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Exhibit B EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Halsell-Bricken House 2424 North Oakmont Avenue Santa Ana, CA 92706 NAME Halsell-Bricken House REF. NO. ADDRESS 2424 North Oakmont Avenue CITY Santa Ana ZIP 92706 ORANGE COUNTY YEAR BUILT 1937 LOCAL REGISTER CATEGORY: Landmark N/A HISTORIC DISTRICT NEIGHBORHOOD Park Santiago B/2, CALIFORNIA REGISTER CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION CALIFORNIA REGISTER STATUS CODE 5S3 C/3 Location: Not for Publication Unrestricted Prehistoric Historic Both ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: Colonial Revival The most universal of all American domestic building styles, the Colonial Revival has been popular since the 1876 Centennial celebration in Philadelphia stimulated a patriotic interest in the American architectural past. Beginning in the second half of the 1930s, and continuing in the two decades following World War II, the late Colonial Revival departed from the more literal historicism of the previous half-century and was often reduced to a few signature elements. These features include stylized door surrounds; pseudo-quoined corners; multi-paned casement or double-hung sash windows, often framed by decorative shutters; circular, oval, or octagonal accent windows; and eaves nearly flush with the exterior walls. A hipped roof subtype sometimes contained Regency references such as bow and bay windows. Another popular subtype was split-level, ranch, or Cape Cod in appearance and plan, and normally topped by gabled roofs. The materials used in the late Colonial Revival were similar to those of the earlier period—wood, brick, stone, and stucco—although stucco came to be used more frequently than before. SUMMARY/CONCLUSION: The Halsell-Bricken House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties under Criterion 1 as an intact example of a Coloial Revival-style home in Santa Ana and under Criterion 4, due to associations with the property’s original owner, Oliver L.Halsell, who is significant as a central figure in the founding of Santa Anas Fairhaven Memorial Park. The recommended categorization is “Landmark” because it hass a distinctive architectural style and quality and is is associated with a significant person in the city (Santa Ana Municipal Code, Section 30-2.2). EXPLANATION OF CODES: California Register Criteria for Evaluation: (From California Office of Historic Preservation, Technical Assistance Series # 7, “How to Nominate Resources to the California Register of Historical Resources,” September 4, 2001.) 2:It is associated with the lives of persons significant in our past. 3: It embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, region, or method of construction, or represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values. It embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, region, or method of construction, or represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values. Appears to be individually eligible for local listing or designation through survey evaluation. 5S3: