Mike Dolan, assuming operation of the family business, founded Driftwood Dairy, Inc. in El Monte in 1946. The Driftwood Dairy drive-thru, a Googie gem on Lower Azuza Road, was built (and perhaps designed) by Theodore Masterson in 1961.
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Through a cooperative effort between a variety of church denominations, including Methodists, Presbyterians, and others, the Friends Church in Yorba Linda was organized and built as a joint effort of the congregation in 1912.
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The Original Saugus Cafe in Santa Clarita was founded in 1886 as the Saugus Eating House located in the Saugus Train Depot. It is the oldest restaurant in the Santa Clarita Valley and one of the oldest restaurants in Los Angeles County.
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Santiago Orange Growers Association built and operated the largest packing house in Orange in 1918. Chapman University purchased it in 2004 and has repurposed the building to house the Sandi Simon Center for Dance.
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The brick building identifying its former occupant, Western Cordage Company in white block letters on its street-facing wall, contributes to the Old Towne Orange Historic District as one of several significant industrial structures.
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A plaque on the wall under the Chad’s sign on Cabrillo Blvd in Santa Barbara chronicles that it was “Sambo’s Birthplace – On this location, June 17, 1957, the first of Sambo’s nationwide chain of family restaurants opened its doors.”
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The Carousel House located in Chase Palm Park in Santa Barbara was built in 1997-8 to house an historic 1916 Herschell Three-Abreast Carousel, one of three machines produced by the Allan Herschell Factory in the 1915-1917 time frame.
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