| California (Santa Cruz County), Aptos — Hotel Bayview |
| | This establishment sits on a portion of the Mexican Grant Rancho de Aptos conveyed to Rafael Castro by Jose Figueroa in 1833. The hotel was built in 1870 by Jose Arano, a french basque who had married Castro's youngest daughter Maria de Las Augustia. It was moved 150 feet west in 1953 and remains today the oldest hotel in Santa Cruz County.
Dedicated with tender loving care by Monterey Viejo Chapter, E Clampus Vitus.
November 2,1974 — Map (db m25571) |
| California (Santa Cruz County), Big Basin — 827 — The First State Park |
| | A group of conservationists led by Andrew P. Hill camped at the base of Slippery Rock on May 15, 1900 and formed the Sempervirens Club to preserve the redwoods of Big Basin. Their efforts resulted in deeding 3,500 acres of primeval forest to the State on September 20, 1902 to mark the beginning of the California State Park System.
— Map (db m2350) |
| California (Santa Cruz County), Capitola — 860 — Camp Capitola Superintendent’s Office |
| | California’s first seaside resort community was established here in 1869 by Mr. F. A. Hihn. The grand opening was held on July 4, 1874, for the 15 acre resort, located in the present Village and Depot Hill areas. The Superintendent’s Office, built from local redwood in the 1880’s, served as the headquarters for Camp Capitola until 1930.
— Map (db m2351) |
| California (Santa Cruz County), Capitola — China Beach |
| | During the 1870's and 1880's, a small village constructed of scrap lumber and driftwood was erected at the base of these cliffs. Known as China Beach, or China Cove, it was established by Chinese fishermen who set their nets by boat and then hauled their daily catch onto the beach by hand for drying and selling. By 1890, however, the expanding resort industry and waves of anti-Chinese sentiment had combined to force the last of the Chinese fishermen out of Santa Cruz County. — Map (db m19881) |
| California (Santa Cruz County), Felton — 583 — Felton Covered Bridge |
| | Built in 1892-93 and believed to be the tallest covered bridge in the country, it stood as the only entry to Felton for 45 years. In 1937 it was retired from active service to become a pedestrian bridge and figured prominently in many films of that period. After suffering damage in the winter storms of 1982, it was restored to its original elegance in 1987 using native materials and local talent.
Originally Registered May 17, 1957.
— Map (db m2348) |
| California (Santa Cruz County), Santa Cruz — 469 — Branciforte |
| | These school grounds were the center of Villa de Branciforte founded in 1797 by Governor Diego de Borica of California on orders from Spain through Viceroy Branciforte in Mexico. The settlement existed as political entity until American occupancy of California. Remained as township until 1905, when it was annexed to the city of Santa Cruz. — Map (db m2347) |
| California (Santa Cruz County), Santa Cruz — 983 — Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk |
| | A local landmark since 1907, this boardwalk was one of the first amusement parks in California. It is now the only oceanside amusement park operating on the west coast. The boardwalk is the site of two rare attractions, the 1911 carousel and the 1924 Giant Dipper roller coaster. Both were manufactured by members of the Looff family, some of the nation’s earliest and most prominent makers of amusement rides. — Map (db m2352) |
| California (Santa Cruz County), Santa Cruz — 342 — Site of Santa Cruz Mission |
| | Misión La Exaltación de la Santa Cruz, the 12th Franciscan mission, was consecrated by Father Fermín Lasuen in August 1791. In 1793 the adobe church was built where the Holy Cross Catholic Church is now located. The mission was damaged by several earthquakes and finally collapsed in 1857. Plaza Park is located at the center of the mission complex which contained 32 buildings at the time of its secularization in 1834; the last building remains on School Street. — Map (db m2344) |
| California (Santa Cruz County), Scotts Valley — 449 — Glenwood |
| | Historic town founded by Charles C. Martin, who came around Horn in 1847, and his wife, Hannah Carver Martin, who crossed the Isthmus. First homesteaded area in 1851 and operated toll-gate and station for stage coaches crossing mountains. Later Martin developed lumber mill, winery, store, and Glenwood Resort Hotel. — Map (db m2345) |
| California (Santa Cruz County), Watsonville — 998 — Rancho San Andrés Castro Adobe |
| | The Castro Adobe is an outstanding example of Monterey Colonial architectural styling. The adobe functioned as a regional social center due to the importance of its location as the governing seat of the Castro family rural empire, which reached across seven land grants to include over a quarter of a million acres. — Map (db m2354) |
| California (Santa Cruz County), Watsonville — Watsonville — Judge John Howard Watson — 1813-1882 |
| | After the California gold discovery in 1848, the rush was on from all parts of the nation to the mining regions of the West Coast. In early 1849, a young man named John Howard Watson arrived in California to seek his fortune. Stories have been handed down that prior to that he lived in Georgia and Texas, married, killed a man, read some law and owned a slave. Soon after his arrival, Watson was elected to the State Assembly but resigned in 1850. A month later he was elected judge of the Third . . . — Map (db m21201) |
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