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9 hours ago

Pío Pico Casa, Whittier, Los Angeles County

El Ranchito, the 15-room adobe home of the last governor of Mexican California, Don Pio Pico, stands on the grounds of Pio Pico State Historic Park in Whittier. The five acre park was once part of Pico’s 9,000 acre Rancho Paso de Bartolo. #SoCalLandmarks at bit.ly/38ZDuPC #socal #photography

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1 day ago

Church of the Blessed Sacrament, Hollywood, Los Angeles County

Groundbreaking for the new Blessed Sacrament Church in Hollywood was held March 13, 1927. It was dedicated in June 1928. With its 223-foot chimes tower, ornate exterior and seating for 1,400 people, it quickly became a Hollywood landmark. #SoCalLandmarks at bit.ly/38ZDuPC #socal #photography

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2 days ago

Mission Santa Inés, Solvang, Santa Barbara County

Mission Santa Inés, now part of the city of Solvang, was founded in 1804. Most of the original church building was destroyed in an earthquake on December 21, 1812. The complex was not abandoned and a new church was dedicated on July 4, 1817. #SoCalLandmarks at bit.ly/38ZDuPC #socal #photography

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3 days ago

Seal Beach City Hall, Seal Beach, Orange County

Seal Beach City Hall, completed in 1929, was the first municipal facility in the growing seaside town. The 2-story building was designed by architect W. Horace Austin who also designed city hall buildings for Long Beach, Santa Ana and Placentia. #SoCalLandmarks at bit.ly/38ZDuPC #socal #photography

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4 days ago

Centinela Adobe, Inglewood, Los Angeles County

Built in 1834 by Ygnacio Machado, Centinela Adobe served as base of operations for Rancho Aguaje de la Centinela. It was among the land purchases of Robert Burnett that were bought by Daniel Freeman, the "Father of Inglewood," in 1885. #SoCalLandmarks at bit.ly/38ZDuPC #socal #photography

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4 days ago

Rosicrucian Fellowship Temple, Oceanside, San Diego County

The Rosicrucian Fellowship Temple, the Ecclesia, was completed in 1922. Constructed on a hill that separates Oceanside from the San Luis Rey River Valley, it is the "spiritual center" of the Mount Ecclesia complex founded by Max Heindel in 1911. #SoCalLandmarks at bit.ly/38ZDuPC #socal #photography

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5 days ago

Heritage House (Dr. George C. Clark House), Fullerton Arboretum, Fullerton, Orange County

Threatened with demolition by street-widening, the Eastlake Victorian style house built in 1874 by Dr. George C Clark was relocated in 1972 and named Heritage House during the development of an arboretum at California State College, Fullerton. #SoCalLandmarks at bit.ly/38ZDuPC #socal #photography

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6 days ago

Dominguez Ranch Adobe, Compton, Los Angeles County

Manuel Dominguez began construction of the Dominguez Ranch Adobe in 1826. Still located on its original site, now in Compton, surrounded by lawns, gardens, palms and trees, the adobe serves as a museum operated by the Friends of Rancho San Pedro. #SoCalLandmarks at bit.ly/38ZDuPC #socal #photography

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1 week ago

Blas Aguilar Adobe, San Juan Capistrano, Orange County

Blas Aguilar Adobe was the last of 40 plaza adobes constructed in 1794 by Mission San Juan Capistrano. Don Blas Aguilar purchased the adobe, then Casa de Esperanza, and nearby Casa Tejada in 1845. Generations of Aguilars lived there until 1940. #SoCalLandmarks at bit.ly/38ZDuPC #socal #photography

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1 week ago

Oakley Headquarters, Foothill Ranch, Orange County

Oakley unveiled plans in January 1996 for its new "interplanetary corporate headquarters" located on 40 acres in Foothill Ranch. The $35 million facility, dubbed 'Technical Center', has "the look and feel of a post-industrial age gone awry." #SoCalLandmarks at bit.ly/38ZDuPC #socal #photography

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1 week ago

Santa Margarita Ranch House, Camp Pendleton, San Diego County

The Santa Margarita Ranch House National Historic Site is situated on about 21 acres of Camp Pendleton. The single-story, 18-room Ranch House, built by Andres and Pio Pico circa 1841, serves as quarters for the camp's commanding officers. #SoCalLandmarks at bit.ly/38ZDuPC #socal #photography

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1 week ago

Joel R. Congdon Residence, San Juan Capistrano, Orange County

The oldest wood frame home in San Juan Capistrano was built by Joel Congdon on his farm in 1878. The house passed through several owners before the City of San Juan Capistrano acquired the house in 1990 and undertook an extensive restoration. #SoCalLandmarks at bit.ly/38ZDuPC #socal #photography

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1 week ago

Orange City Hall, Orange, Orange County

Designed by Welton Becket Associates, completed in 1963, but not formally dedicated until early 1964, the current City Hall for the City of Orange, formally the Orange Civic Center, is an almost archetypal expression of the New Formalism style. #SoCalLandmarks at bit.ly/38ZDuPC #socal #photography

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1 week ago

Ramon Peralta Adobe, Anaheim, Orange County

Ramon Peralta Adobe was built circa 1871 in the Santa Ana Canyon area of Anaheim, part of Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana. It is the oldest extant adobe built in the canyon, restored in 1977 as part of the Anaheim Hills Shopping Village development. #SoCalLandmarks at bit.ly/38ZDuPC #socal #photography

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2 weeks ago

Bonaventure Hotel, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County

The 33-story Westin Bonaventure Hotel and Suites in Los Angeles, constructed between 1974 and 1976, evokes a 1970s vision of the future. Architect John C. Portman Jr. brought his innovative "atrium hotel" concept to LA through this hotel. #SoCalLandmarks at bit.ly/38ZDuPC #socal #photography

