Moorpark in Ventura County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

Tanner Corner

Photographed by Craig Baker, March 3, 2020

1. Tanner Corner Marker

Inscription. Built 1902. Oldest commercial building. Original exterior. First gas station. First firehouse. First garage. Early courthouse. California Historical Register.

Erected 2000 by Victoria & Colin Velazquez, Moorpark Community Arts Committee, Lynne & James J. Owens, Carolyn & William F. Poleri, Eloise Brown.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers.

Location. 34° 17.125′ N, 118° 52.933′ W. Marker is in Moorpark, California, in Ventura County. It is at the intersection of Moorpark Avenue and High Street, on the left when traveling north on Moorpark Avenue. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 611 Moorpark Avenue, Moorpark CA 93021, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Greater Los Angeles,

on Central Coast,

and in the Transverse Ranges.

It is also on the American Pacific Coast.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Ring of Fire,

in the Pacific Rim,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain

and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Moorpark’s Community Church (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Santa Rosa School (approx. 2.9 miles away); Joel McCrea Ranch (approx. 3.1 miles away); Norwegian Grade (approx. 3.7 miles away); F-117A Nighthawk (approx. 3.9 miles away); Ronald Wilson Reagan (approx. 4 miles away); Pederson Ranch House

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(approx. 4½ miles away); Simi Library (approx. 4.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Moorpark.

Regarding Tanner Corner. The brick building on the northwest corner once belonged to Moorpark’s first Fire Chief, Ira G. Tanner, who settled in Moorpark in 1913. Tanner owned the Mission Garage and gas station, which was just a wooden building until the brick façade was built in 1917.

This building does not appear on any California Historical Register list.

Photographed by Craig Baker, March 3, 2020

2. Tanner Corner Marker

Tanner Corner image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Baker, March 3, 2020

3. Tanner Corner

courtesy Moorpark Historical Society, circa 1917

4. Tanner Corner

Credits. This page was last revised on May 21, 2025. It was originally submitted on March 9, 2020, by Craig Baker of Sylmar, California. This page has been viewed 450 times since then and 36 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on March 9, 2020, by Craig Baker of Sylmar, California. 4. submitted on March 11, 2020, by Craig Baker of Sylmar, California. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.