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Heritage Park, San Marcos, San Diego County

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Heritage Park, San Marcos, San Diego County

Relocation of the historic Williams Red Square Barn to Walnut Grove Park in San Marcos paved the way for the establishment of Heritage Park within it, anchored by the homes of two historic San Marcos families, the Bidwell House and Cox House. #SoCalLandmarks at bit.ly/38ZDuPC #socal #photography

18.02.2026 16:47 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Ortega Adobe, Ventura, Ventura County

Emigdio Ortega built his family’s adobe home in 1857 just west of the San Buenaventura Mission in Ventura. His son, Emilio, collected and grew chilis. In 1897, he started a small canning company, the Pioneer Ortega Chili Company, in the house. #SoCalLandmarks at bit.ly/38ZDuPC #socal #photography

17.02.2026 23:35 — 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The Tower, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County

Built in 2009, the 140 foot tower rising from the performing arts theater of Ramon C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts in Los Angeles - The Tower - is the most publicly visible and possibly most controversial element of the campus. #SoCalLandmarks at bit.ly/38ZDuPC #socal #photography

16.02.2026 16:47 — 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Rancho Los Feliz Adobe, Griffith Park, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County

Rancho Los Feliz Adobe in Los Angeles, built in the 1830s by the heirs of José Vicente Feliz on the land Griffith J. Griffith acquired in 1882 and donated to the city of Los Angeles in 1896, now serves as the Griffith Park Ranger Headquarters. #SoCalLandmarks at bit.ly/38ZDuPC #socal #photography

15.02.2026 16:47 — 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

First National Bank, Temecula, Riverside County

First National Bank of Temecula, built at the intersection of the main road in and out of town and the road from the train station, opened on June 10th, 1914. The Remington Company of Los Angeles took a year to build the fortress-like building. #SoCalLandmarks at bit.ly/38ZDuPC #socal #photography

14.02.2026 23:35 — 👍 10 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Love (Always) Wins, Anaheim, Orange County

Future husbands and wives park in the Anaheim Center Street Parking Structure to obtain their marriage certificates, perhaps get married, at the Orange County Clerk-Recorder’s Office, then pose in front of the "Love (Always) Wins" mural which received a 2020 Art in Public Places award from the City.

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Snow White Cottages, Los Feliz, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County

Although Disney artists did live in the cottages built in the Los Feliz area of Los Angeles by Ben Sherwood in 1931, they were not dubbed the Snow White Cottages until owner Sylvia Helfert worked to preserve their Disney connection in the 1970s. #SoCalLandmarks at bit.ly/38ZDuPC #socal #photography

12.02.2026 23:35 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

La Purísima Mission, Lompoc, Santa Barbara County

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La Purísima Mission, Lompoc, Santa Barbara County

The original La Purísima Mission complex south of Lompoc was destroyed by an earthquake in 1812. The complex was rebuilt at its present site a few miles to the northeast. It is the most completely restored complex of the California missions. #SoCalLandmarks at bit.ly/38ZDuPC #socal #photography

12.02.2026 16:47 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Noguchi Garden, Costa Mesa, Orange County

Isamu Noguchi’s California Scenario is a 1.6 acre sculpture plaza surrounded by office buildings between the Center for the Arts and the 405 freeway in Costa Mesa. It was commissioned by the Segerstrom family in 1979, completed in 1982. #SoCalLandmarks at bit.ly/38ZDuPC #socal #photography

07.02.2026 16:47 — 👍 10 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Lopez Adobe, San Fernando, Los Angeles County

Valentin López completed construction of the López Adobe, or La Casa de Geronimo Lopez, in San Fernando in 1882 making it one of the oldest residential structures in the San Fernando Valley. Members of the López family lived in it until 1961. #SoCalLandmarks at bit.ly/38ZDuPC #socal #photography

06.02.2026 16:47 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

First National Bank, Ventura, Ventura County

The First National Bank Building has anchored one corner of downtown Ventura at Main and California Street since 1926. It is locally called the Gardner Building because Erle Stanley Gardner worked and wrote his first Perry Mason novel here. #SoCalLandmarks at bit.ly/38ZDuPC #socal #photography

05.02.2026 16:47 — 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Avila Adobe, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County

Avila Adobe, built in 1818 by Don Franciso Avila facing on Olvera Street, is the oldest standing residence in Los Angeles. Condemned in 1928, Christine Sterling spearheaded a campaign to save it as part of her campaign to transform Olvera Street. #SoCalLandmarks at bit.ly/38ZDuPC #socal #photography

04.02.2026 23:35 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Carl Stroschein House, San Juan Capistrano, Orange County

The Little Yellow House, the former home of Carl and Ruth Stroschein built in 1927, is a small, 650 sq ft cornerstone of San Juan Capistrano's transition from a remote farming community to a town more integrated into Orange County. #SoCalLandmarks at bit.ly/38ZDuPC #socal #photography

04.02.2026 16:47 — 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Marking six years of the SoCal Landmarks project with the first six landmarks added to our archives.

