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Objects of Historical Merit Brochure - City of Santa Maria

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13.Waller House.<br />

200 East Morrison Avenue.<br />

The 3,000-square-foot frame and brick home<br />

is a 20th Century adaptation <strong>of</strong> New England<br />

colonial architecture. It was built in 1924 by<br />

Lionel D. Waller, a flower seed grower and<br />

horticulturist, who established the Waller<br />

Seed Co. in Guadalupe.<br />

14.Franklin House.<br />

223 E. Morrison Avenue.<br />

Dr. John Henry Franklin and his wife, Claire,<br />

built the house in 1925 <strong>of</strong> redwood, lath and<br />

plaster, topped with a Spanish style ro<strong>of</strong>.<br />

Franklin, a physician, relocated from the East<br />

Coast and became a seed breeder and partner<br />

in 1912 with Lionel D. Waller in the Waller-<br />

Franklin Seed Co.<br />

15.Independent Order <strong>of</strong> Oddfellows and<br />

Haslam Building,.<br />

West Main and Lincoln Street.<br />

Lodge 302 <strong>of</strong> the IOOF, formed in 1883, built<br />

its headquarters in 1906 <strong>of</strong> inexpensive and<br />

locally manufactured fired red clay building<br />

material for $7,000. Features include 18-inch<br />

thick walls, hardwood floors, and a grand<br />

interior staircase that leads to a central<br />

court area. W.A. Haslam Co., an agricultural<br />

supplier and a tenant since 1906, bought the<br />

building in 1977.<br />

16.Rubel House<br />

801 South McClelland Street.<br />

Built in 1929 by Edward E. (Bink) Rubel,<br />

one <strong>of</strong> the city’s first car-dealership owners,<br />

the 4,500-square-foot house has Moorish<br />

influences. Features <strong>of</strong> the white stucco, twostory<br />

house include hand-forged wrought<br />

iron inside and out, hand-hewn Douglas fir<br />

beams, a tile staircase, arched doorways and<br />

a second-story balcony.<br />

17.Camp Fire Cabin<br />

In Buena Vista Park at Morrison and Pine.<br />

Designed by Architect Louis N. Crawford and<br />

built by the Kiwanis Club in 1935, the cabin<br />

has played an important role in the lives <strong>of</strong><br />

countless youngsters as a unique place for<br />

learning, recreation and enjoyment.<br />

<strong>Objects</strong><br />

<strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>Historical</strong><br />

<strong>Merit</strong><br />

Landmark Committee<br />

<strong>City</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Santa</strong> <strong>Maria</strong><br />

110 East Cook Street<br />

<strong>Santa</strong> <strong>Maria</strong>, CA 93454<br />

805.925.0951<br />

www.ci.santa-maria.ca.us


In addition to recommending landmarks to the <strong>City</strong><br />

Council, the Landmark Committee may designate as<br />

<strong>Objects</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Historical</strong> <strong>Merit</strong> properties, buildings, sites,<br />

structures and works <strong>of</strong> arts that may not qualify as<br />

historical landmarks but which play a special role in the<br />

history <strong>of</strong> <strong>Santa</strong> <strong>Maria</strong>. No restrictions or conditions,<br />

other than continued maintenance where applicable,<br />

may be imposed.<br />

1. Orange Street Kindergarten<br />

401 East Orange.<br />

Mission Revival building used for classes<br />

from 1920s until after World War II.<br />

2. Cypress Street Kindergarten<br />

324 West Cypress Street.<br />

Mission Revival building mirrored the<br />

Orange Street Kindergarten, also built in the<br />

1920s and used until the late 1940s.<br />

3. St. Mary’s Catholic Church<br />

Miller and Cypress Streets.<br />

The city’s first Catholic church, built in 1906.<br />

In 1964, the Parish Hall was built on the<br />

church site.<br />

4. Coca-Cola Building<br />

120 East Jones Street.<br />

The Art Deco building, with curved front <strong>of</strong><br />

glass bricks, was constructed in 1938 and used<br />

by the bottling company until July <strong>of</strong> 2000. The<br />

current Community Cornerstone Nonpr<strong>of</strong>it<br />

Center provides <strong>of</strong>fices and meeting places<br />

for nonpr<strong>of</strong>it agencies.<br />

Landmark Committee ~ <strong>Objects</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Historical</strong> <strong>Merit</strong><br />

