On Main Street at 10th Street, on the right when traveling west on Main Street.
Birthplace of Union Oil Company of California. Founded October 17, 1890. Presented by the City of Santa Paula, California, to Union Oil Company of California, in commemoration of the company's 50 years of service to the West, August Twenty-Four, . . . — — Map (db m154493) HM
On Saticoy Street at 11th Street, on the right when traveling west on Saticoy Street.
1925 - Canyon School was built.
Built especially for Spanish-speaking
children to meet their language needs.
Parents were offered classes in citizenship,
health, and homemaking.
Originally, there were eight classrooms. . . . — — Map (db m184851) HM
Near South 10th Street (California Route 150) at E. Harvard Boulevard. Reported missing.
Jose Angel Diaz and Josepha de la Torre came to Santa Paula from Mexico with their parents. They met in 1916 while working at Limoneira Packing House, married in 1919 and started the first cafe at their home in 1935. In 1936 they moved into a . . . — — Map (db m120829) HM
On Telegraph Road west of Briggs Road, on the left when traveling west.
This home was the culmination of George
Washington Faulkner’s dream, expressed to
his bride in 1876: "We will have to begin
at the foot of the ladder and grow up with
the country, but I think that in a few years
we can have a beautiful home if . . . — — Map (db m131410) HM
On Railroad Avenue at 9th Street, on the right when traveling west on Railroad Avenue.
This church was built in 1900 by
contributions from the members of
the congregation. The Reverend Mr.
James F. Stewart chaired the committee
of church members who supervised the
building of the church, and raising the
funds necessary for . . . — — Map (db m175578) HM
On Mill Street at Santa Barbara Street, on the right when traveling south on Mill Street.
Glen Tavern Inn, built 1911.
Presented by
Aquila Chase chapter,
National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century,
12 October 2014.
The Glen Tavern Inn, built in 1911,
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by . . . — — Map (db m175684) HM
On 4th Street north of Harvard Boulevard, on the right when traveling north.
Federal Works Agency,
Public Works
Administration. John M. Carmody, Federal Works Administrator.
Franklin D. Roosevelt,
President of the United States. Isbell School,
1939. — — Map (db m184889) HM
Near Pleasant Street at Mill Street, on the right when traveling west.
North Grammar School was built
in 1910 on land given by Mrs. Alice
Stowell McKevett.
On May 15, 1927, the PTA and Pioneer
Section of the Ebell Club rededicated
North Grammar School as McKevett
School in honor of its pioneer donor.
Local . . . — — Map (db m184881) HM
On Ojai Road (California Route 150 at milepost 27), 7.5 miles north of Highway 126, on the right when traveling west.
Near here in May 1867, the California Petroleum Company brought in "Ojai No. 6" at a depth of 550 feet. W.W. Orcutt described it as "The first well drilled for oil in California that yielded extended commercial production." It was the first . . . — — Map (db m202604) HM
On East Harvard Boulevard, on the right when traveling east.
On August 13, 1769 reaching the junction of the Arroyo Mupu with the river, the place was named the Holy Martyrs, Ipólito and Casiano. Upon founding the Mission of San Buenaventura, the priests established here an asistencia and christened it Santa . . . — — Map (db m137825) HM
On East 10th Street (County Route 150) at East Santa Barbara Street, on the right when traveling north on East 10th Street.
Minutes before midnight on the chilly evening of March 12, 1928, the St. Francis Dam failed. The dam's 200-foot high concrete wall crumpled and collapsed, sending billions of gallons of raging flood waters down San Francisquito Canyon, about five . . . — — Map (db m146569) HM
On East Telegraph Road (California Route 126), on the right when traveling east.
The Santa Clara School District was formed in 1879 when farmers in the area wanted a public school for their children.
Members of the first Board of Trustees were Mathew Atmore, Ruben Hall and C.H. Chittenden. The first schoolhouse was built in . . . — — Map (db m125568) HM
Near Cemetery Road north of West Santa Paula Street.
To honor victims of the St. Francis Dam Disaster, March 12, 1928. This monument of native stone was placed in respectful memory of the nameless souls whose unmarked graves rest in this hallowed ground. — — Map (db m146567) HM
On West Telegraph Road (Route 126 at milepost 16.7) at Sycamore Road, on the right when traveling west on West Telegraph Road.
In 1846 General John C. Fremont passed this site of the sycamore tree on his way to sign a treaty with General Andres Pico to secure California for future annexation to the United States. It served the Padres as a resting place; the community as a . . . — — Map (db m114949) HM
On East Telegraph Road (California Route 126) 1.6 miles east of California Route 150, on the right when traveling east.
The west portion of this house, which was built in the 1870s, is the original Tanner Home. Albert Miles Tanner was a member of the Mormon Battalion at the time of the War with Mexico. He opened the first hotel in Sacramento with Sam Brannon. Later . . . — — Map (db m131741) HM
On 10th Street at Santa Barbara Street, on the left when traveling north on 10th Street.
Prefabricated in Southern Pacific's
Sacramento shops, shipped in sections
by rail, and assembled on this site;
the depot opened for business in
1887. The second story served as
living quarters for the station agent and
family. . . . — — Map (db m175580) HM
On South 7th Street south of Main Street, on the left when traveling south.
The Ebell Club of Santa Paula was organized in 1913. It was the ninth chapter in California. In 1917, Alice Stowell McKevett donated land for Ebell Park and erected the first half of the building in memory of her husband, Charles M. McKevett. The . . . — — Map (db m120828) HM
On Ojai Road (California Route 150) at Royal Oaks Place, on the left when traveling north on Ojai Road.
Site of the W. L. Hardison Estate, established in 1884 by Wallace Libbey
Hardison with his wife Clara McDonald. Hardison, born in Maine in 1850, was
a Representative in the 104th Pennsylvania Legislature before coming to
Santa Paula in 1883 with . . . — — Map (db m175487) HM
On Main Street at Davis Street, on the left when traveling west on Main Street.
This is the site of the first meeting
of the Santa Paula Oddfellows lodge,
April 26 1884. The original hall was
destroyed by fire in 1903. The present
building with the clock tower was erected
in 1905. Community donations made it possible
to . . . — — Map (db m175682) HM
On Railroad Avenue at 9th Street, on the left when traveling west on Railroad Avenue.
This oak and steel drilling rig was manufactured by the
Star Drilling Machine Company of Akron Ohio and used
to drill for water on the Temple Ranch, which was located
between Fillmore and Santa Paula. This model was self
propelled and . . . — — Map (db m181028) HM
