A Photography Project
In June, 1938, the city of Maywood celebrated “[a]mid the blare of trumpets and the waving of flags” the dedication of its new, 2-story, “paid in cash,” Art Deco/Moderne style city hall building, designed by engineer E. R. Edwards.
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The former City Hall on D Street in Upland was built in 1939. The Art Deco/Moderne style building was designed by the prolific Los Angeles firm of Walker and Eisen. The building served as City Hall and Police Department until 1969.
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Known as the Empire Market until 1941, the Empire Building in Santa Ana was built in 1933 as a speculative venture by the Santora Corp. It is considered to be one of the best examples of Art Deco commercial architecture in downtown Santa Ana.
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Gramercy Place Temple opened as the home of the Mogen David Congregation on September 20, 1933. The Art Deco style synagogue was designed by David Carthage Coleman and built by contractor Samuel J. Fishkin in the Harvard Heights area of Los Angeles.
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Tucked between commercial lots on Costa Mesa’s Newport Boulevard, the 900-square-foot Stationmaster’s House, one of the city’s oldest homes (Diego Sepulveda is the oldest), was built as early as 1880 in Santa Ana and moved to Costa Mesa in the 1940s.
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The 2-story Wilcox Manor on South Pasadena Avenue in Tustin was built in 1880. The property probably started as a 3-story hotel and stagecoach stop. Charles Wheaton Wilcox purchased the property in 1898 and removed one of the original stories.
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Until 2013, the Moreton Bay Fig near the Amtrak station in Santa Barbara was considered to be the largest of its type, Ficus macrophylla, in the United States. A tree in Glendora is taller, but this tree has the widest crown width of 175 feet.
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