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SANTACRUZHISTORICBUILDINGSURVEY
VOLUMEIII–March2013
SANTACRUZHISTORICBUILDINGSURVEY‐VOLUMEIII
DepartmentofPlanningandCommunityDevelopment
CITYOFSANTACRUZ
PreparedbyArchives&Architecture,LLC
SelectionsandresearchbyCharleneDuval,JessicaKusz,andKaraOosterhous,PublicHistorians
withtheSantaCruzHistoricPreservationCommission
TechnicalarchitecturaldescriptionsbyLeslieDill,Architect
EvaluationsbyFranklinMaggi,ArchitecturalHistorian
CityPlanningStaff:DonLauritson,ProjectManager;JulianaRebagliati,EricMarlatt,&JaniceLum
HistoricPreservationCommissionSubcommittee:JudySteenandIanBlackwood
March2013
2 TABLEOFCONTENTS
INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................................................................................................5
PLANNINGBACKGROUND................................................................................................................................................................6
SANTACRUZHISTORICBUILDINGSURVEY.........................................................................................................................6
METHODOLOGY.................................................................................................................................................................................8
PERFORMANCEOFTHESURVEY...............................................................................................................................................9
DPR523FORMS..................................................................................................................................................................................9
HISTORICEVALUATIONCRITERIA........................................................................................................................................10
SANTACRUZCRITERIAFORLISTINGONTHEHISTORICBUILDINGSURVEY..................................................11
CALIFORNIAREGISTEROFHISTORICALRESOURCESCRITERIA............................................................................12
FOCUSEDTHEMESFORVOLUMEIII........................................................................................................................................13
SEABRIGHT.......................................................................................................................................................................................13
BLACKBURNTERRACE................................................................................................................................................................14
SOQUELAVENUECOMMERCIALSTRIP...............................................................................................................................15
MISSIONSTREETCOMMERCIALSTRIP...............................................................................................................................16
FRONTSTREET...............................................................................................................................................................................16
INDUSTRIALDEVELOPMENT...................................................................................................................................................17
RESORT&RECREATIONDEVELOPMENT..........................................................................................................................18
EDUCATION......................................................................................................................................................................................19
PROPERTYPAGES.............................................................................................................................................................................21
PROPERTIES.....................................................................................................................................................................................23
WALLSANDSTAIRWAYS........................................................................................................................................................115
HITCHINGPOSTS.........................................................................................................................................................................121
INDEXOFPROPERTIES............................................................................................................................................................129
GLOSSARYOFMAJORARCHITECTURALSTYLES............................................................................................................133
CITYCOUNCILAPPROVALRESOLUTION(withOptOutsnoted)………………………………………………………139
3 INTRODUCTION
ThecityofSantaCruzisfortunatetopossessagreatnumberofdistinctivebuildingsandstructuresthat
representthecommunity’sculturalandhistoricalevolution.ManyofSantaCruz’shistoricresourceshave
been lost over time, but the city as a whole retains a significant amount of its historical buildings. The
developmentofthecityofSantaCruz,fromanearlycommercialportandlaterasavacationresort,tothe
matureurbancommunitythatexiststoday,isrepresentedinthearchitectureofitsneighborhoods,the
commercial,industrial,andtouristcentersthatdriveitseconomy,andtheeducational,institutional,and
religioussitesthatserveitspopulace.
Inrecognitionofthecity’srichpast,theSantaCruzHistoricPreservationPlanwasadoptedin1974asan
elementoftheGeneralPlan.TheHistoricPreservationCommissionwasformedfollowingtheadoptionof
the Historic Preservation Ordinance that enabled the identification and protection of buildings,
structures, and sites that have particular historic, architectural, and engineering significance to the
community. The Santa Cruz Historic Building Survey was initiated as an ongoing planning project to
identify and evaluate historic and architecturally significant structures deserving protection under the
ordinance.ThesurveyisbaseduponastatementofhistoriccontextthatprovidesanoverviewofSanta
Cruz,fromitsbeginningsastheMissionSantaCruzandtheVilladeBranciforteontheSpanishfrontierof
NorthAmerica,toitspresent‐daycommunityof60,350residentsatthenorthendoftheMontereyBay.
Cultural resource surveys and historic context statements are technical documents created by
communitiesthroughouttheUnitedStates.Thesedocumentsprovideacomprehensiveplanningtoolfor
the identification, evaluation, registration, and treatment of historic properties. By developing and
maintaining historic resource surveys and historic context studies, local governments are able to
implementplanningpoliciesaddressinghistoricalandculturalresources,policiesandpracticesthathave
century‐old roots in the United States. Preservation of the nation’s heritage has long been part of the
national purpose. In 1966 Congress called upon the Secretary of the Interior to give maximum
encouragement to state governments in the development of statewide historic preservation programs.
The National Park Service (NPS) has developed methodologies for survey planning and preservation
programs that are outlined in a number of published guidelines, primarily within the Secretary of the
Interior’s Standards and Guidelines for Archeology and Historic Preservation. Cities such as Santa Cruz
utilizeandadaptthesefederalstandardsforpreservationplanningwithinthecity.
4 PLANNINGBACKGROUND
Historical surveys, and their resulting resource inventories, provide a basis for sensitive and effective
planning decisions. Santa Cruz’s surveys and inventories provide documentation that allows informed
assessments of its built environment during the development review process. With the information
providedinthesedocuments,SantaCruzplannersandpolicymakerscanunderstandthehistoryofthe
cityinavarietyofways,andSantaCruz’scitizenscanpreserveandcelebratesignificantbuildingsthat
conveythecity’spast.ThecurrentHistoricBuildingSurveymaintainedbytheCityofSantaCruz,andthe
adopted City Historic Context Statement, compile a variety of types of research, including historical
patterns of development, identification of diverse community values associated with the built
environment,andcomprehensiveevaluationsofindividualresources.
SANTACRUZHISTORICBUILDINGSURVEY
TheSantaCruzHistoricBuildingSurveyiscontainedinthreevolumes.VolumeIwaspreparedin1976by
the firm of Charles Hall Page & Associates. With amendments, it contains over 300 properties with
structures that were built from approximately 1850 to 1930. Information contained in Volume I was
drawn from existing sources. The Sidewalk Companion to Santa Cruz Architecture, published by John
Chasein1975,wastheprimaryresourceinestablishingthisfirstinventoryofhistoricproperties.Charles
HallPage&AssociatesalsopreparedtheSantaCruzRenovationManual.
Criteria used to determine inclusion in the survey came from a variation of the quantitative
methodologiesunderdevelopmentatthattime,andincludedanumericalrankingsystemthatevaluated
historical significance, architectural significance, and importance to the neighborhood, original design,
neighborhood setting, and physical condition. All of the properties in the 1976 survey were officially
listedashistoricresourcesundertheCityhistoricpreservationpoliciesandregulations.
JohnChaseassistedtheCityofSantaCruzinthepreparationofVolumeII,witharchitecturalwritingby
historian Daryl Allen. Volume II, published in 1989, includes three categories of structures; significant
buildings from 1930 to 1950, important structures not included in the first survey, and significant
vernacular buildings from 1850 to 1910. The dates identified for the structures in Volume II were
estimatesthatplacedthemwithinageneraltimeframe.Thissurveyidentified330additionalstructures,
5 with approximately half of them vernacular in character and with many of them represented in
contiguousrowsofhistoricbuildingsthatconstituteddistinctiveneighborhoodsettings.257ofthe330
properties identified in that survey were listed as historic resources under the City’s historic
preservationpoliciesandregulations.
Four historic districts within the City have been adopted by the Keeper of the National Register of
HistoricPlaces,aprogramoftheNationalParkService.In1975theKeeperplacedMissionHillHistoric
DistrictontheNationalRegister.In1986theDowntown/PacificAvenueCommercialDistrictwasplaced
on the Register, but due to the destruction of ten downtown historic buildings during the 1989 Loma
Prieta Earthquake, this district was de‐listed in 1991. In 1989 the Downtown Neighborhood Historic
DistrictwasincludedintheRegister.In2007,theCowellLimeWorksHistoricDistrictwasincludedin
the Register. The 2030 Santa Cruz General Plan also identifies other potential historic districts in the
OceanViewAvenueandBeachHillareas;andalsoidentifiesseveralportionsofthebeach/southofthe
Laurel area of the City as neighborhood conservation areas. Overlay zoning regulations have been
adoptedfortheconservationareas.
In1995,theSantaCruzCityCouncilupdatedthemasterlistofhistoricpropertieswithintheCity,deleting
anumberofpropertiesdemolishedduetotheLomaPrietaEarthquake,andestablishinganalphabetical
addresslistofpropertiesincludedintheSantaCruzHistoricBuildingSurvey.Sincethattime,the“master
list”hasbeenrevisedfromtimetotimepursuanttoproceduresoutlinedintheordinance.
In October 2000, the Historic Context Statement for the City of Santa Cruz was completed, written by
historian Susan Lehmann. The context statement was prepared under guidelines created by the
CaliforniaStateOfficeofHistoricPreservation.Itdescribesthreethemesforunderstandingthehistoric
development of Santa Cruz: Economic Development (1850‐1950), Residential, Commercial and
Institutional Architecture (1850‐1950), and Institutions (1850‐1950). Historic overviews of the three
themes were provided, as well as an identification of related property types and a discussion of the
natureoftheirsignificance.
VolumeIIIoftheSurvey,whichthispublicationpresents,waspreparedfortheCityunderthedirectionof
LeslieDill,historicarchitect.LocalpublichistoriansCharleneDuvalandJessicaKusz,aswellashistorians
Kara Oosterhous and Amber Grady, conducted research into individual properties, and architectural
6 historian Franklin Maggi as well as Leslie Dill evaluated the selections for historical significance. This
third volume of the historic building survey looked at additional properties not previously surveyed,
particularly those associated with mid‐twentieth‐century architecture, older resources that had been
missedintheearliersurveys,andman‐madefeaturesintheenvironmentsuchaswalls,stairs,hitching
posts,andponds.
The establishment of the California Register of Historical Resources in 1993, and the adoption of
guidelines to the California Environmental Quality Act in 1999 that pertain to historic resources, has
resultedinamorerigorousframeworkfortheidentificationandevaluationofhistoricpropertiesbylocal
jurisdictionssuchastheCityofSantaCruz.TobetterservetheCity’splanningprocesses,thisVolumeIII
survey includes preparation of California Department of Parks and Recreation 523 (DPR523) forms,
createdbytheStateofCaliforniafortherecordingofhistoricalinformation.TheDPR523formsarean
appendixtothisvolume.
METHODOLOGY
ThemethodsforconductingsurveysarespecifiedinNationalRegisterBulletin24,GuidelinesforLocalSurveys:a
BasisforPreservationPlanning.TheSecretaryoftheInterior,throughtheNationalParkService,hasdevelopedthe
NationalRegisterprogramandpreparedanumberofassociatedbulletinsthataddressthestudyandregistration
ofthefullrangeofculturalresourcesthatcommunityplannersmayencounter.Surveysarepreparedconsistent
withtheSecretaryofInterior’sStandardsforIdentification.Thestandardsprovideaproceduralbaseline
asfollows:
 Standard I. Identification of historic properties is undertaken to the degree required to make
decisions.
 Standard II. Results of identification activities are integrated into the preservation planning
process.
 Standard III. Identification activities include explicit procedures for record‐keeping and
informationdistribution.