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2 weeks ago

Mission San Luis Rey, Oceanside, San Diego County

Founded in 1798 by Padre Fermin Francisco de Lasuen, Mission San Luis Rey, the "King of the Missions," in Oceanside was the 18th California mission and one of the most extensive of the mission chain with buildings occupying nearly six acres. #SoCalLandmarks at bit.ly/38ZDuPC #socal #photography

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2 weeks ago

Mission San Antonio de Pala, Pala, San Diego County

Mission San Antonio de Pala in Pala was founded in 1816 as an Asistencia, or "sub-mission" to Mission San Luis Rey de Francia. It is the only survivor of the original California mission structure still ministering to Native American People. #SoCalLandmarks at bit.ly/38ZDuPC #socal #photography

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2 weeks ago

Anaheim Public Library, Anaheim, Orange County

The 1908 Anaheim Public Library, now Muzeo Museum and Cultural Center, is the only surviving Carnegie Library in Orange County. Designed by John Austin of Austin, Field and Fry, the exterior remains virtually unchanged since the library opened. #SoCalLandmarks at bit.ly/38ZDuPC #socal #photography

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2 weeks ago

Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa, San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo County

Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa was founded on September 1, 1772, at a Mass held near San Luis Creek. The Church and Priest’s residence, the convento wing, was completed around 1794 under the direction of Fr. Jose Cavaller. #SoCalLandmarks at bit.ly/38ZDuPC #socal #photography

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2 weeks ago

Central Library, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County

The original building of the Central Library in Los Angeles, the Goodhue Building, opened in 1926. The Los Angeles Conservancy grew out of efforts to preserve it when serious overcrowding and physical deterioration threatened its demolition. #SoCalLandmarks at bit.ly/38ZDuPC #socal #photography

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2 weeks ago

Rómulo Pico Adobe, Mission Hills, Los Angeles County

The Rómulo Pico Adobe near the San Fernando Mission in Mission Hills is the second oldest adobe home in greater Los Angeles. Growing from a one-room structure built in 1834, it became the home of Catarina and Rómulo Pico in 1874. #SoCalLandmarks at bit.ly/38ZDuPC #socal #photography

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3 weeks ago

Santa Fe Train Depot, Hemet, Riverside County

The Santa Fe Train Depot is one of the oldest structures in downtown Hemet. The passenger section was built in 1914. The freight room of a previous depot, constructed in 1898, was moved and incorporated into the current depot. #SoCalLandmarks at bit.ly/38ZDuPC #socal #photography

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3 weeks ago

Serrano Adobe, Lake Forest, Orange County

In 1863, the family of Mexico land grantee Don José Serrano built the 2nd of 5 adobe structures on Rancho Cañada de los Alisos as their home. It remains on its original site as the centerpiece of the Heritage Hill Historical Park in Lake Forest. #SoCalLandmarks at bit.ly/38ZDuPC #socal #photography

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3 weeks ago

Citizen News Building, Hollywood, Los Angeles County

The two-story Citizen News Building in Hollywood, constructed between 1930 and 1931, served as the headquarters for the Hollywood Citizen-News, operated by Harlan Palmer and his family, from 1931 until the paper ceased publication in 1970. #SoCalLandmarks at bit.ly/38ZDuPC #socal #photography

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3 weeks ago

Wolf Store Adobe, Temecula, Riverside County

The Wolf Store Adobe, built in the 1860s by German immigrant Louis Wolf and his Chumash wife, Ramona, is the oldest standing building in Temecula. The Store was operated by Wolf until his death in 1897 and was eventually sold to Walter Vail. #SoCalLandmarks at bit.ly/38ZDuPC #socal #photography

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3 weeks ago

Tichenor Clinic For Children, Long Beach, Los Angeles County

Now known as Tichenor Clinic for Children, the organization has operated in this historic building in Long Beach since 1938, fulfilling civic leader Adelaide Tichenor’s dream of opening a free clinic for children with physical disabilities. #SoCalLandmarks at bit.ly/38ZDuPC #socal #photography

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3 weeks ago

California Science Center, Exposition Park, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County

The California Science Center in Los Angeles grew out of the first California State Exhibition building opened in Exposition Park in 1912. The original museum building closed its doors in 1996 to make way for the new science education facility. #SoCalLandmarks at bit.ly/38ZDuPC #socal #photography

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3 weeks ago

Pasadena Central Library, Pasadena, Los Angeles County

Myron Hunt imaginatively combined a somewhat formal Italian style and a simple California style in the design of the Central Library in the Pasadena Civic Center. Dedicated on Feb 12, 1927, it was the first completed Civic Center building. #SoCalLandmarks at bit.ly/38ZDuPC #socal #photography

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3 weeks ago

Main Street Branch Library, Huntington Beach, Orange County

Construction of the Mid Century Modern-style Main Street Branch Library in Huntington Beach used the then-novel site-cast, concrete tilt-up method. It served as the main library from September 1951 until the Central Library opened in April 1975. #SoCalLandmarks at bit.ly/38ZDuPC #socal #photography

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4 weeks ago

Hill-Carrillo Adobe, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County

In 1826, Daniel Hill built an adobe home in Santa Barbara for his bride Rafaela Luisa Ortega. It was sold to Guillermo and Joaquin Carrillo in the mid-1800s and during decades of the family's residence, became known as the Hill-Carrillo Adobe. #SoCalLandmarks at bit.ly/38ZDuPC #socal #photography

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