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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The long, narrow Santa Monica Municipal Pier was built in 1909. It became a popular place to walk and fish. A shorter, wider “pleasure pier” featuring a carousel in the Looff Hippodrome was built on its southern side in 1916.
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Oil heiress Aline Barnsdall commissioned Frank Lloyd Wright to design and build a home for her and her daughter as part of an innovative theatrical community. He named the residence Hollyhock House after Barnsdall’s favorite flower.
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