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By Barry Swackhamer, December 8, 2012
1890 Seawall Marker and Ironwork Fence
GEOGRAPHIC SORT
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This plaque marks the location of an 1890 seawall on the Alameda shoreline. Behind you are the stairs where bathers went down to the beach. The wall was built by architect Joseph A. Leonard, who constructed many homes here during the 1890s. . . . — — Map (db m62215) HM |
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This city hall is one of oldest operating city hall buildings in the State of California. It was constructed in 1895 in the Romanesque style and has been in continual use as a city hall since its completion.
Original construction:
Building . . . — — Map (db m62216) HM |
| | Donated to the city of Alameda in 1920 by Park Avenue resident Isabella Derby Clark, this concrete bench was designed by Myrtle Maillot. Mrs. Clark was a proponent of animal welfare. The inscription "In memory of my dumb friends" is a reference to . . . — — Map (db m101553) HM |
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The Meyers House was erected in 1897. This Colonial Revival style home was designed by and built for prominent East Bay architect Henry H. Meyers. It served as the family residence from 1897 to 1993.
Meyers designed the Posey Tunnel Portals, . . . — — Map (db m79862) HM |
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This home built in 1854 for John Nelson Webster and Caroline Webster is Alameda’s oldest house. The house is a primary example of Gothic Revival architecture by renowned architect Andrew Jackson Downing. The house was prefabricated in New York, . . . — — Map (db m78903) HM |
| | The Veterans' Memorial Building located in
Albany's Memorial Park is one of ten such
structures built by Alameda County as a tribute
to the veterans of World War I. Designed by Henry
H. Meyers and dedicated on August 14, 1932, the
building has . . . — — Map (db m137099) HM WM |
| | City of Berkeley Landmarks
designated in 1986
Allenoke is the only large estate remaining near the northern edge of the University of California campus. It was designed by Ernest Coxhead for Allen Freeman, President of the Bank of Oakland. . . . — — Map (db m53888) HM |
| | City of Berkeley Landmarks
designated in 1990
In 1901 architect Bernard Maybeck purchased ten acres of land here in La Loma Park. He built a sprawling brown shingle home for his family down the street in 1909 and subdivided the rest of his land . . . — — Map (db m53862) HM |
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The Berkeley City Club, organized in 1927, was one of the area’s earliest attempts by women to social, civic and cultural progress. The building, constructed in 1929, is one of the outstanding works of noted California architect Julia Morgan, . . . — — Map (db m100562) HM |
| | Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
This was Berkeley’s City Hall from 1909 to 1977. It sits on the site of the Town Hall that burned in 1904. It remains a source of civic pride and a symbol of Berkeley. Now commonly known as . . . — — Map (db m52398) HM |
| | 1939-1940
City of Berkeley Landmark
designated in 1982
These buildings are fine examples of the Art Deco style in the Bay Area. They were designed as an ensemble with the adjacent Berkeley High School Community Theater. Bas-reliefs and . . . — — Map (db m54218) HM |
| | City of Berkeley Landmark
designated in 2005
The Berkeley Piano Club, dedicated to the performance and study of music, was founded in 1893 by a group of local women. Early meetings were held in members’ homes and later in a barn at the . . . — — Map (db m54726) HM |
| | James W. Plachek, Architect, 1930
Addition, Ripley/BOORA Architects, 1999
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Berkeley’s first free public library system was established in 1895, with branches in west and south Berkeley. The . . . — — Map (db m52364) HM |
| | Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
For nearly a half century, this steel frame and concrete structure, clad in brick and terra cotta, was Berkeley’s only “skyscraper.” Walter Ratcliff, highly respected for his fine . . . — — Map (db m52316) HM |
| | City of Berkeley Landmark
designated in 1993
Entomologist, naturalist, physicist, and inventor Charles W. Woodworth designed and built this all-redwood house in the Bay Region style. The three-level, seven-bedroom home has a brown shingle . . . — — Map (db m54877) HM |
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This building was originally part of the small commercial district that grew up around Dwight Way Station where Shattuck Avenue commuter trains intersected with the horse-car line that ran up Dwight Way to the California Schools for the Deaf and . . . — — Map (db m29581) HM |
| | City of Berkeley Landmark
designated in 1992
Arriving in Berkeley from Massachusetts, Edward Brakenridge bought property that extended to Rose Street for this large Queen Anne-style residence, a stable, and a carriage house. Ira Boynton, like . . . — — Map (db m54512) HM |
| | City of Berkeley Landmark
designated in 1995
The Glass House is considered one of the best residential works of Wurster, who was the founding dean of UC Berkeley’s College of Environmental Design. This simply detailed, shed roof house was built . . . — — Map (db m53858) HM |
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This station was constructed as an
Exxon Super Service Station in 1933.
