This house, built in 1904 for Earl E. Barnes, has Classic
Revival elements as seen in its flared hip roof, clapboard
siding, and porch columns. The stained glass doors and windows, with the Mariposa Lily Design, are an original feature. This house . . . — — Map (db m131216) HM
This house is one of eight structures comprising the Mitchell Block Historic District, which is listed on the National
Register of Historic Places. It was built in 1905 by William F.
Sittel who purchased the property from the Mitchell
brothers, . . . — — Map (db m130665) HM
This 1894 Queen Anne exemplifies the elegant style of
homes built in this neighborhood at the turn of the
century. It features an octagonal floorplan, combination
hip and gable rooflines and a distinctive Moorish arched
window. This house was . . . — — Map (db m235906) HM
Ada McCoskey was the widow of prominent Ventura
physician J.H. Love. Her house, built in 1903, uniquely
combines elements of the Italianate period with later
Victorian influences. The original location was on the
northwest corner of Chestnut and . . . — — Map (db m236049) HM
Constructed sometime between 1892 and 1900, this unusual octagonal building has maintained many of its original characteristics over the years and through the move to its current location in 1922. Built as the First Christian Church, it was later . . . — — Map (db m269238) HM
Former Ventura County Supervisor Mathew H. Arnold built this home for his wife Eliza in 1906. The Colonial Revival details include Doric porch columns, curved brackets under boxed eaves and unique detailing in front of the cottage windows. Notable . . . — — Map (db m131252) HM
Elizabeth Bard Memorial Hospital was built in 1902 by U.S.
Senator Thomas R. Bard for his brother Cephas L. Bard
the County's first doctor. Dr. Bard was the hospital's first
patient and died there four months after the hospital opened. This . . . — — Map (db m130648) HM
1864
In the midst of the
Civil War, President
Abraham Lincoln
signs a law preserving
Yosemite Valley and
making it the nation's
first state park - it later
became a national park.
1890
Preservation . . . — — Map (db m235910) HM
This house, built in 1912 for prominent Ventura businessman Carlo Hahn, was designed in a late Victorian Style to complement the grand and elaborate Schiappapietra Mansion that was once on the adjoining parcel. The round gable windows, low . . . — — Map (db m250766) HM
In direct response to the rapid growth of the oil
industry throughout the Ventura Avenue area,
Casa de Anza was built in 1929 by Richard
Langdon, in connection with the Austin A. Chute
Development Company. Along with 14
apartments on the . . . — — Map (db m235854) HM
1862: The Catholic Diocese of Monterey-Los
Angeles acquired the first parcel of what
would become Cemetery Memorial Park.
1870: The cemetery grounds were expanded when
the First Presbyterian Church acquired an
adjacent property for a . . . — — Map (db m235686) HM
How The Islands Formed -
Linked
to the movement of two great plates of
the earth's crust colliding, the norther
Channel Islands were formed by the
folding and faulting that have taken
place over the past 30 million years.
The islands . . . — — Map (db m253172) HM
Bells played a significant role in the daily life at the mission. Bells called people to
mass or to prayer throughout the day. Bells also signaled the time for meals and
activities: men made adobe bricks, cared for the animals or cultivated . . . — — Map (db m252099) HM
The Chumash Indians used this site to celebrate their Hutash Fiesta, held after the harvest each year towards the end of September. The Hutash Fiesta coincided with the Spanish Missionary's San Miguel Day giving the historic Chapel built on the site . . . — — Map (db m124617) HM
By the 1820s San Buenaventura Mission was producing a variety of crops. In addition to wheat and corn, the mission was known for its citrus
fruits, olives, and grapes. The American merchant Alfred Robinson, who moved to California, visited the . . . — — Map (db m252038) HM
Pioneer Ventura County rancher Orville A. Wadleigh built
this craftsman bungalow ca. 1910 for his daughter Dacy
Wadleigh Fazio, who lived in the home until her death in
1974. The adjacent carriage house/barn of board and
batten construction is . . . — — Map (db m130663) HM
This structure was the office and home of Dr. Thomas
E. Cunane who established his practice in Ventura in
1899. The home was built in 1884 and is one of the
few remaining examples of Queen Anne cottage
architecture which was popular during that . . . — — Map (db m131220) HM
The family home of pioneer lima bean and walnut rancher Benjamin Dudley was designed by locally prominent carpenter architect, Selwyn Shaw in 1891. It is one of the few surviving farm Victorian houses in Ventura. The original floor plan included . . . — — Map (db m143274) HM
Friar Pedro Benito Cambón—the mission’s co-founder was highly regarded for his knowledge of irrigation, agriculture and building construction—directed Chumash laborers to build this filtration building in 1792 as part of the mission’s timber, . . . — — Map (db m124925) HM
The Elwell house, built in 1892, belonged to William Elwell
and his wife Edelfrido Tico Elwell, descendents of important
California and Yankee families.
