflected a new and influential approach in the development of cemeteries in the United States in the early twentieth century. The property remains in use for burials, its longevity a testament to Halsell's forward -looking mindset. Although Halsell enjoyed a highly successful career in real estate development, no information uncovered in research for this evaluation found that his contributions within the Santora Company stand out as individually significant or outweigh those of other officers of the company; as such his accomplishments with the Santora Company do contribute to the property's significance under Criterion 4. The recommended categorization for the property under this criterion is also "Key" because the property is associated with a significant person in the city (SAMC Section 30-2.2.2). The character -defining features of the Halsell House are those of the original construction of the residence and which convey the property's Colonial Revival -style design. They include, but may not be limited to: L-plan; one -to -two-story massing; asymmetrical primary (west) fapade; moderately -pitched hipped roof; original wood -sash windows of multiple configurations (double -hung, casement, fixed, and porthole); stucco and wood - plank wall cladding; entrance featuring Classically inspired molded surround featuring fluted pilasters, broken pediment with prominent dentils, and finial; wood -panel front door with operable sidelights; and wrought iron porch lamp, Classically inspired molding on the bay windows and other primary -elevation locations; second -story balconet; and a fluted belt course; deep setback with a large front lawn.