Brunzell Historical specializes in the recordation, inventory, and evaluation of historical resources. Brunzell Historical personnel meet the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualification Standards for History and Architectural History. Brunzell Historical is consistently able to provide consulting services for National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) Section 106 and California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) compliance on schedule and within budget. Projects include evaluations of individual properties as well as large-scale documentation efforts recording hundreds of resources. In addition to evaluations, Brunzell Historical has produced findings of effect, National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) nominations, historic context statements, and Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) documentation. Brunzell Historical staff frequently present the results of research to municipal government entities, planning commissions, and non-profit groups. Based in Napa, California, Brunzell Historical has worked extensively in the Bay Area, Greater Los Angeles, and Sacramento areas and undertakes projects throughout California as well as outside the state.

Brunzell Historical is a certified Woman Business Enterprise.

Kara Brunzell studied history at UCLA and public history at Sacramento State. She has worked in cultural resource management and historic preservation since 2007 and started her own firm in 2012. She qualifies as a Historian and Architectural Historian.

Ynez Barber studied art history at UC Santa Cruz. She meets the Secretary of Interior's Standards as an Architectural Historian and Historian and has worked in historic preservation since 2015.