After numerous years of neglect, the house was rebuilt and
enlarged in a style . . . — — Map (db m236051) HM
Gardner (1889-1970) patterned the office of his character Perry Mason after his own office in Suite 306 of this building. Gardner, a resident of Ventura until 1933, is cited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the #1 best selling author of all . . . — — Map (db m125569) HM
Near this site, the village of Shisholop,
home to 300 to 400 Chumash, once
stretched from the beach near the base of
Figueroa Street inland past the San
Buenaventura Mission. From its beginning,
about 1000 AD., Shisholop (meaning . . . — — Map (db m135241) HM
The low-lying Scorpion Valley has always been subject to
flooding, but overgrazing by sheep increased the intensity.
One night in December 1997, over a foot of rain fell on eastern Santa Cruz Island, sending a torrent of mud and water . . . — — Map (db m141329) HM
Fray Junipero Serra was born on the island of Majorca, one of the Balearic
Islands off the coast of Spain. He attended school and seminary in Palma
de Majorca, the capital. He joined the Franciscan Order and in 1737, was
ordained a priest, . . . — — Map (db m252109) HM
Originally the Ventura Guarantee and Loan Company, built
in the 1920's is significant for its decorative tile, three
interior pastoral murals by Norman Kennedy and grillwork
on the balcony. The ceiling is pre-cast plaster and painted
to resemble . . . — — Map (db m130653) HM
This beautifully restored home shares an identical ownership as the contiguous Landmark No. 104, at 230 S. Ash Street, until 1957. Both homes were built by Frank and Julia Hobart and were owned by the Leonard and Clio Barr families until that year. . . . — — Map (db m131447) HM
This charming Colonial Revival residence was constructed between 1902 and 1905 and is an architecturally superlative example of the building styles characteristic of the transition from Victorian to Colonial during this time period. It is also . . . — — Map (db m149198) HM
This is the site of the Hobson Bros. Packing Company, established in the 1870's as Ventura's first slaughterhouse. The business provided sausage and cut meat for delivery
to most parts of the County. The present structure was built in 1923 and . . . — — Map (db m124610) HM
J. A. Day, was a prominent rancher in the Saticoy area and a
local grocer. In 1889, he built this Victorian home, in the
"Stick-Eastlake” style, The structure contains unique
carpentry work, with a profusion of wood detail in the
balusters . . . — — Map (db m131214) HM
On this site in 1947, pioneer Veutura
merchant Jack Rose built what was said to be the
largest and most contemporary women's apparel
store on the Pacific Coast. Designed by renowned
architect Arthur Froehlich, the distinctive 36,000
square foot . . . — — Map (db m131255) HM
In 45 minutes on May 25, 1935, Jesse Owens, 21, broke three world records
and equaled a fourth. It was the greatest one-day performance in the recorded history
of the sport. On that day, in the Big Ten Track Meet, the Ohio State sophomore tied . . . — — Map (db m236224) HM
Beneath the floor of the rear portion of the Wilson Studio and Peirano Market lies
a major segment of the Mission Lavanderia. Built to serve the Mission converts, it provided washing facilities for clothing and was part of an
extensive aqueduct . . . — — Map (db m129361) HM
State of California Historical Landmark No. 310.
California State Society,
Daughters of the American Revolution,
Mitz-Khan-A-Khan Chapter,
Ventura, California,
March 31, 2018.
Elevated by Pope Francis to a Minor Basilica,
June 9, . . . — — Map (db m236314) HM
Nellie de la Riva Clover was deeded this house in 1913 after her
short marriage to Melvin Clover ended. She owned the house
until her death in 1964. The house is a fine example of a classical
turn of the 20th Century cottage. Distinctive features . . . — — Map (db m235903) HM
This imposing building was designed by Albert C. Martin and built in 1912 as the Ventura County Court House. It is an outstanding example of neo-classic architecture, considered the proper style for public buildings of the early 20th century. The . . . — — Map (db m154494) HM
This adobe is the only early two-story adobe in the Santa Clara River Valley. A small one-story adobe, built in 1837 was enlarged in 1849 by Don Raimundo Olivas: a prosperous cattle rancher. Continuous use has preserved the adobe for public viewing. — — Map (db m51032) HM
The original small adobe on this site was built by Don Raimundo Olivas and his son, Nicolas, in 1837. The present structure was begun in 1847, with roof beams from the Santa Paula Canyon, and tiles made from native soil. Don Raimundo lived in this . . . — — Map (db m51424) HM
A unique example of an early working-class adobe home.
Spanish and Mexican adobes once lined Ventura's downtown streets but only the Ortega Adobe survives today due to its continuous occupation as a residence or business.
Emigdio Miguel . . . — — Map (db m143708) HM
Built in 1877 for merchant
Alex Gandolfo and later owned by the
Peirano family for 96 years, this
building was in continuous use as a
grocery store until 1986, which marked
the retirement of Nick Peirano.
