A Photography Project
The 2-story Queen Anne style Camarillo Ranch House was built in 1892 by Adolfo Camarillo, known as “the last Spanish don.” He was one of the most successful ranchers, largest landowners and influential citizens in Ventura County history.
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The First National Bank Building has anchored one corner of downtown Ventura at Main & California Street since 1926. It is locally called the Gardner Building because Erle Stanley Gardner worked & wrote his first Perry Mason novel here.
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In 1900, Dr. Cephas and Thomas Bard purchased property at the corner of Fir and Poli streets in Ventura to build a hospital in memory of their mother, Elizabeth Bard. Dr. Bard died at the new hospital in April 1902 at age 56.
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Architect L. A. Smith designed the Ventura Theatre in the Spanish Colonial Revival style. Robert E. Power Studios of San Francisco designed the lavish, elegant interior of gilt and opulence “in the style of the great movie palaces.”
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