Historic resource surveys link extant properties to their associated historic contexts. To evaluate
buildings, structures, objects, sites, and districts for historical significance, a statement of context must
7 first be defined. A historic context statement, such as that prepared in 2000 by Susan Lehmann,
establishes the background chronology and themes of a specified area. In doing so, it describes the
significantcharacteristicsandpatternsofthatarea’shistoryandculturalevolution.ThisVolumeIIIofthe
SantaCruzHistoricBuildingSurveyprovidessurveyresultsbasedontheHistoricContextStatementand
addressesthethemesandtheirassociatedpropertiesdescribedinthatreportthatwererecommended
forfurtherinvestigation.
PERFORMANCEOFTHESURVEY
This volume of the Santa Cruz Historic Building Survey was a collaboration of a subcommittee of the
Historic Preservation Commission, staff of the City’s Planning & Community Development Department,
andhistoriansofthefirmofArchives&Architecture,LLC.
Theparticipantsusedthepriorsurveyvolumesasaframework,andtheHistoricContextStatementasthe
guide, in helping identify properties that are worthy of consideration for inclusion in the City’s list of
historic resources. Approximately 150 properties were considered, photographed, and given
consideration for further research and evaluation. The consulting historians photographed the
properties, engaged in intensive‐level research into the development history of these properties,
identified associated historic personages and related thematic values, and prepared capsulated
descriptions of the properties selected for the final publication of this Volume III. DPR523 forms were
alsoprepared,whichincludedetailedinformationandplanningdatarelatedtotheindividualproperties.
DPR523FORMS
DPR523formsareastate‐developedformatforrecordinghistoricinformation.Theseformscomprisea
singlesystemfordocumentingthefullrangeofvaluespresentinagivenlocation.Thekindsofresources
that merit recordation and the different levels of information that may be appropriate to gather about
them are established within a set of guidelines that have been prepared by the state and are available
from the Office of Historic Preservation, called Instructions for Recording Historical Resources. These
forms include technical architectural descriptions, geographic data, photographs, permit information,
identified sources of information, and statements of significance according to established National
Register, California Register, and local criteria. Since the private properties studied as a part of this
8 survey were not accessed directly, the descriptions and statements of integrity prepared within the
relatedDPR523formsarebasedonwhatisvisuallyidentifiablefromthepublicright‐of‐ways.
Integrityistheabilityofapropertytoconveyitssignificance.Inestablishingsignificance,thewhy,where,
and when a property is important and is therefore essential to assessing the level of integrity. The
evaluationofintegrityissometimesasubjectivejudgment,butitmustbegroundedinanunderstanding
ofaproperty’sphysicalfeaturesandhowtheyrelatetoitssignificance.Evaluationsperformedaccording
to local, state, or national criteria are considered according to the National Register’s seven aspects or
qualitiesthat,invariouscombinations,defineintegrity.Thesevenaspectsare:location,design,setting,
materials, workmanship, feeling, and association. To retain historic integrity a property will always
possessseveral,andusuallymost,oftheaspects.Determiningwhichoftheseaspectsaremostimportant
toaparticularpropertyrequiresknowingwhy,where,andwhenthepropertyissignificant.Ultimately,
the question of integrity pertaining to a specific property is answered by whether or not the property
retainstheidentityforwhichitissignificant.
Identifying dates of construction for historic resources within the city of Santa Cruz as a part of this
intensive level investigation was problematic, as building permits are available for only some time
periods, and other historic property‐related indexes and associated primary records are often vague,
missing,ordonotleadtoconfirmableinformation.Earlymapsanddirectoriesareusedtoplacebuilding
construction dates within narrow frames of time that can then be confirmed by on‐site evaluations.
InformationabouttheoriginsofmanybuildingsconstructedinthenineteenthcenturyinSantaCruzhas
been mostly lost in time and was not recoverable as a part of the property research methodology
conductedasapartofthissurvey.
HISTORICEVALUATIONCRITERIA
HistoricsignificanceisbasedoncriteriaforevaluationforeligibilityfortheNationalRegisterofHistoric
Places, the California State Register of Historical Resources, and the City of Santa Cruz Historic
PreservationOrdinance.
9 FollowingaretheapplicablecriteriaforconsiderationoflocalhistoricalsignificanceadoptedbytheCity
of Santa Cruz. These criteria provide the primary framework for the evaluation of the properties that
werethesubjectofthissurvey.
ListedfollowingthelocalcriteriaarethecriteriaforqualificationfortheCaliforniaRegisterofHistorical
Resources. These criteria apply to properties that are undergoing local development review under the
CaliforniaEnvironmentalQualityAct.
TheNationalRegistercriteriaarenotincludedherebutcanbefoundelsewhere.Thosecriteriaareonly
relevant to applications for listing on the National Register of Historic Places, and review of federal
projectsunderSection106oftheNationalHistoricPreservationActof1966(CodeofFederalRegulations
Title36Part60).
SANTACRUZCITYCRITERIAFORLISTINGONTHEHISTORICBUILDINGSURVEY
TheCityofSantaCruzhasadoptedcriteriaunderMunicipalCodeSection24.12.440forlistingproperties
ashistoricresources.Thepropertycanbeabuilding,site,orobject,andtobeconsidered,mustmeetone
ofthefollowing:
1. Itisrecognizedasasignificantexampleofthecultural,natural,archaeological,orbuiltheritageof
thecity,state,ornation;and/or
2. Itisassociatedwithasignificantlocal,state,ornationalevent;and/or
3. Itisassociatedwithapersonorpersonswhosignificantlycontributedtothedevelopmentofthe
city,state,ornation;and/or
4. Itisassociatedwithanarchitect,designer,orbuilderwhoseworkhasinfluencedthedevelopment
ofthecity,state,ornation;and/or
5. It is recognized as possessing special aesthetic merit or value as a building with quality of
architectureandthatretainssufficientfeaturesshowingitsarchitecturalsignificance;and/or
6. It is recognized as possessing distinctive stylistic characteristics or workmanship significant for
thestudyofaperiod,methodofconstruction,oruseofnativematerials;and/or
7. Itretainssufficientintegritytoaccuratelyconveyitssignificance.
10 Ahistoricdistrictmustmeetthefollowingadditionalcriteria:
8. It is recognized as a geographically definable area possessing a significant concentration of
buildingsthatarewelldesignedandotherstructures,sites,andobjectswhichareunitedbypast
eventsorbyaplanorphysicaldevelopment;or
9. It is recognized as an established and geographically definable neighborhood united by culture,
architecturalstylesorphysicaldevelopment.
CRITERIAOFTHECALIFORNIAREGISTEROFHISTORICALRESOURCES
ThecriteriaforlistinghistoricalresourcesintheCaliforniaRegisterarefoundunderCaliforniaResources
Code, Chapter 14,Part 4852, and are consistent with those developed by the National Park Service for
listing historical resources in the National Register, but have been modified for state use in order to
includearangeofhistoricalresourceswhichbetterreflectthehistoryofCalifornia.Onlyresourceswhich
meet the criteria as set out below may be listed in or formally determined eligible for listing in the
California Register. For properties less than fifty (50) years old that may have some level of historical
significance, sufficient time must have passed to obtain a scholarly perspective on the events or
individualsassociatedwiththeproperty.Apropertylessthanfifty(50)yearsoldmaybeconsideredfor
listingintheCaliforniaRegisterifitcanbedemonstratedthatsufficienttimehaspassedtounderstandits
historicalimportance.
Under California Code of Regulation Section 4852(b) and Public Resources Code Section 5024.1, a
historicalresourcegenerallymustbegreaterthan50yearsoldandmustbesignificantatthelocal,state,
ornationallevelunderoneormoreofthefollowingfourcriteria:
1. Itisassociatedwitheventsthathavemadeasignificantcontributiontothebroadpatternsoflocal
orregionalhistory,ortheculturalheritageofCaliforniaortheUnitedStates.
2. Itisassociatedwiththelivesofpersonsimportanttolocal,California,ornationalhistory.
3. Itembodiesthedistinctivecharacteristicsofatype,period,region,ormethodofconstruction,or
representstheworkofamasterorimportantcreativeindividual,orpossesseshighartisticvalues.
4. Ithasyielded,orhasthepotentialtoyield,informationimportanttotheprehistoryorhistoryof
thelocalarea,California,orthenation.
11 2012‐13REVIEWANDAPPROVALOFSURVEY
Process for Amendment of City Historic Building Survey. Section 24.12.400 of the City zoning
ordinance specifies the process for amendment of the Survey. Properties must meet certain historic
criteriatobeeligibleforlisting.TheHistoricCommissionmustholdanoticedpublichearingandmakea
recommendationtotheCityCouncil.TheCityCouncilmustthenholdasecondnoticedsecondhearing
andadoptamendmentsthrougharesolution.
City Council Direction on Process. On August 15, 2012, the process for adoption of historic zoning
incentives and Volume III of the City Historic Building Survey was presented to the Commission. The
enactment of expanded zoning variations was intended to provide concrete examples of the value of
listingpropertiesontheCityHistoricBuildingSurvey.OnSeptember11th,theCityCouncilconsidered
thisandprovideddirectiontostafftoproceed:
 first,reviewandadoptionofhistoricincentivezoningordinanceamendments;and
 second, review and adoption of Volume III of the City Historic Building Survey, with an opt‐out
optionforproperty‐owners.
ReviewandAdoptionofIncentivesOrdinance.OnOctober19,2012,theordinanceamendmentswere
reviewed and recommended by the Planning Commission for final action by the City Council.
Recommendations from the Historic Preservation Commission, received on September 19th were
forwarded to the Planning Commission and City Council. The City Council approved the historic
incentivesordinanceonNovember27thanditsfinalreadingandadoptiononDecember11th.
NotificationtoPropertyOwners&PublicWorkshops.OnNovember29,2012,informationwassent
toVolumeIIIproperty‐ownersregardingtheapprovedincentivesordinanceandDraftVolumeIIISurvey.
Informationincludedadescriptivebackgroundbrochure,aDraftVolumeIIISurveyExcerpt,acopyofthe
relevantpageoftheSurveyrelatedtoeachindividualpropertyowner,awebsitelinktoviewtheentire
Survey,andtheadoptedhistoricincentivesordinance.Informationregardingtwopublicworkshopswas
alsoincludedthenotificationpacket.
12 OnDecember12,2012,andJanuary9,2013,CityPlanningStaffandtheSurveyconsultantsheldpublic
workshopstoexplaintheadoptedhistoriczoningincentivesordinanceandVolumeIIISurveydocument.
PlanningStaffhasalsoansweredquestions
Historic Building List‐Opt Out Properties. The Historic Building List is the list of buildings, walls,
stairs etc. which will be subject to the City’s historic preservation regulations and eligible to utilize
historiczoningincentives.TheseregulationsincludeHistoricDemolitionPermitandHistoricAlteration
Permitproceduresaswellaszoningincentiveswhichallowvariationstostandardzoningregulationsfor
listed historic properties. The adopted resolution (see page 139) includes Exhibit “A” ‐ a listing of all
Volume III Historic Building Survey properties with “opted out” typed next to those whose property‐
ownersoptedoutoftheHistoricBuildingList.Thosepropertiesindicatedas“OptOut”arenotsubjectto
Cityhistoricpreservationregulationsandarenoteligibletousehistoriczoningincentives.Fifty‐fiveof
139totalpropertyowners“optedout”ofinclusionontheHistoricBuildingList.Theseproperty‐owners
maychoosetobeaddedtothelistlateronthroughtheHistoricBuildingSurveyListAdditionprocess.
