Objects of Historical Merit Brochure - City of Santa Maria
Objects of Historical Merit Brochure - City of Santa Maria
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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1<br />
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.