L to R, T to B

The Arches, Dana Point
Bunnyhenge, Newport Beach
Serrano Adobe, Lake Forest
Wigwam Motel, Rialto,
Sleeping Beauty Castle, Anaheim
Bixby Passageway Tunnel Mural, Long Beach

01.02.2026 16:47 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Gamble House, Fullerton, Orange County

There's more than one historic Gamble House in Southern California and while certainly not as well known, the house built by the Jewett Brothers for Robert and Ethel Gamble in 1940 is the only Streamline Moderne style residence in Fullerton. #SoCalLandmarks at bit.ly/38ZDuPC #socal #photography

31.01.2026 16:47 — 👍 11 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Irvine Company Headquarters, Newport Beach, Orange County

Details of Irvine Company Headquarters in Newport Beach

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Irvine Company Headquarters, Newport Beach, Orange County

William Pereira’s original 1960s Irvine Ranch master plan included the first concept for the Irvine Company headquarters in Newport Beach. At 315 feet tall, the tower at 520 Newport Center was Orange County's tallest building at the time. #SoCalLandmarks at bit.ly/38ZDuPC #socal #photography

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Panorama Theatres, Panorama City, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County

As the planned community of Panorama City was being developed, the Panorama Theatre Corp. hired William L. Pereira to design the Panorama Theatre which opened on December 20, 1949. The theater was twinned in the 1970s becoming Panorama Theatres. #SoCalLandmarks at bit.ly/38ZDuPC #socal #photography

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Oviatt Building, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County

Penthouse

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Oviatt Building, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County

The 12-story Oviatt Building in Los Angeles, the headquarters for leading clothiers Frank Alexander and James Oviatt, was completed in 1928. Besides their sales shop, there was rentable office space and a 10-room penthouse suite for Oviatt. #SoCalLandmarks at bit.ly/38ZDuPC #socal #photography

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Taj Mahal, Laguna Hills, Orange County

Leisure World developer Ross W. Cortese dubbed his Rossmoor corporate headquarters, built in 1964 in Laguna Hills, the Taj Mahal. The building also provided space for officials of the nearby Leisure World retirement village (now Laguna Woods). #SoCalLandmarks at bit.ly/38ZDuPC #socal #photography

28.01.2026 16:47 — 👍 11 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

American Storage Building, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County

The 13-story, Art Deco-style American Storage Building on Beverly Blvd in Los Angeles, designed by Arthur Harvey, was built in 1928 primarily as a storage facility. Although it has housed other businesses, it has always been a storage facility. #SoCalLandmarks at bit.ly/38ZDuPC #socal #photography

27.01.2026 23:35 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Helms Bakery District, Los Angeles/Culver City, Los Angeles County

The Art Deco-era Helms Bakery building, facing Venice Blvd on the border of Los Angeles and Culver City, fronted an 11-acre factory started by Paul Helms in 1931. The bakery produced, packaged and truck-loaded bread, pastries, donuts and more. #SoCalLandmarks at bit.ly/38ZDuPC #socal #photography

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Catalina Verdugo Adobe, Glendale, Los Angeles County

Catalina Verdugo Adobe, one of the oldest structures in Glendale, is located on a small undeveloped parcel that was part of the Rancho San Rafael (or Rancho La Zanja) land grant to José María Verdugo. The commonly held construction date is 1828. #SoCalLandmarks at bit.ly/38ZDuPC #socal #photography

26.01.2026 16:47 — 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Los Angeles Times Building, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County

The new headquarters of the Los Angeles Times opened in 1935. Gordon Kaufmann's design uses strong vertical lines to lead the viewer’s eye up to the iconic letters, "The Times." The 1948 Mirror Building was designed in a complimentary style. #SoCalLandmarks at bit.ly/38ZDuPC #socal #photography

25.01.2026 16:47 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Hotel Laguna, Laguna Beach, Orange County

Henry Goff built the Alpha Hotel in Laguna Beach in 1888. Joseph Yoch purchased, expanded and renamed it Hotel Laguna in 1897. That hotel became a fire hazard and was razed in 1928. Today’s 4-story California Mission-style hotel opened in 1930. #SoCalLandmarks at bit.ly/38ZDuPC #socal #photography

24.01.2026 16:47 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Southwest Museum, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County

Charles F. Lummis founded the Southwest Museum of the American Indian, the first museum in Los Angeles, in 1907. Its permanent, Mission Revival-style home, completed in 1914 in the Arroyo Seco, was designed by Sumner Hunt and Silas Burns. #SoCalLandmarks at bit.ly/38ZDuPC #socal #photography

23.01.2026 23:35 — 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Nile Theatre, Bakersfield, Kern County

The Bakersfield Opera House opened in downtown Bakersfield in 1906. Renamed the Nile in 1924, it was gutted and rebuilt in 1938 with its current Art Deco facade designed by S. Charles Lee. Closed in 1994, it was remodeled and reopened in 2006. #SoCalLandmarks at bit.ly/38ZDuPC #socal #photography

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