It was a business venture of
longtime Berkeley elementary
school teacher, Sue Irwin.
Built in the California Mission
Style it reflects the look of
railroad . . . — — Map (db m171532) HM |
| | City of Berkeley Landmark
designated in 1977
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
This small-scaled complex of one-and two-story buildings is a surprise on a busy street. Arranged along a brick walkway through a garden court, . . . — — Map (db m53829) HM |
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Berkeley’s large immigrant population in the late 19th and early 20th centuries included many natives of Sweden. The local chapter of the Swedish-American Vasa Order constructed this building as a lodge hall and cultural center. On November 8, . . . — — Map (db m52386) HM |
| | Stone and Smith, Architects 1901
Jim Novosel: The Bay Architects 1998
Berkeley’s transit pattern was established in 1876 when Francis Kittredge Shattuck and James L. Barker brought a spur line of the Central Pacific (later Southern Pacific) . . . — — Map (db m52378) HM |
| | City of Berkeley Landmark
designated in 1985
Built by a real-estate developer during the East Bay building boom that followed the 1906 earthquake, this corner store anchored the southwestern boundary of the neighborhood once known as Regents . . . — — Map (db m53833) HM |
| | James W. Plachek, Architect 1917
Jim Novesel: The Bay Architects 1994
This small commercial building was built for William Heywood, son of Berkeley pioneer Zimri Brewer Heywood. The upstairs was used as the architectural offices of James W. . . . — — Map (db m52382) HM |
| | City of Berkeley Landmark
designated in 2004
The Hillside Club was founded in 1898 by Berkeley women intent on preserving the natural beauty of the hills. It soon became an influential cultural force. North Berkeley’s curved streets with old . . . — — Map (db m54186) HM |
| | City of Berkeley Landmark
designated in 1983
This Zig-Zag Moderne building, designed for the sale and servicing of Buick automobiles, captures the glamour, rising affluence, and sophistication of the post-World War I era. Charles Howard, who . . . — — Map (db m54334) HM |
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City of Berkeley Landmark
designated in 1982
John and Margaret Gorman moved their furniture and upholstery shop to this location in 1880. It is one of Berkeley's oldest commercial buildings and a surviving example of the . . . — — Map (db m29371) HM |
| | City of Berkeley Landmarks
designated in 1996
This is one of the earliest houses built in the north Berkeley hills. George Jensen came from Denmark and was a contractor in Los Angeles before moving to Berkeley. Members of the Jensen family lived . . . — — Map (db m53887) HM |
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Berkeley's Northbrae residential subdivision was opened in 1907 by the Mason-McDuffie Company, John Galen Howard - then Supervising Architect of the University of California - designed the Circle and the stairways, benches, and stone pillars used . . . — — Map (db m36674) HM |
| | The legend of Joaquin Murrieta is one of the most enduring and fascinating of chapters in California history. Facts, fiction and romantic tales entangle to create a legend of unique aura that had become part of California's folklore, especially in . . . — — Map (db m130947) HM |
| | Oakland Canneries
By the early 20th century, harbor improvements, expanded port facilities, and transcontinental rail service had made Oakland one of the state's leading exporters of processed food of all kinds: canned, dried, bottled, . . . — — Map (db m92788) HM |
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Latham Square is located in the
historic shopping and transportation
hub of downtown Oakland. The name
dates from dedication of the Latham
Fountain in 1913. The fountain was a
gift to the City and the local SPCA
from Edith and Milton Latham . . . — — Map (db m160463) HM |
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In 1877, a prospectus for home sites in Piedmont Park showed a rustic wooden bench near the Piedmont Springs grotto. This bench began a tradition which was continued when Frank C. Havens renovated the park in 1890s, installing not only rustic . . . — — Map (db m72298) HM |
| | In her memoir about life in Piedmont, Elsie Whitaker Martinez remembered fishing with her brothers in the Piedmont Heights in the 1880s. A myriad of streams found their way from Alta, Scenic, Pacific and Mountain Avenues. Most fed into the city’s . . . — — Map (db m72321) HM |
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One of the first improvements made by Frank Havens to Piedmont Springs Park was the construction of a living hedge maze modeled on those like Hampton Court in England. An article in the Oakland Herald in December 1904 shows a winding drive . . . — — Map (db m72376) HM |
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Since the operation of Chabot reservoir in 1876, four different water companies have managed the lake. Their staff led colorful lives on this hill as they kept an eye on this valuable resource.