Restored in 1998 by KL Associates . . . — — Map (db m147594) HM
Rancho Cañada Larga o Verde, as it was originally known, came out of lands of the San Buenaventura Mission. Following Mexican independence from Spain, Joaquina Alvarado de Moraga, whose late husband, Gabriel Moraga, was a distinguished soldier of . . . — — Map (db m124924) HM
Nestled on this block, between the sea and the San Buenaventura Mission, a Chinese community was established
in the early 1870s. Here merchants, laborers, farmers, cooks, laundrymen, gardeners, and servants conducted
businesses and lived in small . . . — — Map (db m143973) HM
A visible section of the mission aqueduct still exists just east of Highway 33 on Cañada Larga Road. It is one of the few remaining parts of a seven-mile-long system that delivered water from San Antonio Creek to El Caballo filtration plant on the . . . — — Map (db m143278) HM
San Buenaventura Mission was an oasis of abundance. Visitors, including British Captain George Vancouver (1793) and the American California resident Alfred Robinson (early 1800s), commented on the good yield of the gardens and orchards.
The nearby . . . — — Map (db m135860) HM
Restored September 9, 1912 by the Alice M. Bartlett Club of San Buenaventura, California, to take the place of the Mission Cross erected on this spot by the Franciscan Missionary Padre Junipero Serra, 1782. — — Map (db m51031) HM
In 1912 and 1913 anthropologist John Harrington interviewed
Fernando Librado "Kitsepowit", a native Chumash speaker born
at San Buenaventura Mission in 1839. Librado left the mission in
1855. He explained how rooms were used based on his . . . — — Map (db m252103) HM
Federal Works Agency,
Public Works Administration.
John M. Carmody,
Federal Works Administrator.
Franklin D. Roosevelt,
President of the United States.
San Buenaventura
Water Works Project.
City of Ventura . . . — — Map (db m250776) HM
Santa Gertrudis Asistencia (chapel) was originally located about 500 feet north. Its location is now covered by the freeway. This chapel served the Indians in the early days.
Marked 1970. Replaced 1986. — — Map (db m143330) HM
The view from here was very different in 1915.
You would be looking at a lively, well-organized ranch complex, echoing with
ringing hammers, shouts of French and
Italian workers, bleating sheep, and
crowing roosters. You might even . . . — — Map (db m157583) HM
History of the Cross
On Easter Sunday, March 31, 1782, Spanish missionary, Father Junipero Serra,
founded Mission San Buenaventura. On the beach south of the present-day
mission church, he blessed an area of land and planted a . . . — — Map (db m235855) HM
Built in 1895, this Colonial Revival home is a two-story box-
shape featuring a distinctive half-circle entry onto the porch, a
balcony, and a palladian window. It was occupied originally by
Frank Sifford, owner of the Ventura Transfer Company, . . . — — Map (db m131215) HM
This site was developed in 1941 with a 7,890 square foot, one-story structure known as the "Mayfair Theater". Architect S. Charles Lee, one of the most prolific and distinguished motion picture theater designers on the West Coast, designed the . . . — — Map (db m130642) HM
Designed in the Carpenter Gothic style by Ventura architect
F.P. Ward, this church was built by Selwyn Shaw in 1888 on
donated land. Notable features include Eastlake detailing,
stained glass windows, steeply pitched roof, 96 foot steeple,
and . . . — — Map (db m235787) HM
Dimensions
Pier length in 2001: 1,600’
Original pier length in 1872: 1,200’
Longest pier length in 1938: 1,958’
Pier width: 25’6” - 67’8”
Water depth at pier end:
23 feet at 0 tide
Number of ocean piers in . . . — — Map (db m236241) HM
Ventura joined the "movie palace era” of Hollywood with the
grand opening of the Ventura Theatre on August 16, 1928.
This lavishly decorated Mediterranean style theatre cost
$400,000 to build, and created much excitement in our oil
boom . . . — — Map (db m131167) HM
Dedicated
to the
memory of those
sons of Ventura
who have given
their lives in
their country's service
in order that
freedom and equality
of man may endure.
In memory of the veterans of
the War with Spain,
Philippine . . . — — Map (db m236588) WM
Below are some of the many prominent individuals interred at Cemetery Memorial Park who represent Ventura's cultural diversity and
earliest residents: Native Americans who, along with Spanish missionaries, built the San Buenaventura Mission; . . . — — Map (db m236134) HM
Below are some of the many prominent individuals interred at Cemetery Memorial Park who represent Ventura's cultural diversity and
earliest residents: Native Americans who, along with Spanish missionaries, built the San Buenaventura Mission; . . . — — Map (db m236135) HM
The Ventura Bathhouse opened for business around 1917. The two-story recreational center at the foot
of California Street near the beach contained a bathhouse with an indoor, salt-water, "plunge" swimming
pool on the first floor, and an . . . — — Map (db m253533) HM
2012 - The City of Ventura constructed a Veterans
Memorial to commemorate the veterans
buried in Cemetery Memorial Park. The
memorial consists of five monolithic
stones surrounding the flagpole. The
names of the five wars in which . . . — — Map (db m236133) HM
Born Green County, Illinois 1829, crossed plains to the gold fields in ox-drawn wagon 1849. Settled permanently San Buenaventura 1859, becoming farmer, builder, newspaperman and civic leader. Appointed by his fellow citizens in 1871 to represent . . . — — Map (db m257325) HM