Theapplicationfeeforsuchindividuallistingswillbeestablishedinthenearfuture.
Historic Preservation Commission Recommendation. On February 20, 2013, the Historic
PreservationCommissionheldapublichearingontheVolumeIIISurveyandHistoricBuildingListand
recommendedCityCouncilapprovaloftheattachedresolution.
City Council Adoption. On March 26, 2013, the City Council held a public hearing and adopted a
resolution (see page 139) accepting the Volume III Historic Building Survey as a background planning
document,andadoptingamendmentstotheCityHistoricBuildingList.
13 FOCUSEDTHEMESFORVOLUMEIII
TheHistoricContextStatementfortheCityofSantaCruzpreparedbyhistorianSusanLehmanndescribes
threethemesforunderstandingthehistoricdevelopmentofSantaCruz:
 EconomicDevelopment1850‐1950,
 Residential,CommercialandInstitutionalArchitecture1850‐1950,and
 Institutions1850‐1950.
Thefollowingsectionsprovidefocusedcontextsummariesforspecificneighborhoodsandthemeswith
associatedhistoricresourcesthatarefeaturedinthisSantaCruzHistoricBuildingSurvey‐VolumeIII.
SEABRIGHT
ThebeachfrontcommunityofSeabright,eastoftheearlycitylimitsof
Santa Cruz, was first established in the mid‐to‐late 1880s with the
creation of three residential subdivisions adjacent to the beach
between the San Lorenzo River and Woods Lagoon (now the Santa
Cruz Small Craft Harbor). Named after Sea Bright, New Jersey, by
native New Yorker Foster Mott (a Sacramento farmer who was the
firsttosubdividepropertyinthisarea),itquicklygrewintoaresort
community reached by a new railroad station that first served the
areain1876.Bythe1920s,whenthesubdivisionshadbeenbuiltout,
SeabrighthadbeenannexedintotheCityofSantaCruz(in1905)and
a commercial strip had grown along Seabright Avenue. This
development served both summer visitors as well as a more
permanent population that had settled in later residential
subdivisionstothenorthoftherailroadtracks.
The historic two‐story Balzari Cash Store and post office building, which today exists as La Posta
restaurant(538SeabrightAvenue),isakeybuildingintheSeabrightneighborhood.Itwasbuiltjustafter
the annexation of the area to the City of Santa Cruz. Across the street, the Youngman Building (541
14 Seabright Avenue) was constructed in 1928 as a grocery store and a pharmacy, and later served as a
hardwarestore,andisnowarealestateoffice.
TheSantaCruzFruit&OliveCanningCompanybuildingcomplexwasbuiltin1914at104BronsonStreet
andprovidedseasonalemploymenttothecity’sgrowingpermanentpopulation(seePropertyPages:27).
Previous volumes of the Santa Cruz Historic Building Survey have identified a number of residential
properties in the Seabright area, which exist today as significant historic resources reflecting early
developmentinthiscommunity.PrototypicalbeachhousesaddedtothesurveywithinVolumeIIIinclude
both114AlhambraAvenueand111MottStreet.
BLACKBURNTERRACE
AlongWestCliffDrive,justabovePacificAvenueandSecondStreet,isa
small group of houses constructed as part of the small subdivision
called Blackburn Terrace Tract. The tract was developed in 1889 by
HarrietBlackburn,whowasanearlylanddeveloperinSantaCruz.The
houses at 112 and 120 West Cliff Drive were constructed in the mid‐
1890s;116WestCliffDrivewasbuiltadecadelater.Thetractincluded
the now‐demolished Concha Del Mar residence at its southeast end.
The tract was initially developed for the construction of summer
vacationhomesduetoitsproximitytothebeachandsweepingviewsof
Monterey Bay, but by the beginning of the 1900s these houses were
occupiedbyItalianfishingfamilies.SixtyItalianfamiliesimmigratedto
theSantaCruzareainthemid‐1870s,mostlyfromtheseafaringareaof
RivaTrigoso,intheLiguriaregionofItaly.
The Italians established themselves near the fishing wharves where they worked, on the west side of
towninaneighborhoodknownasLaBaranca.LaBarancawaslocatedalongthelowerpartofBayStreet
near the beach. Some families also lived on Blackburn Terrace, close to the La Baranca neighborhood.
Many of these Italian families remain in the area today, including the Stagnaro, Canepa, Carniglia,
Castagnola,Olivieri,andFaraolafamilies.
15 SOQUELAVENUECOMMERCIALSTRIP In1875thefirststreetcarlinewasestablishedinthecityofSantaCruz.Itutilizedhorse‐drawnvehicles
andconnecteddowntownwithBeachHill,thewharf,andeventuallytotheeastsideofSantaCruzalong
Soquel Avenue. Soquel Avenue between Ocean Street and Seabright Avenue was primarily developed
withsparsesingle‐familyhomesinthemid‐to‐late1800swiththeexceptionofBauschBrewery(1872,
corner of Soquel Avenue and Ocean Street), Branciforte School (1869, 840 North Branciforte Avenue),
LodtmanHall(1889,261Soquel Avenue),andVillaPerla(1893,520SoquelAvenue).Inthe1890sthe
streetcarsystemwasmodernizedwithelectrificationandexpanded;andby1895,raillinesranonSoquel
Avenue,andthendownCayugaStreettothecommunityofSeabright.Residentialconstructionboomed
along these rail lines; commercial businesses like groceries, blacksmith shops and shoemaker
establishments provided services to the growing residential neighborhoods. Soquel Avenue had its
originsasacommercialstripatthattime,althoughgrowthintheEastsidesoonslowedduetorecessions
inthelate1890sandagainattheendofthefirstdecadeofthetwentiethcentury.By1910housingbegan
tobedevelopedinresponsetoanewstreetcarlinethatranalongWaterStreetandMorrisseyBoulevard.
During this period the large undeveloped farmland between Soquel Avenue, Morrissey Boulevard, and
DeLaveagaParkwassubdividedanddevelopedasLaveagaPark.
MostcommercialdevelopmentalongSoquelAvenueoccurredduringtheinterwaryears.Grocerystores
wereestablishedtoservetheEastsideneighborhoods,suchasEbert’satSoquelandSeabrightAvenues
and Espindola’s Grocery (now Shopper’s Corner) at Soquel and Branciforte Avenues. After the
constructionofSantaCruzHospitalin1929(555SoquelAvenue),relatedbusinessessuchaspharmacies
and doctors’ offices were constructed on both sides of the street near the hospital. Gault Elementary
School(1320SeabrightAvenue)wasconstructedin1930toaddresstheeducationneedsofthegrowing
Eastsideneighborhoods.At1307SeabrightAvenue,theChurchofGodbuilttheirhouseofworshipnow
situated across the street from the school. They first occupied the site in 1925 and built the current
facilityin1949,nowoccupiedbythePacificCulturalCenter.
After World War II, the Eastside continued to grow in density and new public services were needed,
resultingintheconstructionofafirestation.Duringthelate1940’stoearly1950s,businessescateringto
neighborhoodentertainmentwerealsoestablished,suchastheRioTheater(1205‐1211SoquelAvenue),
Roller Palladium (1606 Seabright Avenue), and Tastee Freez (1141 Soquel Avenue). By 1951 over two
16 milliondollarshadbeenspentinnewdevelopmentalongornearSoquelAvenue,includingBranciforte
Junior High School on Poplar Avenue, and a Safeway Store. Today, Soquel Avenue remains the main
commercialarteryeastofthedowntown,connectingthecitytotheadjacenttownsofLiveOak,Soquel
andCapitola.TheHighway1(SR1)freewaybypasshasdivertedtraffictothenorthpartofthearea,but
Soquel Avenue remains a primary collector street in the Eastside for inter‐city movement. The Soquel
Avenue commercial strip has maintained a high level of integrity in relation to its period of historic
development.
MISSIONSTREETCOMMERCIALSTRIP
LikeSoquelAvenue,MissionStreetwasanearlyroadinandoutofSantaCruz,whichconnectedthetown
with the coast route to San Francisco and other places north. While residential development occurred
earlyintheneighborhoodsaboveandwestofthedowntownandsouthwestoftheSantaCruzMission,
mostresidentialdevelopmentoftheWestsidedidnotoccuruntilthetwentiethcentury.Whilemanyof
theneighborhoodcommercialserviceusesalongMissionStreetwereestablishedinthelasthalfofthe
twentieth century, many of the buildings were constructed earlier, following the construction of the
Mission Hill Middle School on King Street. These early modern‐styled buildings are reflective of the
periodandhavehistoricsignificancefortheirarchitecture.McClure’sGasStation(1500MissionStreet)
wasbuiltin1936andcontinuesinusetodayasacoffeeshopandGoodwilldrop‐offsite.Bay’NMission
Market(1604MissionStreet),originallyconstructedintheSpanishEclecticstylewasremodeledin1937
in the Art Moderne style. The building continues to serve as a commercial establishment, selling surf‐
related equipment and clothing. Further west, the County Bank of Santa Cruz building (1901 Mission
Street)standsoutasadistinctive1960Moderndesignalongthisthoroughfare.TheMissionStreetstrip
continuestorenewitselftodaywithaneclecticmixofoldandnewdesigns.
FRONTSTREET
While initial development of the city centerwas nearthe Santa Cruz Mission and the plaza, after 1853
Main Street (later Front Street) developed as the main business street. The prominence of Main Street
wasshortlived,andby1866,withtheForeman&Wrightsurvey,thenamewaschangedtoFrontStreet
and it was designated as a secondary street. Front Street did not initially connect to the wharves, but
eventually connected to Pacific Avenue at the bottom of Beach Hill in 1932. The Foreman & Wright
17 survey also changed the name of Willow Street to Pacific Avenue and designated it as the primary
business street. Businesses began to move to Pacific Avenue and newly vacant buildings along Front
StreetwereoccupiedforatimebytheChineseethniccommunity.TheFrontStreetChinatownwasthe
largestinthecityandlasteduntil1894whenitwasdestroyedbyfire.Afterthe1894fire,thedisplaced
ChinesecommunitymovedclosertotheSanLorenzoRiver.Theycontinuedtoresideinthisareauntilthe
December1955flood.
ThenorthendofFrontStreethadservedasamunicipalcenterprovidingthethensiteforthecountyjail
and the extant Hall of Records in the late nineteenth century, as well as Santa Cruz City Hall, Fire
Department, and Bell Tower. Later, as the automobile became increasingly prevalent in urban centers
during the interwar period, commercial sales and services clusters began to appear in Santa Cruz,
primarily on Front Street. Prominent local architects such as Lee Dill Esty and C. J. Ryland designed
buildings for clients in the automobile business, including auto repair shops (Huston & Weymouth
Garage,418FrontStreet)andautoshowrooms(ThrashPontiacMotors,429FrontStreet).In1936the
nineteenth‐century county jail was replaced with a Modern edifice designed by Albert Roller (now the
MuseumofArt&HistoryattheMcPhersonCenter,725FrontStreet).Today,FrontStreethaslostmostof
itsautorelatedbusinessesandcontinuestoserveasasecondarystreettoPacificAvenue.However,it
retains many structures associated with commercial development during the first half of the twentieth
century.