DEPOT ST<br />

DEPOT ST<br />

TUNNELL ST<br />

DEPOT ST<br />

ALVIN AVE<br />

FESLER ST<br />

WEST MAIN ST<br />

CYPRESS ST<br />

COOK ST<br />

BOONE ST<br />

THORNBURG ST<br />

MORRISON AVE<br />

THORNBURG ST<br />

2<br />

PINE ST<br />

PINE ST<br />

JONES ST<br />

5<br />

LINCOLN ST<br />

6<br />

10<br />

135<br />

BROADWAY<br />

BROADWAY<br />

BROADWAY<br />

MCCLELLAND ST<br />

FESLER ST<br />

MILLER ST<br />

MILLER ST<br />

MILLER ST<br />

EL CAMINO ST<br />

TUNNELL ST<br />

166<br />

STOWELL RD STOWELL RD<br />

BATTLES RD<br />

17<br />

15<br />

8<br />

9<br />

LINCOLN ST<br />

12<br />

MCELHANEY<br />

MCCLELLAND ST<br />

4<br />

11 16<br />

14<br />

13<br />

ALVIN AVE<br />

EAST MAIN ST<br />

COOK ST<br />

BOONE ST<br />

CAMINO COLEGIO<br />

BATTLES RD<br />

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5. Bell at El Camino School<br />

219 West El Camino Street.<br />

Originally the school bell in nearby Gary, it<br />

was moved to be placed in the El Camino<br />

tower. Turned out the tower was too small,<br />

then the crane hoisting the bell dropped it.<br />

The cracked bell has a place <strong>of</strong> honor in front<br />

<strong>of</strong> the school.<br />

6. Site <strong>of</strong> Leo’s Drive-in<br />

Northwest corner North Broadway and<br />

McElhany.<br />

A popular teenage hangout in the 1950s and<br />

‘60s, it was the turnaround point for high<br />

school kids cruising Broadway on weekends.<br />

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COLLEGE DR<br />

COLLEGE DR<br />

COLLEGE DR<br />

CYPRESS ST<br />

ORANGE ST<br />

7. Bas Relief <strong>of</strong> Columbus’s ship, <strong>Santa</strong> <strong>Maria</strong>,<br />

inside Wells Fargo Bank branch<br />

Miller and Main Streets.<br />

Made in 1918 by Gladding, McBean <strong>of</strong><br />

Lincoln, CA, from 1,500 pounds <strong>of</strong> clay for the<br />

former Bank <strong>of</strong> <strong>Santa</strong> <strong>Maria</strong>. It was rescued<br />

for the Los Padres Bank, which subsequently<br />

was sold to Wells Fargo.<br />

8. First United Methodist Church<br />

311 South Broadway.<br />

The Spanish Colonial Revival architecture is<br />

enhanced by a rare local example <strong>of</strong> a cast<br />

concrete doorframe in a Spanish Baroque<br />

style called Churrigueresque, characterized<br />

by elaborate surface decoration.<br />

9. St. Peter’s Episcopal Church<br />

402 South Lincoln Street.<br />

Built on the site <strong>of</strong> the former Guild Hall,<br />

where services had been held since 1917, the<br />

church was completed in 1932 at a cost <strong>of</strong><br />

$4,592, including furnishings.<br />

10.<strong>Santa</strong> <strong>Maria</strong> Civic Theater<br />

1660 North McClelland Street.<br />

The 1935 building was purchased from Pacific<br />

Telephone Co. in 1964. The theater company<br />

initiated an improvement district in order<br />

to install street lights and pave the dirt road<br />

after a performance was canceled because the<br />

road was too muddy.<br />

11. Zanetti Home<br />

824 South Broadway.<br />

The California Bungalow style home was<br />

built in 1918. The area near <strong>Santa</strong> <strong>Maria</strong> High<br />

School has become commercial and the home<br />

is now used as a business.<br />

12.Site <strong>of</strong> Rusconi’s Café<br />

100 block <strong>of</strong> South Broadway.<br />

A P-38 fighter plane on routine practice from<br />

the <strong>Santa</strong> <strong>Maria</strong> Army Air Base on January 30,<br />

1945, crashed into the café and an adjacent<br />

drug store, killing the pilot, two people in the<br />

café, and injuring a pharmacist. A Bank <strong>of</strong><br />

America branch occupies the site.

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