A Photography Project
The oldest park in the city of Fullerton, Hillcrest Park, got a new feature in May, 2017, as part of a larger renovation project. The Pinewood Stairs connect Lions Field on the north side of the park with the highest peak of the main park.
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In 1922, the Fullerton Improvement Company built the Pomona Court, designed by locally prominent architect Frank Benchley, on the model of bungalow courts that had spread throughout Southern California from Pasadena since 1909.
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A new building for the Fullerton Library, funded by the WPA, was completed on Christmas Eve of 1941. The library moved to a new location in 1973 and the building was repurposed, changing its name to the Fullerton Museum Center in 1985.
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The Gamble House on Raymond Avenue is the only example of a true Streamline Moderne residence in Fullerton. It was built for Robert and Ethel Gamble and their sons by the Jewett Brothers, a long-established building company, in 1940.
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Fullerton Municipal Airport is the only general aviation airport in Orange County still in its original location. It can trace its origins to 1913 when barnstormers and crop dusters used the former pig farm as a makeshift landing strip.
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The California Hotel in Fullerton was redeveloped into a series of small shops, restaurants and offices now known as Villa del Sol in 1965 following protests that were mounted against demolishing it and building a car wash in its place.
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The Pastoral California mural on the west wall of the Fullerton Union High School Auditorium was created by Charles M. Kassler II and his assistant, Julian E. Williams, using watercolors over wet plaster, known as the fresco technique.
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