In 1904, William Dingee, then head of CCWC, . . . — — Map (db m71707) HM |
| | This building was designed by Frederic J. DeLongchamp, a designer and engineer of mining, born in Reno, Nevada, on June 2, 1882 and educated in Nevada. He designed 500 buildings, libraries, hotels, and post offices in the counties of the State of . . . — — Map (db m635) HM |
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The “castle,” built in 1890–1894, is the most significant example of Romanesque Revival architecture in the Mother Lode. It was built to house the Preston School of Industry, established by the State Legislature as a progressive . . . — — Map (db m100594) HM |
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Voters on July 17, 1854, selected Jackson as the county seat of the new County of Amador, born that June 14 after a spirited election. Fulfilling their promise, the Jackson town trustees, at no county expense, financed construction of the first . . . — — Map (db m27910) HM |
| | The William J. Paugh House, also known as Rosewall, is a very pure example of a Gothic Revival House. The style was most popular during the 1840's and 1850's. It was built in the late 1850's by Charles L. Parish, artist, architect and builder. . . . — — Map (db m28067) HM |
| | Completed in 1868, the home featured many surprisingly modern conveniences including running water, flush toilets, an acetylene gas lighting system, eight fireplaces, and wall-to-wall carpeting. The pink stucco mansion was designed by San Francisco . . . — — Map (db m29644) HM |
| | John Bidwell was born on the east coast to a poor farming family in 1819. In spite of these modest roots, he would eventually become a key figure in California history, one famous for being a true pioneer, a statesman, politician, prohibitionist, . . . — — Map (db m29637) HM |
| | This Craftsman-Bungalow style "cottage"
was characteristic of the Great Depression.
Once the home of Lorraine and Manuel
"Manny” Cabral, this popular style remains
a well-maintained example of similar
buildings along Hartz Ave. The . . . — — Map (db m152832) HM |
| | The Orinda Garage and
Miss Graham's Riding
Academy were built
from 1923 - 25 by E.I. de
Laveaga in the Spanish
Mediterranean style.
His uncle ran the
automobile garage on
the corner of Avenida
de Orinda, which still
exists today. . . . — — Map (db m154903) HM |
| | The Orinda Theatre
opened its doors in 1941
and is the city's most
prominent visual
landmark with its
signature dorsal fin
marquee. It is a
textbook example of
Streamlined Moderne
Architecture, a late type
of Art Deco design
inspired by . . . — — Map (db m154890) HM |
| | Since opening its doors on May 4, 1920, this theatre has been a cornerstone to the New York Landing Historic District in Old Town Pittsburg. Like many Bay Area theaters of the 1920's, the California Theatre was designed by A.W. Cornelius in a . . . — — Map (db m146532) HM |
| | Walnut Creek's Old Borges Ranchhouse, as the cornerstone of a working cattle ranch, was first built by Frank (Francisco) and his wife Mary Borges, their sons and daughters in 1899. Since then, this house has withstood five generations of the hard . . . — — Map (db m93983) HM |
| | The Sierra Nevada House was a handsome two-story building with many windows and a broad balcony. Here guests could always expect fine hospitality, suburb food, excellent ballroom music, fine carriages and comfortable beds. It was opened by Robert . . . — — Map (db m12237) HM |
| | Here, beneath the hot, arid surface of the San Joaquin Valley, Baldasare Forestiere (1879-1946) began in the early 1900's to sculpt a fantastic retreat. Excavating the hardpan by hand, he created a unique complex of underground rooms, passages and . . . — — Map (db m41003) HM |
| | Designed by architect George S. Mayer of Chicago, Illinois. It was completed in November 1894, replacing two wooden tanks erected on this site in 1887. The Tower stands 100 feet high with a tank capacity of 250,000 gallons. This facility, modeled . . . — — Map (db m41069) HM |
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Residences, offices; Adorni Grocery, cigar store; Pacific, Cooper Pharmacies; Levy, Canepa, Danielson & Petersen Men’s Stores
Eureka Historic Landmark
This program possible through a partnership with property owner Lynn McKenna, Eureka . . . — — Map (db m1504) HM |
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Built for J. McLauchlan, restaurant, saloons downstairs; alpine rooms upstairs; one of the longest operating bordellos
Eureka Historic Landmark
This program possible through a partnership with property owner Dr. Marybeth Wolford, Eureka . . . — — Map (db m1507) HM |
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Iron front cast by Eureka Foundry; men's clothier and furnishings, Louvre Cafe, saloons
Eureka Historic Landmark
This program possible through a partnership with property owner Wes & Nedra Kausen, Eureka Main Street, and the Eureka . . . — — Map (db m1508) HM |
| | This home, also known as the “Pink Lady,” is a classic Queen Anne/Eastlake Victorian residence designed by the prestigious architectural firm of Newsom Brothers of San Francisco. It was completed in 1889 for William Carson, a pioneer . . . — — Map (db m1498) HM |
| | Saloons, Kitty Farris' Joy Emporium, and Fairwind and New Fairwind Cafe.
This program possible through a partnership with owners Ferguson-Winsted, Eureka Main Street, and the Eureka Heritage Society. — — Map (db m61155) HM |
| | The Hotel Vance was built in 1872 by Eureka pioneer & lumberman,
John Vance. It was the area's grandest hotel & the first building in
Eureka with electricity. It was originally designed & built in the
"Modern Italianate style”, which . . . — — Map (db m135459) HM |
| | The Wi'ne'ma Theatre was built in 1919 and named for a young
Indian girl who devoted her life to establishing friendly relations
between her people, the Modoc Indians, and the white men. The
first performance was on November 20, 1920 and tells . . . — — Map (db m142815) HM |
| | Among the first structures greeting visitors entering
the park from the west, these two stone buildings at
Emigrant were built to serve as a ranger station and
are a legacy of the Civilian Conservation Corps
(CCC). Created by President Franklin . . . — — Map (db m159295) HM |
| | The First Baptist Church was completed under the supervision of local architect Charles H. Biggar (1882 - 1946) in 1932. The building, designed in the Northern Italian Romanesque architectural style, is described in the National Register of Historic . . . — — Map (db m117418) HM |
| | In 1889, First Presbyterian Church began its ministry in Kern County as Cumberland Presbyterian Church. In 1905 the church merged with Westminster Presbyterian; being renamed First Presbyterian Church of Bakersfield. The church acquired property on . . . — — Map (db m117142) HM |
| | George Haberfelde (1871 - 1962), a civic and business leader in the community, contracted with local architect Charles H. Biggar (1882 - 1946) to construct this five-story office and retail building in the Sullivanesque architectural style. When . . . — — Map (db m116966) HM |
| | The Hayden Building is a classic example of Second Renaissance Revival architectural style. It was designed for the Kern County Land Company by San Francisco architect Charles I. Haven (1849-1916) and opened in 1904 as the Hayden Furniture Company. . . . — — Map (db m117419) HM |
| | S.H. Kress & Co. was the trading name of a national chain of "five and dime" retail department stores operating from 1896 to 1981. Opening in 1931, this three-story reinforced steel and masonry building was designed by New York City-based architect . . . — — Map (db m115124) HM |
| | In 1924, Bakersfield was the twenty-first city in California to receive a Federal Post Office Building. Built at a cost of $130,000, the Mission architecture style building, constructed of masonry and concrete and reinforced with steel, was the . . . — — Map (db m122018) HM |
| | In 1933 California’s first women’s prison was established in Tehachapi to provide an environment more conductive to rehabilitation than San Quentin State Prison. Two-story buildings were constructed of reinforced concrete in the French Normandy . . . — — Map (db m134503) HM |
| | Built with funds donated by philanthropist
Andrew Carnegie, this building served as
Hanford's Public Library from the time it opened
in February of 1906 until it was replaced by
a new library in 1968. It now houses a local
historical museum. — — Map (db m153547) HM |
| | The original Kings County courthouse,
built in 1896, served as the seat of
Kings County government
until 1979. — — Map (db m153549) HM |
| | Kings County's original jail served
as a home for prisoners and the
county sheriff's office from
1897 until 1964. — — Map (db m153548) HM |
| | This restored adobe, second oldest in San Joaquin Valley, built by Daniel Rhoades, who came to California in 1846 by overland caravan. Rhoades and his brother, John, among organizers of the first expedition to rescue the Donner party at Donner Lake. . . . — — Map (db m66412) HM |
| | The first adobe schoolhouse in 1869 was located near Ravenna, and served the children of miners and ranchers covering a 2,500 square mile area. A subsequent structure, built in 1870, was destroyed by flood in 1880. The present brick schoolhouse, . . . — — Map (db m145704) HM |
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Zane Grey Estate
396 East Mariposa Street
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
2002 — — Map (db m144782) HM |
| | A street of houses designed in the Eastlake and Queen Anne styles of the late 19th century, exhibiting the finest collection of Victorian domestic architecture remaining in Los Angeles. From their vantage point on Angelino Heights, these houses have . . . — — Map (db m167925) HM |
| | With the demise of the famous Red Line electric railway, land in the median of Huntington Drive directly across from the famous Santa Anita Park horse track became available on which to build a headquarters for the Arcadia Chamber of Commerce in . . . — — Map (db m145281) HM |
| | Constructed by Elias Jackson ('Lucky') Baldwin in 1881. Designed by A.A. Bennett, and intended for entertaining. There being no kitchen, meals were served from the nearby adobe (built by Hugo Reid in 1839) where Baldwin actually lived. Restored and . . . — — Map (db m153410) HM |
| | The home place of Elias Jackson “Lucky” Baldwin, founder and first Mayor of the City of Arcadia, was this relatively simple adobe house, though during Baldwin's occupation (1875-1909) it was the larger and more inviting structure seen . . . — — Map (db m153423) HM |
| | Constructed about 1890 in Rancho Santa Anita by Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad on its transcontinental main line. Elias J. “Lucky” Baldwin donated right-of-way and bricks in exchange for agreement to stop trains, maintain a depot . . . — — Map (db m120309) HM |
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City of Los Angeles North Atwater Bridge construction completed 2019.
This bridge over the Los Angeles River was made possible by the City of Los Angeles and a generous donation from the La Kretz Family Foundation. Initiated by River LA, . . . — — Map (db m164818) HM |
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There are five panels placed at the memorial:
First panel in front of the memorial to the right. There is a duplicate panel located at the left entrance of the walkway:
Wrigley Memorial is dedicated to the memory of Wm. . . . — — Map (db m69075) HM |
| | Contained within this building are the remaining portions of an adobe house built by Francisco Salvador Lugo and his son Antonio María Lugo. Francisco Lugo was a prominent early landholder and Antonio served as the Alcalde of Los Angeles. They . . . — — Map (db m125567) HM |
| | The view from Somerset (Bellflower) Boulevard in 1915, 10 years after the Santa Ana line first opened. On the left is PE substation #12. The Pacific Electric was an electrically powered interurban rail system. Power came from the company’s own . . . — — Map (db m133374) HM |
| | Built as the first hotel in the City and associated
with architects Elmer Grey and Paul R. Williams.
Beverly Hills Historic Landmark No. 1.
Built 1912. Designated 2012.
Beverly Hills City Council and Cultural Heritage Commission, . . . — — Map (db m148025) HM |
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United States Department of the Interior National Register of Historic Places.
Beverly Hills
Local Landmark
Constructed in
1911
— — Map (db m148656) HM |
| | With the 1907 extension of Huntington’s Pacific
Electric system through Duarte to Glendora,
a cut was created to level the railroad’s right
of way in front of L.L. Bradbury’s country home.
To provide access to his home, the site of which
is now . . . — — Map (db m137592) HM |
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The Animation Building, erected in 1939, served as the architectural
and functional centerpiece of the studio. Designed in the “Art
Moderne” style by architect Kent Weber, the building housed the
animators and story staffs on the . . . — — Map (db m168288) HM |
| | The Schoolhouse Bell once hung in the original Calabasas School, a one
room Victorian style building with a bell tower, which was constructed in
1890 at 24454 Calabasas Road. Around 1925, a new Spanish Colonial
Revival style structure was built . . . — — Map (db m156909) HM |
| | Designed by the architect Jock Peters, the Park Moderne Fountain is the only remaining fountain constructed as part of the artists colony known as Park Moderne — a residential subdivision created in 1927 with 174 lots. The Art Deco era . . . — — Map (db m156932) HM |
| | Completed in 1984 for Robert Benson, this dwelling was designed by renowned architect Frank Gehry in the Deconstructivism style. This architectural style is characterized by its use of unrelated, disharmonious abstract forms, and experimental . . . — — Map (db m156936) HM |
| | Jerold Lomax, FAIA, designed and built this single family residence for Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Rouse in 1973. The structure is constructed of 40-foot and 25-foot-long glue-laminated wood beams, supported by eight concrete pillars. For the time, this was . . . — — Map (db m156912) HM |
| | A mission style stable converted to new uses as a community center of the arts of California and Mexico. — — Map (db m164331) HM |
| | Canoga Park Branch Library, Modern style, built 1959.
Declared 2000, Historic-Cultural Monument No. 700, Cultural Heritage Commission, City of Los Angeles. — — Map (db m163862) HM |
| | Built in 1931 and vacated in 1978 due to earthquake damage. Became the home of the Canoga Park Chamber of Commerce 1982. Dedicated as the Canoga Park Community Center 10/26/1986. Dedication of the Canoga-Owensmouth Historical Museum in part of the . . . — — Map (db m124827) HM |
| | Chatsworth Community Church, 1903.
Declared Historic Cultural Monument No. 14 by the Cultural Heritage Board, Municipal Art Department, City of Los Angeles. — — Map (db m163863) HM |
| | A classic 1950's hamburger stand built in 1956
Cultural Heritage Commission Cultural Monument No. 750. — — Map (db m145764) HM |
| | Claremont's municipal offices have occupied one or more of the buildings at this location
since 1925. City officials have made several decisions over the years to keep City Hall in
the Village in order to help protect the vitality of the Village . . . — — Map (db m149814) HM |
| | The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad and its subsidiary, the Pacific
Land Improvement Company, founded the town of Claremont in 1887. The
railroad's original wooden, Gothic depot was replaced by this Spanish
Colonial Revival structure in . . . — — Map (db m149721) HM |
| | The firehouse-jail was the first civic building
commissioned by the city of Covina. The mission
revival structure was constructed in 1911 by pioneer builder Clarence Allison. When a new city hall and fire station was built in 1930, the fire . . . — — Map (db m138043) HM |
| | The Culver Theater, which opened in 1947, was one of two movie theaters in Culver City operating in the second half of the 20th century. As an example of the Skouras style, it was noted for its sweeping scrollwork and a juke box like ticket kiosk. — — Map (db m137095) HM |
| | The Ivy Substation, named for the land development where it is located, was built in 1907 by the Los Angeles Pacific Railway. It is one of the largest electric substations along the “Balloon Route” rail line from downtown Los Angeles to . . . — — Map (db m121986) HM |
| | This building is a great example of the “Googie style” coffee shops and drive-in restaurants that once dotted the Southern California landscape. Googie Architecture called for buildings to read as signs to attract customers. Built in . . . — — Map (db m149050) HM |
| | Eagle Rock City Hall — 1923. Example of Los Angeles City's absorption of small Southland communities.
Declared Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument No. 59 by the Cultural Heritage Board, Cultural Arts Department, City of Los . . . — — Map (db m162265) HM |
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