Downtown Anaheim in Orange County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)
The Kroeger-Melrose District
Photographed by Tatiana Zavala, February 21, 2025
1. The Kroeger-Melrose District Marker
The Kroeger-Melrose District
Listed in The National Register of Historic Places 1985
Administered by the National Park Service United States Department of the Interior
Erected 1985 by National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Architecture.
Location. 33° 50.104′ N, 117° 54.373′ W. Marker is in Anaheim, California, in Orange County. It is in Downtown Anaheim. It is on South Atchison Street, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 424 S Atchison St, Anaheim CA 92805, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Greater Los Angeles and in the Peninsular 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 Mexicos Alta California.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Old Anaheim Library (approx. 0.4 miles away); The Angell House (approx. 0.6 miles away); The Ingram Apartments (approx. 0.6 miles away); The Absent and Unknown Dead (approx. 0.6 miles away); Dawn Redwood (approx. 0.6 miles away); Historic Anaheim Cemetery (approx. 0.7 miles away); Anaheim Cemetery (approx. 0.7 miles away); Helena Modjeska (approx. 0.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Anaheim.
Also see . . .
1. LAist City Treks: What Anaheim was like before Disneyland. By Paul Haddad Published Jun 1, 2024
As you walk down Center Street, youll pass S. Melrose Street and S.(Submitted on February 22, 2025, by Tatiana Zavala of Orange County, California.)Kroeger Street, on your right. Both blocks make up the Kroger-Melrose District part of the National Register of Historic Places and are worth exploring if you want to log a few extra steps. They contain several Craftsman and California Bungalow homes that make up, according to the Craftsman Perspective, Anaheims most cohesive unit of every Twentieth Century housing stock, with some Victorian homes dating to the 1890s.
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At the end of Center Street is an old Union Pacific Railway Station, where boundless crates of fruit began their journeys across the U.S.
2. PBS SoCal: Where to Explore Anaheims Hidden Treasures. From PBS SoCal online article By Sandi Hemmerlein January 31, 2020 Item #3 discusses the Kroeger-Melrose Historic District
First added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985, this historic district marks the approximate boundaries of the original land holdings of Anaheim pioneer Rudolph Luedke, a Jewish watchmaker and jeweler from Prussia and a trustee of the Los Angeles Vineyard Society.(Submitted on February 22, 2025, by Tatiana Zavala of Orange County, California.)
Subdivided in the late 1880s, the Kroeger-Melrose Historic District became home to such landmark businesses as the Del Campo Hotel, which was built in 1888 and, in 1896, housed a historic medical school then called the Pacific Sanitarium & School of Osteopathy. Unfortunately, the hotel was demolishedin 1905, but the college survived and is now known as the UCI School of Medicine. You can find its former site at the northeast corner of South Melrose Street and East Broadway, marked by a stone pillar and historical plaque.Photographed by Tatiana Zavala, February 21, 20252. The Kroeger-Melrose District Marker at Citrus Park
Head north on Melrose towards Center Street and then east to South Kroeger Street to explore the Victorian cottages, Craftsman bungalows and other residences that date back to the first decade or so of the 20th century.
Photographed by Tatiana Zavala, February 21, 2025
3. The Kroeger-Melrose District Marker
Photographed by Tatiana Zavala, February 21, 2025
4. Identical Kroeger-Melrose District Marker on west side of street, across from Citrus Park
This duplicate has the same marker text.
Credits. This page was last revised on March 7, 2025. It was originally submitted on February 22, 2025, by Tatiana Zavala of Orange County, California. This page has been viewed 162 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on February 22, 2025, by Tatiana Zavala of Orange County, California. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.
