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FREE RECORDING PURSUANT TO <br />GOVERNMENT CODE § 27383 <br />RESOLUTION NO. 2026-XX <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE HISTORIC RESOURCES <br />COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA APPROVING <br />HISTORIC RESOURCES COMMISSION APPLICATION NO. <br />2024-11 TO PLACE THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2424 N. <br />OAKMONT AVENUE, SANTA ANA, ON THE HISTORICAL <br />REGISTER AND APPROVING HISTORIC REGISTER <br />CATEGORIZATION NO. 2024-9 PLACING SAID <br />PROPERTY WITHIN THE LANDMARK CATEGORY <br />BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HISTORIC RESOURCES COMMISSION OF THE <br />CITY OF SANTA ANA AS FOLLOWS: <br />Section 1. The Historic Resources Commission of the City of Santa Ana hereby <br />finds, determines, and declares as follows: <br />A. On January 29, 2026, the Historic Resources Commission held a duly <br />noticed public hearing for the placement on the Santa Ana Register of <br />Historical Properties (Historic Resources Commission Application No. <br />2024-11) and categorization (Historic Resources Commission <br />Categorization No. 2024-9) of the Halsell-Bricken House located at 2424 N. <br />Oakmont Avenue, Santa Ana. <br />B. The Halsell-Bricken House is a good example of the Colonial Revival style <br />and was built in 1937. <br />C. The Halsell-Bricken House is associated with its first owner Oliver L. Halsell, <br />a real estate developer who was significant in the history of the city as a <br />central figure in the founding of Fairhaven Memorial Park. <br />D. The Halsell-Bricken House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of <br />Historical Properties under Criterion 1 as an intact example of American <br />Colonial -style home in Santa Ana and under Criterion 4, due to its <br />associations with Oliver L. Halsell. The house displays characteristics of the <br />American Colonial Revival style through its use of hipped roof, stucco and <br />wood -plank siding, molded Classically inspired details, recessed entry, and <br />varied windows including bay, double -hung, casement, porthole <br />configurations, and Hollywood driveway, among other original features. The <br />recommended categorization is "Landmark" because it has a distinctive <br />architectural style and quality as a Colonial Revival -style residence and is <br />associated with a significant person in the city's history, real estate <br />developer Oliver L. Halsell (Santa Ana Municipal Code, Section 30-2.2). <br />Character -defining features of the Halsell-Bricken House are those of its <br />original construction and which convey its Colonial Revival -style design. <br />They include, but may not be limited to: L-plan; one -to -two-story massing; <br />asymmetrical primary (west) fagade; moderately -pitched hipped roof; <br />original wood -sash windows of multiple configurations (double -hung, <br />Resolution No. 2026-XX <br />Page 1 of 6 <br />