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According to the Riverside Museum, “The National Historic Landmark Harada House is a powerful civil rights landmark in California.” Purchased by Jukichi Harada in 1915, fundraising has finally provided the means to start restoration work.
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Father Fermin Lasuén founded Mission San Miguel Arcángel on July 25, 1797. The adobe church, completed in 1818, suffered structural damage from the M6.5 San Simeon earthquake on Dec 22, 2003. Renovated, it reopened in October 2009.
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The Bradbury Building in Los Angeles, built for Lewis L. Bradbury, opened on New Year’s Day 1894. The building has operated as an office building for most of its history and is the oldest standing commercial building in central L.A.
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The Butterfield Overland Mail stagecoach service operated from 1858 to 1861 when disrupted by the Civil War. The Oak Grove Stage Station, near Warner Springs, is one of the few, if not the only station still standing on the entire route.
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Built in the 1810s, Mission La Purísima Concepción, or La Purísima Mission, near Lompoc is the most completely restored of the California mission complexes and one of only two missions no longer governed by the Catholic Church.
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To quote the National Register of Historic Places: “The Newland House in Huntington Beach is significant because it is a rare example of pre-1900 architecture remaining in Huntington Beach and it is the only known Queen Anne style house”
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The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum is an outdoor sports multi-purpose stadium in Exposition Park in Los Angeles. Conceived as a hallmark of civic pride, the Coliseum was commissioned in 1921 as a memorial to L.A. veterans of World War I.
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