INDUSTRIALDEVELOPMENT
Early industrial development in Santa Cruz is tied to lumber, lime, leather, and fishing. The lumber
industryfirstestablisheditselfinthelate1840sduringthebeginningsoftheearlyAmericanperiod.This
industryshapesthelocalcoastallandscapewiththeinstallationoffacilitiescreatedtotransportlumber
from the mountains to the coast for shipping. Flumes were built to transport the lumber out of the
mountains. By 1876 new railroad lines carried lumber out of the mountains to the wharves. Although
local lumber industry began to decline in the late‐1880s, the industry managed to survive in the long
term. Antonelli Pond (Delaware Avenue west of Natural Bridges Drive), created in 1908, is associated
withtheSanVicenteLumberCompanywhichuseditasalogpond.ItremainsalinktoSantaCruz’searly
lumberindustryandisincludedasahistoricresourceinVolumeIII.
18 FishingwasalsoanearlyindustryinSantaCruz,initiallystartedcommerciallybythesmallcommunityof
Chineseresidentsinthe1850s,duringtheearlyCaliforniaperiod.Theindustryflourishedinthe1870s,
when Italian families emigrating from Genoa settled in the area. The three houses on West Cliff Drive
(112,116,and120WestCliffDrive)areexamplesofthecontinuedimmigrationbyItalianfishingfamilies
toSantaCruzduringtheearlytwentiethcentury.
Twootherindustries,canningandpoultryproduction,contributedtoearlytwentieth‐centuryindustrial
development in Santa Cruz. The Santa Cruz Fruit & Olive Canning Company (104 Bronson Street) was
establishedin1914and,underdifferentownership,continuedprovidingalargefacilityforthecanningof
localfruitsandvegetablesuntil1971.TheCoastDrumandBoxCompany(2541MissionStreet)wasbuilt
in1937bynorthernSantaCruzCountyfarmerstopackproduce.Bothoftheseagriculture‐relatedsites
have been adaptively reused but continue to physically represent past patterns of industrial
development. The poultry industry was established locally in the late nineteenth century prior to the
early twentieth‐century canning and packing industrial period and boomed later with the rise of small
‘poultry tracts’ which were created in many parts of Santa Cruz County. This decentralized industry
allowedasmallproducerasimpleandfastwaytomakealivingfromasmallhome‐basedpoultryfarm.
ThePoultryProducersofCentralCalifornia(111MadroneStreet)wasconstructedatthepeakofindustry
topackeggsforshipment(seeVolumeI).Itremainstodayasasolerepresentativeofthisearlytwentieth‐
centuryindustryneardowntownSantaCruz.
RESORT&RECREATIONDEVELOPMENT
Asthethrivinglumberandlimeindustrieswanedinthelate1800s,tourismtookonnewimportanceas
aneconomicengineinSantaCruz.Althoughvisitorsfromout‐of‐countyhadbeguntravelingtothebeach
at Santa Cruz in the 1860s, tourism did not increase substantially until the Neptune Baths were
constructedin1884.In1894anarticleinHarper’sWeeklyhelpedfurtherpromotethegrowingtourism
industry in Santa Cruz. Large rooming houses and cottages such as Pacific View Court (75‐81 Front
Street) serve as a reminder of this early resort development. The Walsh House (118 First Street),
althoughbuiltinitiallyasahouseforhotelproprietorJohnWalsh,laterservedvisitorstotheareainthe
1920sastheSeaViewApartments,andmorerecentlyasabedandbreakfastcalledBocaDelCieloInn.
ResortdevelopmentacceleratedattheturnofthecenturywiththeopeningofFredSwanton’sNeptune
Casino,hisattemptata“westcoastConeyIsland.”NeptuneCasinoburneddownin1904butwasquickly
19 replacedin1907withanothersimilarbuildingwithcasino,aplungewithheatedseawater,aboardwalk,
andapier.
In the mountains, Big Basin Redwoods was established as the first State Park in California in 1902.
Historicrecreationdevelopmentalsoincludesthesportofsurfing,whichtookholdinSantaCruzduring
the1930sandcontinuestodayasafocalpointofapopularrecreationallifestyleinthearea.Bythe1920s
trips to Santa Cruz by car were popular, and auto courts became more prevalent in the area to serve
short‐termvacationers.Theautocourtsandautocampsservedasearlymotelsallowingvisitorsaplace
to sleep and to park their car. Small complexes of summer cottages were constructed to serve the
seasonal needs of the Santa Cruz visitors. Petroff Auto Court (240 River Street) is a remnant of this
development period as well as small groups of cottages such as Villa Maio (438 Market Street). After
WorldWarII,theSantaCruzBoardwalkunderwentmajorrenovationsastourismonceagainincreased
afterwartimegasandtravelrestrictionswerelifted.ApartmentssuchastheModernManorApartments
(321 Second Street), built after the war, continue to serve vacationers. Commercial businesses which
servedthesummervisitorssuchasTasteeFreez(1141SoquelAvenue)andFostersFreeze(229Laurel
Street)wereconstructedalongmainthoroughfarestoandfromthebeach.Tourismremainsthelargest
industryinSantaCruztoday,andmanyoftheseearlytouristorientedbusinessesremainviableintheir
historicsettings.
EDUCATION
Many of the local historic schools such as Santa Cruz High School, Gault Elementary School, and
BranciforteElementarySchoolhavebeendocumentedinpreviousHistoricBuildingSurveys.MissionHill
Jr.High(425KingStreet)isincludedinVolumeIIIasthelastremaininghistoricschoolsitethathadnot
been documented as a part of the Santa Cruz Building Survey. Mission Hill Jr. High was constructed in
1930‐1931 during the early years of the Great Depression. It was the first junior high school to be
established in Santa Cruz and was a response to pedagogical changes benefiting preadolescents, a
movement in school development that occurred during the early twentieth century, spearheaded by
Charles W. Eliot, president of Harvard University. Architect John J. Donovan of Oakland, author of the
1921book,SchoolArchitecture;PrinciplesandPractices,designedtheoriginalstructure.
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22 114AlhambraAvenue
McKayHouse
TudorRevival
1926
Constructed1926,andfirstownedandoccupiedbycontractorJosephF.McKayandhiswife,Elizabeth,
thisresidencewasconstructedasaresidenceintheSeabrightneighborhood.Itlaterservedasavacation
rentalandcontinuesasarentaltoday.Rarerolledeaves,scallopedeyebrowdormers,andlongshingles
inthegableendscombinewithaverysimplegabledformandmulti‐litecasementwindowstoproduce
thisunusualTudorRevivalcottagedesignfromthe1920s.
23 307BerkeleyWay
PilkingtonHouse
Craftsman
1909‐1910
ThisCraftsmanresidencefeaturesalow‐pitchedside‐gabledroofwithalargesheddormerwindowanda
small partially recessed porch. The house is sheathed in wood shingles and is a vernacular
implementationofthestyleduringtheearlyyearsoftheArtsandCraftsMovement,builtbetween1909
and1910.Therecessedporchappearstohavebeenmodifiedatsomepoint,mostlikelyafterthe1989
Loma Prieta Earthquake, when repair work was completed on the brick chimney. Berkeley Way was
developed after 1905 and features many Craftsman and Colonial Revival and Neoclassical‐era homes.
JohnHumphreyBlakeyPilkingtonandhiswife,Virginia,firstoccupiedthishousein1910.Pilkingtonwas
a forester and agriculturist and was the first warden at California State Redwood Park (now Big Basin
RedwoodsStatePark).
24 203BlackburnStreet
TrolleyCarHouse
FolkwithCraftsmanelements
1926 In1926,asmallvernaculardwellingwasconstructedatthecornerofBlackburnandNearyStreets.The
owner built this house around a decommissioned trolley car, and the end of the car can be seen
embeddedinthebuildingfromNearyStreetstilltoday.ThehouseitselfisaverysimpleCraftsmandesign
oftheperiod,andthesidingusedonthehousewasappliedtothecar.Ashedadditiononthewestsideof
the exterior wall was added after 1950 and further conceals the trolley car from view. The house
representsauniqueformofarchitecturalnoveltybyowner‐buildersthatwasoftenfoundintheWestern
UnitedStatesandcelebratedforitssenseoftimelessnostalgia.
25 1010NorthBranciforteAvenue
National
ca.late1860s
ThisNational‐stylehouseappearstobealate1860sbuildingthatwasconstructedduringSantaCruz’s
earlyAmericanperiod.Thecoreofthistwo‐storyhouseisatraditional“I”type,havingafootprintthatis
two‐roomswideandone‐roomdeepmostlikelywithacentralhall.Consistentinformandmaterialwith
housesfromthisearlyperiod,thehistoricrecordhasbeenlost,anditcannotbedocumentedifthehouse
was built on this site or relocated to this property during the later part of the nineteenth century. It
remains a very rare example of early Santa Cruz, and further investigation of the underlying building
fabricofthishousemayrevealmoreofitshistory.
26 423Broadway
BowmanHouse
GothicRevival
ca.1884
Thistwo‐storyGothicRevivalhousehasalong,gabledmainformwithsteepcross‐gablescenteredonthe
sides.Theproportionsofthemaineavesarerepresentativeofballoon‐framedhousesofthe1870sand
1880s,andthe2/2double‐hungwindowsarealsoindicativeofthatera.EdwardBowman,proprietorof
Santa Cruz Carriage Works, built this house about 1884. He also apparently planted two tall fan palms
thatframethecorneroftheproperty.Thehouseisaccentuatedbyasteepcentralgableoverarare90‐
degreeangledbaywindowoverwhatwasoriginallytheentry.Althoughthebuildinghasbeenmodified
over time, it retains its early channel rustic siding under the applied shingle cladding. Wife Sarah
Bowmanconvertedthehouseintoapartmentsabout1928andexpandedittothewest.
27 708‐714BlockofBroadway
NewBroadwayApartments
MinimalTraditional
1939
Constructedin1939,thesefourduplexbuildingsfunctiontogetherasauniqueresidentialbuildingtype
knowntodayastheNewBroadwayApartments.Eachunitcontainsfourroomsandthecomplexfrontson
Broadway along most of the block between Ocean View Avenue and South Branciforte Avenue. The
MinimalTraditionaldesignhasitsoriginsinthe1930s,whenhousingdesignsoughttobemoremodest,
reflectiveoftheeconomicconditionsofthetime.Thedistinctivehorizontalmassingandportholedoor
windowsarenauticaldesignelementscommontobeachfrontcommunitiessuchasSantaCruz.
28 104BronsonStreet
SantaCruzFruit&OliveCanning
Company/
Stokely‐VanCamp/PacificCoastProducers
(SeabrightStation)
1914‐1989
This sprawling industrial complex, built as a
canning factory, includes many early
industrial vernacular buildings and occupies
an entire city block. The complex, which
features distinctive stepped massing, false‐
front walls, shed‐roofed loading docks, and
gabled and flat‐roofed sections, is visually
cohesive because of its wide expanses of
unfenestrated corrugated metal siding and roofing. Some of the buildings are from the early twentieth
century,butthesitehasevolvedovertime.Thecannerybuildingwasconstructedin1914astheSanta
Cruz Fruit & Olive Canning Company, which processed apples, olives, and string beans. By 1921, the
canneryfacilitywasenlargedandproductionfocusedonlocalfruitsandvegetablessuchasSantaCruz‐
brandspinachandbrusselsprouts.Althoughownershipchangedinthemid‐1940stoStokely‐VanCamp
Company,thesametypesofproductswereprocessedatthecannery.Thecannerywasoneofthelargest
seasonal producers in Santa Cruz. Stokely‐Van Camp made various additions and alterations to the
building over the years before selling to Pacific Coast Producers in 1971. Pacific Coast Producers
processed mostly beans and pears. Many additions have been made to the cannery building, and the
cannerysitenowencompassesmuchofthelandboundedbyWatson,Bronson,Hall,andOwenStreets.
Thecannerywasclosedin1989andnowservesasaPacificEdgeclimbinggymaswellascommercial
spaceforvariouslocalcompanies.
NOTE: The placement of older industrial buildings and sites on the City Historic Building Survey raises additional
considerations for such properties. These considerations include: the level of historic integrity of such properties due to the
many structural, physical and use changes which have taken place over time; and, the difficulty of reasonable evaluation of
future historic design review because of the changeable nature of such sites. The continued industrial zoning of such
properties provides some assurance that the buildings and sites will likely continue to be used for industrial purposes.
29 430CaledoniaStreet
ZamzowHouse
SpanishEclectic
1924 SantaCruz’sEastsideevolvedslowlyuntilafterWorldWarI,whenaperiodofexpansionbroughtrapid
new growth to the neighborhoods east of the downtown. In 1924, Wisconsin native Arnold Zamzow, a
pharmacist,andhiswife,Elizabeth,builtthisrevivalhousebasedonthepopularSpanishEclecticstyleof
thetime.Ithaseclecticdetailingreminiscentofmissionforms.
30 214CaliforniaAvenue
SantaCruzMarket
WesternFalseFront
1908
SantaCruzMarketwasbuiltin1908andhasbeenincontinuoususeasagrocerystoresinceitsinception.
ItisarareneighborhoodcommercialbuildingassociatedwiththeexpansionofSantaCruztothewest
duringthefirstpartofthetwentiethcentury.TheFalseFrontfaçadeofthemarketisrepresentativeof
buildingsintheWesternUnitedStatesconstructedhalfacenturyearlier,butoftenrevivedasapartof
thenostalgiafortheearlyfrontier.Thefaçadewasdamagedinthe1989LomaPrietaearthquakebutwas
restoredin1990.
31 711CaliforniaStreet
HoweHouse
Stick
Late1880s
ThisStickstylehouseisavernacularVictorian‐eraresidencefromthelatenineteenthcentury;itappears
tohavebeenbuiltovertime,withsmallerandlargergabledvolumes.TheclassicStickstyledetailsofthe
frontportionoftheone‐and‐one‐half‐storyportionoftheresidenceincludethefish‐scaleshinglesinthe
front gable end, the one‐story projecting angled bay window with its three equal 2/2 double‐hung
windows, the dormers on the side elevations, the channel‐rustic siding, and simple inset front porch
(which has been partially enclosed). The early owner was Arden Hall, a carpenter who came to Santa
Cruzabout1869withhiswife,Julia.ThehousewasinheritedbyHall’sdaughter,HelenEmilyHall,andby
1902,shelivedintheresidencewithherhusband,FredHowe.FredHowewasapostmaster,merchant,
andSantaCruzmayorfrom1915‐1917.
32 831CaliforniaStreet
WenbanHouse
FolkVictorianwithStick
detailing
ca.1887
This exceptional Folk Victorian house has a relatively simple gabled form with many unusual Stick‐era
details.Thehousehasafull‐widthgabledroofwithafrontbalconythatcoversaone‐storysquareentry
bay and front porch. The widely arched, drilled bargeboards at the main gable end are connected by a
distinctive turned truss that has the appearance of half a ship’s wheel. The windows are topped by
shallowhoodswithdentils,andtheporchconsistsofslenderpostswithdrilledcorbelsandaspandrelof
vertical lattice. A tripartite window form at the square bay entry appears to have replacement stained
glassbutoriginaltrim.WilliamandFrankElybuiltthishousearound1887andsoldittoNewYorknative
EdwardD.Wenbanin1889.
33 320CedarStreet
ModernBakingCompany
ArtDeco
1927and1936‐LeeDillEsty,
architect(Esty&McPhetres,
architectsforexpansion)
ThiscommercialbuildingembodiesArtDecodesignofthe1920sand1930s.Distinctivefeaturesofthis
stucco building include the stepped and notched corner parapet, the stepped and fluted door features,
and the thin cantilevered corner awning. The line of the awning is continued across the face of the
building with a trim band that ties the long series of storefronts together. Although the façade on the
corner of Cedar and Maple is the focal point of this building, the easterly portion of the building was
constructed first in 1927, as the Modern Baking Company. The building was designed for A. Mori, V.
Caselli, and U. Micheli, by Lee Dill Esty and housed a store and ovens for baking. A large addition was
madetothebuildingin1936,whichwasalsodesignedbyEstyandhisbusinesspartner,DanMcPhetres.
Thisadditionservedasthemainstoreandwarehouse,andhousedmoremodernbakingequipment.The
Modern Baking Company operated at the site until at least 1961 and the building currently houses
variouscommercialenterprises.
34 517‐519CenterStreet
AllSoulsUnitarianChurch
(ProgressiveBaptistChurch
andHall)
Neoclassical
1902–EdwardVanCleeck,
architect,sanctuary
1905,residence
TheUnitariancongregationinauguratedtheNeoclassicalstyleAllSoulsUnitarianChurchstructureatthis
site in 1902, adding in 1909, adjacent to the south, the two‐story Hackley Hall. The congregation had
been founded in Santa Cruz in 1866. With a diminishing membership in the 1940s, the Unitarians
relocatedtotheHallandin1947,soldthesanctuarybuildingtotheSantaCruzChurchofChrist,whoin
1952, purchased the 1905 residence adjacent to the north for use as a Sunday school. The Church of
Christ sold the sanctuary building and the converted residence to the current owners in 1963, the
ProgressiveMissionaryBaptistChurch.TheUnitariansremovedentirelyfromtheoriginalsitein1971,
when Hackley Hall was condemned and the building razed. The church sanctuary as well as the
parsonageandfellowshiphallwererenovatedbetween1988and1992,andincludedtheadditionofthe
belltowerandsteeple.
35 918CenterStreet
Dr.NelsonDentalOffice
StreamlineModerne
1941
Dr. Francis Norman Nelson moved his offices to this unique
Streamline Moderne building just before World War II and
operatedhisdentalpracticeintothe1970s.Thenauticaldesign
features of this small office building include porthole windows
and a front façade that bows out like the hull of a ship.
36 313ChestnutStreet
VossbergHouse
Stick
1889‐1892
StickstyledetailsofthisVictorian‐eracottageincludethedecoratedking‐posttrussesatthegableends,
theItalianatecorbelsaboveeachoftheporchposts,theopenworkbracketsbetweentheporchposts,and
thediagonalporchhandraildesign.Thegabledformandsquarebaywindow,originalmaterialssuchas
channelrusticsidingandenclosedsoffits,andotherornatedetailsprovideimportantcontributionstothe
late nineteenth‐century character of the design. This building is a contributor to the Downtown
NeighborhoodHistoricDistrict.Theresidencewasbuiltsometimebetween1889and1892,aspartofthe
WeeksTract,whichwascreatedin1889.ThefirstresidentwasGottlobVossberg,anativeofGermany
whocametotheUnitedStatesasachild.
37 516ChestnutStreet
Stick
ca.1888‐1892
This large Stick style house is a
vernacular
Victorian‐era
residence from the late
nineteenthcentury.Localhouses
of this style represent a
transitionfromthemoreupright
and blocky Italianate designs of
the 1880s, to the more highly
decorated and asymmetrical
QueenAnnedesignsofthe1890s.TheclassicStickstyledetailsofthistwo‐storyresidenceincludethe
patterned shingle work in the front gable end, the low eaves relative to the upstairs windows, the
elongated corbels andother Eastlake‐style ornamentat the gableand porch,andthe angled corners at
thefirstfloor,similartoafull‐widthbaywindowform.ThisbuildingisacontributortotheDowntown
Neighborhood Historic District and was constructed as a duplex between 1888 and 1892. The earliest
known tenant was Carl Kratzenstein, a druggist and manager of the Model Drug Store, and later the
mayorofSantaCruzin1919.Accordingtothe1900and1910Censuses,Kratzensteinwaslivinginthe
residenceasarenter.By1918,Mrs.ClaraStoneandherfamilywerelivingattheresidence.In1935,the
building was occupied by the Jewish Community Center, which included a synagogue where families
could congregate for religious services as well as to socialize. The building is currently used as multi‐
family residence and as a day treatment program. It has recently been remodeled by Habitat for
Humanity.
38 223ChurchStreet
Wessendorf&SonMortuary
(TheProphetEliasGreek
OrthodoxChurch)
GreekRevival
1926
LouisWessendorfconstructedthisbuildingin1926.German‐born,LouisWessendorfwasanupholsterer
who worked for undertaker George Staffler. When Staffler retired, Wessendorf took over the business,
constructing this Greek Revival‐style structure to house the expanding mortuary business he was
conducting along with his so, Lester. The Wessendorf mortuary remained at this location over a half a
century. When the Prophet Elias Greek Orthodox Church acquired this site, it maintained the Greek
Revival design and expanded the building to the rear. The façade design is rare in Santa Cruz but
characteristicofrevivaldesignsfromtheinterwarperiodfoundtodayinmanyurbancenters.
39 220ClevelandStreet
DickinsonHouse
Craftsman
1912–LeeDillEsty,architect
John and Theda Dickinson built this large Craftsman Bungalow in Santa Cruz’s Westside in 1912.
Constructed over two lots, the house, designed by architect, Lee Dill Esty, sits prominently in the
neighborhood;itssizeisemphasizedbythebatteredlowerwalls,stoneporchpillars,andsoaringtwo‐
storyroofline.TheDickinson’sranacurioshopformanyyearsonPacificAvenue,andThedaDickinson
madethisherhomeforoverhalfacentury.
40 200CoralStreet
CameronEngineering
Industrialvernacular
1960‐Bowman&Williams,consulting
engineers
Quonset huts were developed during
World War II, by the U.S. Navy at Quonset Point Naval Air Station in Rhode Island. This building type
found some popularity after the war as small, low‐cost industrial facilities that were usually
prefabricated and assembled on‐site. Consisting of semi‐cylindrical steel structural members and
corrugated metal sheets, examples extending 100 feet were also known as “Elephant Huts.” Many
installations, such as that on Coral Street, were joined side to side. The primary manufacturer of these
huts in the post‐World War II period was Stran‐Steel, their production ending in 1959. Cameron
Engineeringwasthefirsttenantinthe1960s.
NOTE: The placement of older industrial buildings and sites on the City Historic Building Survey raises additional
considerations for such properties. These considerations include: the level of historic integrity of such properties due to the
many structural, physical and use changes which have taken place over time; and, the difficulty of reasonable evaluation of
future historic design review because of the changeable nature of such sites. The continued industrial zoning of such
properties provides some assurance that the buildings and sites will likely continue to be used for industrial purposes. 41 DelawareAvenuebetween
ShafferRoadandNaturalBridges
Drive
Antonelli’sPond
1908
Originallycreatedasa6.4‐acrelogpondfedbyMooreCreekin1908bySanVicenteLumberCompany,
thepondwaslaternamedfortheAntonellifamilywhocultivatedbegoniasnearby.Thisman‐madebody
of water is the only remaining vestige of the turn‐of‐the‐century San Vicente Lumber Company. A rare
historicresourceintheSantaCruzarea,itisasignificantrepresentationofthelumberingindustrythat
was such a large part of the city’s early history. Encroaching development on the site prompted the
acquisitionofthelandbytheLandTrustofSantaCruzCounty.Sincetheearlytwentiethcenturyithas
beenevolvingasa13.7‐acrehistoricalandecologicallandmark.
42 213ElmStreet
Neoclassical
ca.1907‐1909
ThisisanarchetypicalvernacularNeoclassicalbungalowfromtheearlytwentiethcentury.Thedesign,
referredtoas“ColonialRevival”inearliervolumesoftheHistoricBuildingSurvey,incorporatesallofthe
standard Neoclassical features of the time, including: raised compact mass with a moderately pitched
hipped roof and rectangular footprint; hipped‐roof dormer; horizontal tri‐bevel wood drop siding and
flat‐board trim; asymmetrical recessed front porch; shallow cantilevered angled bay window with a
tripartite focal window; high accent window with diamond panes under the porch roof; Tuscan post
columns; solid porch railings; and boxed eaves. This building is a contributor to the Downtown
NeighborhoodHistoricDistrict.Threeidenticalhousesarelocatedadjacentto213ElmSt.,whichareall
part of a small 1905 subdivision. These four similar row houses are well preserved; together, they are
excellentexamplesofthestyle.
43 404EscalonaDrive
CanfieldHouse
FoursquarewithNeoclassical
andShinglestyleinfluences
1906–GeorgeReid,builder
CharlesCanfieldandhiswife,Cora,hadbuilderGeorgeReidconstructthishouseinastylemorecommon
totheBerkeleyfoothillsarea;anearlyArts&Craftsbuildingcompletedjustafterthe1906Earthquake.
Canfield worked in real estate and his son, Laurence, was a later owner of the Santa Cruz Beach
Boardwalk,whichhepurchasedin1952.TheFoursquarehouseincludesNeoclassicalandShinglestyle
formsanddetails.Featuresofnoteincludetheexposedjoisttails,thecantileveredupperstory,thebell‐
castawningovertherecessedfrontporch,theclassicalporchcolumns,andtheunusualproportionsand
sizeofthewindowsash.
44 1211FairAvenue
Kitchen’sCastle(Aloha
Medicinals)
FolkArt
1947and1952
An appealing example of Folk
ArtstyleinSantaCruz,Kitchen’s
Castle is an eclectic conglom‐
eration of materials and forms.
The building, constructed in
1947 by Raymond Kitchen and
completed in 1952 by a later
owner, is clad in stone that is accentuated with brick, stucco, and abalone. Cylindrical‐shaped spires,
flaredtowers,andbulbouschimneysprojectfromthelowroof;theyareallsheathedinthesamematerial
asthewalls,addingtotheuniquedesignofthisindustrialbuildingthatnowservesAlohaMedicinalsin
SantaCruz’sWestside.
NOTE: The placement of older industrial buildings and sites on the City Historic Building Survey raises additional
considerations for such properties. These considerations include: the level of historic integrity of such properties due to the
many structural, physical and use changes which have taken place over time; and, the difficulty of reasonable evaluation of
future historic design review because of the changeable nature of such sites. The continued industrial zoning of such
properties provides some assurance that the buildings and sites will likely continue to be used for industrial purposes.
45 122FernStreet
OliverHouse
National
Relocatedontositeafter1905
Thisca.1870sstructurewaslikelymovedontothissiteonFernStreetjustafterthe1906Earthquake.
The original two‐story part of the structure is a small board‐and‐batten cottage with thin vertical
windowsandanarrowbuildingformtoppedbyahippedroofrestingoverenclosedsoffits.Althoughthe
lowerfrontwindowsappeartobereplacements,thefrontdoorisofveryearlyvintage.Theadditionis
cladinbeveledsidingcommonlyfoundintheearlytwentiethcentury,andthisadditionwaslikelybuilt
after the building was moved to this site. Although used for residential purposes during most of the
twentiethcentury,theoriginalusemayberelatedtoearlyindustrialdevelopmentwithinthecity.Frank
Oliver,amerchant,livedinthishouseduringtheearlyyearsofthetwentiethcentury.
46 118FirstStreet
WalshHouse
(BocaDelCieloInn)
Stick
ca.1894
One of Santa Cruz’s grander Stick style Victorians, this building has served as a bed and breakfast in
recent times, and previously catered to the tourist industry near the Boardwalk as the Sea View
Apartments since the 1920s. John M. Walsh, a hotel proprietor, bought this recently completed house
fromFrederickHihnin1895,andhisfamilyoccupiedthebuildingasasingle‐familydwellingforafew
decadesbeforeitwasconvertedintoapartments.Raisedabovethestreetonaslopingparceloverlooking
the Cocoanut Grove, this imposing building remains a reminder of development in the Boardwalk area
associated with the early period of the Neptune Baths, when in 1893 Captain C. F. Miller and John
Leibrandtcombinedforcesandbuiltanewbathhousewithanindoorseawaterpool.Thehousehasmany
unique original features, including a jigsaw sunburst pattern that fills the king‐truss at the front gable
end, heavy, carved corbels at the outer corners of the eaves, and the wide bellyband with a series of
recessedpanels.
47 75‐81FrontStreet
PacificViewCourt
Vernacular
1885‐1892
This residential complex is
comprised of houses and
cottages from a variety of eras.
Thetwomostprominentinclude
a tall 1880s two‐story house and a one‐and‐one‐half‐story Craftsman house with knee braces and
diamond‐paneleadedglass.Thetwo‐storyhousehasdistinctiveeavereturnsandahippedgableroof,as
wellas1/1double‐hungwoodwindowsandasmalloff‐centerfrontporch.TheCraftsmanhousehasa
distinctiveroof configuration, with a shed roof that divides the front façade between the focal window
andtheuppergable.Thegablehasunusualverticalsiding.FourNeoclassicalcottagesarelocatedatthe
northendoftheproperty;thesehavedouble‐gabledroofswithoutlookers,distinctive14‐liteuppersash
patternsatthefocalwindows,andtri‐bevelwooddropsiding.NearthecornerofFrontandThirdStreets,
avintagepainted‐and‐neonsignannounces:“PacificViewCourtApts–Rooms.”Themainhousewasfirst
ownedbyHarrietBlackburn,whowasthewidowofJudgeWilliamBlackburn.Thecouplehadbeenlarge
landownersinearlySantaCruz,andfollowinghisdeathin1867,shebecameaprolificdeveloperofsmall
tractscateringtothenineteenth‐centuryvacationindustryinSantaCruz.
48 418FrontStreet
Huston&WeymouthGarage
(IndianJoze)
MissionRevivalwithArtDeco
influence
1925–LeeDillEsty,architect
As the automobile became increasingly prevalent in urban centers during the interwar period,
commercial sales and services clusters began to appear. In Santa Cruz, this occurred primarily along
FrontStreet.This1925buildingwasdesignedbyprominentlocalarchitectLeeDillEsty;itwasoneofthe
firstautofacilitiestoprovidemachineshopandrepairservice.Huston&Weymouthremainedatthissite
forabout30years.TheMissionRevivaldesignhasremainedintact,althoughthebuildingwasconverted
tocommercialusesin1984.
49 428FrontStreet
Fulmer’sFurnitureStore
ArtModerne
1948‐OrloHackbarth,builder
ThisArtModernebuildingwasconstructedin1948bycontractorOrloHackbarthasanautobodyshop.
Itoperatedforonlyafewyearsasanautobodyshopandby1950,thebuildingwasoccupiedbyFulmer’s
Furniture Store. F. Roy Fulmer was the mayor of Santa Cruz from 1943‐1946 and operated various
businesses around the Santa Cruz area. In 1950, he opened Fulmer’s Furniture at 428 Front St., which
was billed at the time as Santa Cruz’s largest furniture store. Eventually the store was sold to R. O.
McMahanandwascalledHaber’sThriftStore.ItwaslateroccupiedbytheApplianceServiceCenterand
UniversityCopy.Itisoccupiedtodaybyseveralbusinesses,includingayogastudio.
50 429FrontStreet
ThrashPontiacMotors
ArtModerne
1949–C.J.Ryland,architect
A post‐World War II auto dealership building, ThrashMotors occupied thisArt Moderne buildingafter
taking over the local Pontiac dealership about 1934. The building features a large curved aluminum
storefront that was designed to better display the latest Pontiacs. Arizona Fieldstone planters are
signature design elements for the period, as is the vertical monument sign inserted into the building
form.SylvanThrashcommissionedColumbusJ.RylandtoconstructthisPontiacshowroomandgaragein
1948. Garages, automotive supply stores, and auto sales and showrooms were prevalent on this street
beginning in the 1920s and lasting to the early 1980s. Thrash Pontiac was in business until the early
1960s,whenownershipchangestoMarinaPontiac‐Cadillac.In1986,GeorgeOwandLarryChewopened
Pontiac Grill in this building with a retro‐style theme related to the early days of the dealership. More
recentlyitwasCaféLaVieandisnowoccupiedbytheSurfriderCafe.
51 514‐518FrontStreet
Ward&ThrashOakland
andPontiacSales
CommercialVernacular
1927
Front Street was a major hub of the evolving automobile sales and services commercial sector for the
SantaCruzareabeginninginthe1920s.Thisvernacularcommercialbuildingwasconstructedin1927,
with its primary tenant being an Oakland and Pontiac auto dealership. Originally Hutchings & Dodson,
thedealershipquicklychangedtoKirbyMotorCo.andthenWard&Thrash.By1935,SylvanThrashhad
takenoverassoleproprietorofthedealershipatthislocation,andheremainedatthissiteuntilbuilding
a new showroom across the street at 429 Front Street in 1948. Other mostly auto‐related tenants
occupied this building over subsequent years. In the early 1980s, the building was renovated for
pedestrian‐orientedretailuses,asitexiststoday.
52 705FrontStreet
SantaCruzCountyJail
(MuseumofArt&Historyatthe
McPhersonCenter)
ArtDeco
1936–AlbertRoller,architect
TheSantaCruzCountyJailwasinitiallybuiltonthissiteinthelatenineteenthcentury,southoftheHall
ofRecords(OctagonBuilding).Theoriginalstructurewasreplacedin1936bythisthree‐storyL‐shaped
Art Deco building by San Francisco architect Albert Roller as a project of the Works Progress
Administration,whichwasfundedunderCongress’sEmergencyReliefAppropriationActof1935.Roller
wasaprominentearlymodernistarchitectwithacareerinCentralCalifornialastingover65years.His
WPA design is typical of Art Deco designs of the mid‐1930s, rising out of the economy of the Great
Depression.In1993,thebuildingwasrenovatedandtheMuseumofArt&Historywasattachedtothe
south façade. San Francisco architectural firm William Turnbull Associates were contracted for the
renovation,aswellasthenewmuseumaddition.
53 423HighStreet
SnyderHouse
Monterey
1926–LeeDillEsty,architect
ArchitectLeeDillEstydesignedthishomeforBertSnyderin1926.Snyderwasanattorneywhoservedin
theCaliforniaStateAssemblyandtheSenateinthe1920sand1930s,aswellasapartnerinRittenhouse
&Snyder,alocalbuildingandinvestmentcompany.Thehousefeatureslampsandgrillworkfixturesby
metalartisan,JohnOtar,betterknownas“OtartheLampmaker.”Otar’scareerinSantaCruzbeganinthe
1920s, and he created art fixtures for buildings such as the Rio Del Mar Hotel, Hawaiian Gardens in
Capitola, and many private homes. Esty’s Monterey style design is a uniquely compact form that is
visually pleasing along High Street. The cantilevered second story is incorporated into the design by
recessingacornerofthefirstfloor.Thisdetailisbalancedbyaninsetbalconyontheoffsetoppositeside
ofthefaçade.Asymmetricallypairednearthecenterofthefaçadeisalarge,deeplyrecessedentryarch
and a tall, narrow arched accent window. The heavily textured stucco walls, red tile roof, multi‐lite
windows,heavyshutters,andatticlatticeventsallcontributetothestrikingdesign.
54 801HighStreet
MessiahLutheranChurch
BayRegionII
1962–Haarstick,Lundgren
&Associates(Robert
Benninghof,projectarchitect)
BayRegionarchitectureisaregionaladaptationoftheArtsandCraftsmovementoftheearlytwentieth
century,whichstressesbuildingwithnatureandfeaturesnaturalmaterialsandsurfaces.BayRegionIIis
the modern extension of this movement. Buildings, such as this early 1960s church, feature exposed
naturalconcreteandwoodmaterialsinopensettings.Theformofthechurchrecallsthesteepgeometric
forms in Scandinavian architecture such as by the work of Aalto and Saarinen. The Messiah Lutheran
Churchconstructedthisplaceofworship,includingclassroombuildings,in1962,movingfromaprevious
siteonMissionStreet,andcontinuestoprovideworship,religious,andeducationalprogrammingatthis
sitetoday.
55 900HighStreet
FirstCongregationalChurch
Modern
1959–LeslieNichols,architect
(BatesElliot,projectarchitect)
The FirstCongregational Church was founded in SantaCruz in 1852, andthis church is the third to be
constructedbythecongregation.Thesite,overlookingWestlakeandtheMontereyBay,wasonceapart
of the Cowell Ranch and received $300,000 from the Cowell Foundation to construct the sanctuary,
fellowship hall, and two‐story educational and youth building. One of Santa Cruz’s most significant
Modern buildings, the design breaks away from traditional church architecture by imbedding the
structure with symbolism of modern Christian thought. These include the prayer tower, diamond plan
motif,thehumanscaledarcade,fishhandleentrydoors,thesymbolicthreeentrancedoorsleadingfrom
the narthex into the nave, clear light windows, and a monumental composition in the sanctuary
consistingofasix‐tonrockandcrosshewnfroma2,000yearoldredwoodtree.
56 606HighlandAvenue
WagnerHouse
National
ca.1875
Embedded in this ca. 1875 residence is a portion of the 1850s Nicolas Dodero house. Dodero was an
Italian sailor who came to Branciforte and acquired a portion of the Tres Ojo de Agua Rancho in 1844,
uponwhichhebuilthissmallhouse.ThefarmwaspurchasedbyJohnWagnerin1873,andhecuttheold
house in half and moved it back on the property. Wagner incorporated Dodero’s house into this
farmhousethathebuiltabout1875.WagnerwasaGermanimmigrantwhocametotheareain1856,and
worked in the tanneries and farmed what was then about 43‐acres. His son and daughter‐in‐law, Fred
and Grace Wagner, lived in the house until the 1970s. Fred Wagner was an established blacksmith in
SantaCruz.ThefamilydonatedtotheCityapartoftheirfarmknownasWagner’sGulch.Thatland,now
knownasWagner’sGrove,isincludedtodayinHarveyWestPark.
57 123JordanStreet
NotleyHouse
Stick
ca.1892
This two‐story Stick style house typifies a vernacular Victorian‐era residence from the late nineteenth
century,incorporatingupright Stick style details of the 1880s, with an asymmetrical form that became
moretypicalinthe1890s.Thecharacteristicfeaturesofthisresidenceincludethelargehippedroofwith
frontandsideaccentgables,thedecoratedking‐posttrussatthefrontgableend,theround,hoodedattic
vent,theelongatedcorbelsandotherdistinctiveEastlakedetailornamentsatthegablesandfrontporch,
andthefull‐heightsquarebaywindowwithextendedwindowtrim.Thehousewasbuiltabout1892,and
JohnL.Notleyisthefirstidentifiedowner.HewasanowneroftheW.E.Maxcy&Co.saloonlocatedon
PacificAvenue.
58 425KingStreet
MissionHillMiddleSchool
(MissionHillJuniorHighSchool)
SpanishEclecticwith
International
addition
1931–JohnJ.Donovan,architect
(Stanton&Phillips,architects
forthe1949expansion)
Constructedin1930‐1931duringtheearlyyearsoftheGreatDepression,thefirstjuniorhighschoolto
be established in Santa Cruz was a response to pedagogical changes benefiting preadolescents, a
movement during the early twentieth century, spearheaded by Charles W. Eliot, president of Harvard
University.ArchitectJohnJ.DonovanofOakland,authorofthe1921bookSchoolArchitecture;Principles
andPractices,designedtheoriginalstructure.Itssimplegabledformsandshalloweavesevokethe1930s,
while its tile roof, stucco walls, and multi‐pane windows create a Spanish Eclectic design. A modern
International style expansion, designed by Monterey architects Stanton & Phillips, was completed in
1949‐1950.
59 532KingStreet
ChurchHouse
1936
ThesetwoSpanishEclecticresidencesconstructed
in the Westside represent a refinement of this
revival style in the 1930s. After the First World
War, the Eclectic Revival or Period Revival styles
grew in prominence to become characteristic of
both residential and non‐residential construction.
StylessuchasSpanishEclectic,MissionRevival,
Mediterraneanandothersremainedpopularuntil
the1940s.Evensmallhousessuchasthesetwo
1504KingStreet
LachmanHouse
1930
cottages, demonstrate strong Eclectic detailing,
including gabled, Spanish tile roofs, a heavily
textured stucco finish, arched focal windows,
modest front porch entries with walls instead of
posts,andterra‐cottaatticvents.1504KingStreet
(picturedontheright)wasbuiltaround1930and
was first occupied by salesman Harry Lachman
and his wife, Lillian. Six years later Hamilton &
Church, contractors, built 532 King Street
(pictured above) for partner John M. Church and
his wife, Carrie. The tall stucco wall along the
Walnut Street frontage was not built until 1969,
whenAnnieRighettienclosedtherearyard.
60 229LaurelStreet
FostersFreeze(Foster’sOld
FashionFreeze)
Moderne
1949‐1950
Foster’s Old Fashion Freeze was first founded by George Foster in Inglewood, Southern California, in
1946.By1949,hehadconstructedoneofhissignaturebuildingsinSantaCruz.Providingfast‐foodand
“California’sOriginalSoftServe”toSantaCruzresidentsandbeach‐goersalike,therestauranthasbeenin
continuous operation for over 60 years. The Moderne building with its wide canopy and slender posts
remainsauthentictoitsprototype.The4’x6’illuminatedsignwasaddedin1979.
61 1121LaurelStreet
RheinHouse
Neoclassical
1908‐attributedtoWolfe&
McKenzie,architects
Thistwo‐story,NeoclassicalhouseuniquelyblendstheShingleandlateQueenAnneformsofthe1890s
withNeoclassicaldetailingoftheearlytwentiethcentury.Theroofformisunusual:atwo‐storyhipped
mainroofprojectsforwardintoanaccentgablewhilethefrontslopeofthemainroofcontinuesforward
tobecomethebell‐castone‐storyporchroof.Classicalcolumns,curvedbargeboards,decorativeexposed
joisttails,shinglecladdingattheupperwallthatflaresatthebellyband,andvariedfenestrationpresent
aneclecticcompositionassociatedwiththeSanJosefirmofWolfe&McKenzie.Althoughtheassociation
ofthisfirmwiththishousehasnotbeenconfirmed,thearchitectureisderivativeoftheir1907Bookof
Designs that promoted 102 prototypical house designs for Central California. Real estate agent Henry
Rheinbuiltthishouseforhisfamilyin1908.
62 1125LaurelStreet
DevlinHouse
Neoclassical
ca.1910–attributedtoWolfe&
McKenzie,architects
Theproportionsanddetailingofthisearlytwentiethcentury,Neoclassicalstylehouseareuniqueinthe
cityofSantaCruz.Thewidearchedporch,flattenedfalsejoisttailsunderthesoffit,cantileveredwindow
boxaccentuatingthecantileveredsquarebaywindowsupportedbysteppedkneebraces,unusualfluted
pilasters mimicking the side pilasters at the diamond‐accent window, and overly wide dormer sitting
overtinyclassicalcolumns,allcontributetoacompositionthatcanbeattributedtotheeclecticworkof
theSanJosefirmofWolfe&McKenzie.Likethehousetoitseastat1121LaurelSt.,thearchitecthasyet
tobeconfirmed.EdwardDevlin,proprietoroftheSantaCruzEveningNews,wasthefirstoccupantofthis
housearound1911‐1912accordingtoSantaCruzcitydirectories.
63 512LincolnStreet
ClarkHouse
QueenAnne ca.1893
ThisQueenAnnecottageisavernacularVictorian‐eraresidencefromthelatenineteenthcentury.While
having unique details, it also exhibits many of the common traits of the height of the Victorian era in
SantaCruz,includingasymmetryofformandornatedetailing.Theca.1893classicQueenAnneformof
thiscottageincludesfeaturessuchasthegabled‐hipmainroof,gabledbaywindowwithornamentaltrim,
aninsetporchwithrelateddecoration,asymmetricalraisedform,originaljigsawncorbels,shingledgable
end,anddiagonal‐boardpanels.ThisbuildingisacontributortotheDowntownNeighborhoodHistoric
District.Theoriginalownershavenotbeenidentified.
64 120MapleStreet
HeathHouse/FirstAdvent
ChristianChurchRectory
Stick ca.1884
Theunusualconfigurationofthesymmetricalsquarebaywindows,whichflankthecenteredfrontporch,
setapartthisvernacularcottagefromotherearlyStickstyledesigns.Thisca.1884housealsoincludes
typicalfeaturesofthisstyle,suchastheking‐posttrussesatthegableends,truncatedpyramidalroof,the
diagonal panels beneath the bay window sash, narrow windows, channel‐rustic siding, beveled porch
posts, and boxed eaves. The compact form, original materials, and distinctive detailing create a unique
localdesign.PlumberandlaterhardwarestoreownerCharlesHenryHeathandhiswife,Agnes,firstlived
hereintheearly1890sjustaftertheirmarriage.By1931,thepropertywasownedbytheFirstAdvent
Christian Church and used as the church rectory. This building is a contributor to the Downtown
NeighborhoodHistoricDistrict.
65 220MapleStreet
GardnerHouse
Stick ca.1888‐1892
ThedistinctivefeatureofthisStickstyle,two‐storyhouseistheone‐story,insetfrontporch.Itincludesa
Mansard roof above Stick style beveled posts and beams that are filled with unusual drilled openwork
spandrelpanelsanddiagonalsolidrails.Theintersectionsofthepostsandbeamsareaccentedbybulls‐
eyes.LocalhousesofthisstylerepresentatransitionfromthemoreuprightandblockyItalianatedesigns
ofthe1880s,tothemorehighlydecoratedandasymmetricalQueenAnnedesignsofthe1890s.Classic
Stick style details of this ca. 1888‐1892 two‐story residence include the patterned shingle work in the
frontgableend,thetruncatedhippedmainroof,thefull‐heightwindowtrimwithelongatedcorbels,the
flaredshingledsillband,andthechannel‐rusticsiding.This buildingisacontributortotheDowntown
NeighborhoodHistoricDistrict.
66 438MarketStreet
VillaMaioCottages
/ShermanVillaCottages
Craftsman
1926
BuiltonthesiteoftheBigTreesBrewerythatoperatedfrom1892untiltheearly1920s,thesecottages
wereconstructedormovedontothepropertyin1926.Theyservedthegrowingtouristindustryduring
the interwar years when Santa Cruz and other coastal communities catered to summer visitors who
traveledfromtheBayAreaandCentralValleybycarforweeklyvacationstays.Thecomplexwascalled
“VillaMaio”andwasfirstoperatedbyCharlesLundandlaterbyGeorgeandAnneLeonard,whorenamed
it“ShermanVilla.”Theresidenceadjacenttothecottages,at434MarketStreet,wasalsoassociatedwith
theearlybrewery,servingastheowner/manager’shouseforthedifferentestablishments.VillaMaioand
Sherman Villa cottages were summer rentals until the 1950s. The cottages were a desirable place to
vacationduetotheirproximitytoBranciforteCreek,whichaffordedfishingandsmallrowboatsonthe
creek,aswellasfortheidyllicsettingwithflowers,fruit,andwalnuttrees.Inthe1950s,theproperties
were divided into two parcels and the cottages became permanent year‐round rentals. The cottages
frameaninnercourtbehindawidefive‐cargaragefacingMarketStreet.
67 226MarnellAvenue
WhaleyHouse&PoultryFarm
CraftsmanwithShingle
influences 1920
Shingle style houses were products of the Victorian era; however, the bell‐cast rooflines and curving
shingled wall awnings of this house have Shingle style roots that have been integrated into a unique
Craftsmandesign.Theone‐and‐one‐half‐storyhousehasasteeplypitchedroofwithexposedraftertails
that flare at the eaves and above the side entry porch. At the front of the house are three permanent
window awnings, also curving, and with exposed rafter tails. The porch has typically Craftsman style
tapered wood posts and heavy beams. This house was built in 1920, and first occupied by Samuel
Whaley.Whaleyconductedpoultryfarmingonthepropertywithalargechickencooplocatedattherear
oftheparcel.
68 350MissionStreet
FirstPresbyterianChurch
(VintageFaithChurch)
GothicRevival
1937
TheFirstPresbyterianChurchwasfoundedinSantaCruzin1889andforhalfacenturywaslocatedat
Pacific Avenue and Cathcart Street. In 1938, the congregation relocated to this prominent site along
Mission Street at Highland Avenue, where they had constructed this Gothic Revival place of worship a
year earlier. Vintage Faith Church, formed in 2004, joined with First Presbyterian Church in 2006 and
merged in early 2008. The gabled brick church features some lancet Gothic Revival details as well as
Tudorhalf‐timberingandarchedwindows.TotherearofthesanctuaryonHighlandAvenuearerelated
buildingsthatweredesignedasamutedcounterpointtotheGothicstyledchurchstructure.
69 1500MissionStreet
McClure’sGasStation
ArtModerne
1936
McClure’s Gas Station was constructed in 1936 and features an Art Moderne form and details. It is
significantasanexampleofSantaCruz’sbuiltheritageassociatedwithautomobile‐relatedservices,andit
is also significant for its distinctive twentieth‐century architecture. The design includes Art Moderne‐
inspiredintersectingplanesaccentuatedbyhorizontalbandingattheflatoverhangandangularparapets.
ThebuildinghasbeenadaptivelyreusedasasmallrestaurantservingChicago‐stylehotdogs.
70 1604MissionStreet
Bay’NMissionMarket
(RipCurlSurfShop)
ArtModerne
1929
This popular surf shop was originally built in the Spanish Eclectic style when it was known as Bay ’N
MissionMarket,butwasremodeledin1937intheArtModernestyle.TheoriginalownerwasH.B.Rice
andthestorewasoperatedbyhisson,FrederickRice.H.B.RicehadbeenafrequentvisitortoSantaCruz
and moved to the area from Arizona in 1925. After the remodeling in 1937, the market included two
storefronts; one operated as a grocery store, the other a typewriter shop. After 1950, the market was
ownedbySingLamandtheproprietorofthestorewasArthurLam.TheLamfamilieswereprominent
membersoftheChinesecommunityinSantaCruz,andundertheirownershipthestorewasexpandedto
therear.TheLamsremainedownersofthestoreuntilatleastthe1980s.Thelargemarqueeoriginally
read“Market”buthasbeenrecentlyalteredtoread“Surf”withtheoccupantchangetotheRipCurlSurf
Shop.
71 1901MissionStreet
CountyBankofSantaCruz
Building
International
RonaldA.White,architect
1960
Constructedin1960asanEastsidebranchoftheCountyBankofSantaCruz,thisbuildingisauniqueand
well‐crafted implementation of the mid‐twentieth‐century International style of architecture. Elements
suchasthe“highlight”concreteblocksthatmakeupthewallplanes,thelargeexpansesofglazing,and
the flared posts and cantilevered beams that support the deep flat eaves, in addition to the building’s
overalllow,rectilinearmassing,makethisbuildingstandoutasadistinctiveexampleofitsera.
72 2541MissionStreet
CoastDrum&BoxCompany
IndustrialVernacular
1937
The firm Wilson and Castagnola
constructed
this
rambling
industrial complex for Louis
Pardiniin1937.Pardiniwasthe
president of an association of
Coast ranchers who backed him
in his plan to build a produce
packing plant and a drum and
box factory close to their
ranches in the north county.
Until this facility was built, the
ranchers had previously needed
tocrosstowntousetheservices
of Santa Cruz Fruit Packing
Company on Bronson Street,
locatedintheSeabrightneighborhood.Thisnewcorrugatedmetalbuildingwasclosertotheirfarms,and
it was built adjacent to the Southern Pacific tracks for ease of produce transport. After completing an
additionin1947,CoastDrumandBoxCompanyoperatedatthissiteuntil1955,whenSantaCruzVeneer
ProductsCompanyacquiredthebuilding.Inrecentyearsithasundergoneadaptivereuseandisnowa
largecenterofartiststudiosandotherrelatedcraftbusinesses.
NOTE: The placement of older industrial buildings and sites on the City Historic Building Survey raises additional
considerations for such properties. These considerations include: the level of historic integrity of such properties due to the
many structural, physical and use changes which have taken place over time; and, the difficulty of reasonable evaluation of
future historic design review because of the changeable nature of such sites. The continued industrial zoning of such
properties provides some assurance that the buildings and sites will likely continue to be used for industrial purposes.
73 111MottAvenue
Bruce‐PaitHouse
National
ca.1890s
Although altered by replacement siding, many elements and details of this ca. 1894 National style
vernacularhousetogetherindicatethatitwasbuiltinthelatenineteenthcentury.Theone‐and‐one‐half‐
storyhouseisconstructedinaroughlysymmetricaldesignandhasasteeplypitchedgableroofwitha
full‐widthfrontporch.Thehousefeaturesnarrow2/2double‐hungwindowswithslendermuntinsanda
distinctive angled, tripartite window at the corner, similar to a bay window, which offered a view to
SeabrightBeachattheendofMottAvenue.Thishousewasconstructedasasummerhomeandisoneof
the earlier homes built in the then unincorporated Seabright. The house was constructed by Starr and
GovernorMorrisBruceandlaterownedbyMaryandGeorgePait.ItcontinuestobeownedbythePait
family231OtisStreet
74 MillerHouse
CraftsmanwithSpanishEclectic
details
1927
AneclecticcombinationoftheCraftsmanandSpanishEclecticstyles,thisresidenceappearstohavebeen
builtspeculativelyandhadanumberoftenantsuntilacquiredbyStuartMillerinthe1930s.Millerwasa
generalmanagerattheA.K.SalzCompany,andduringhisownership,thebuildingwasremodeledand
expanded. It has a unique presence today in the neighborhood as an eighty‐plus‐year old residence
reflectingCaliforniaarchitecturalrevivalismthatwaspopularinthe1920s.
75 1129PacificAvenue
MorrisAbramsStore
ArtModerne
1937–C.J.Ryland,architect
TheArtModernestyleretailstorewasdesignedbyC.J.RylandandbuiltforMorrisAbramsin1937.In
1889, Abrams came to Santa Cruz from Poland via Texas and established his clothing store at various
locationsdowntownbeforebuildinghissignaturestoreonPacificAvenue.Newmethodsofconstruction
allowedforverylargeglassdisplaywindowsonthefaçade,aninnovationatthattime.Thebuildingalso
featuresGladdingMcBeanterracottatilesintheparapet.AfterMorrisAbram’sdeathin1945,thestore
continuedtobeoperatedbyhisfamily,butfinallyclosedin1982.Thepropertywasacontributortothe
Downtown/Pacific Avenue Commercial District until the district was delisted in 1991 after the 1989
LomaPrietaearthquake.
76 1344PacificAvenue
HotelPalomar
ArtDeco
1928‐1930,WilliamH.Weeks,
architect
Designed by prominent California architect William H. Weeks, the historic Hotel Palomar building is a
concrete‐clad vertical‐ribbed monolith in Santa Cruz’s downtown that is quintessential late 1920s
Americanmodernism.ItisembellishedwithelaborateArtDeco‐inspiredelements,includingthebustsof
conquistadoresplantedintheupperfaçade.Weeksisprimarilyknownforhismanyschooldesignsandis
recognizedforhisproficiencyintheSpanishEclecticandArtDecostyles.Hisworkisfoundthroughout
California, including the greater Santa Cruz area, as his original California practice was founded in
Watsonville. The exterior incorporates such details as chevron geometric designs and terracotta demi‐
relief sculptures. The building was a contributor to the Downtown/Pacific Avenue Commercial District
untilthedistrictwasdelistedin1991.
77 1534PacificAvenue
HugoHühnBuilding(Zoccoli’s
Delicatessen)
NineteenthCenturyCommercial
Structure/SpanishEclectic
Exterior
ca.1870s,exteriorremodel
1920s
Constructedinthelate1870s,thiscommercialbuildingwasoriginallyknownastheHugoHühnBuilding.
ThebuildingcurrentlyhousesZoccoli’sDelicatessen,whichhasoperatedatthissitesince1948.Thecore
ofthebuildingcontinuestoembodyitsoriginsasanineteenth‐centurycommercialstructure;however,
the front façade, with its stucco pilasters, tile insets and red‐tile roof was remodeled in the Spanish
Eclectic style of the 1920s and 1930s. It is one of the only surviving nineteenth‐century commercial
buildingsonPacificAvenueandwasacontributortotheDowntown/PacificAvenueCommercialDistrict
untilthedistrictwasdelistedin1991.
78 240RiverStreet
PetroffMotel
ArtModerne
1939(1950addition)
PeterPetrofffirstconstructedportionsofthisArtModernemotorcourtcomplexin1939.Petroffcameto
California from Bulgaria in 1923 with his wife, Esther, and moved to Santa Cruz in 1928, where he
workedfortheSalzTannery.Aftertheinitialconstruction,hecontinuedaddingroomstotherearofthe
Petroff Motel; in 1940, he added three more and in 1947, he added four more units. In 1950, Petroff
constructed a two‐story addition to the front of the building with its prominent curved glass‐block
corner.Aplumbingshopwasalsohousedinthecomplexbeginningin1946,whichPetroffoperateduntil
hisdeathin1976.
79 538SeabrightAvenue
SeabrightCashStoreandtheSeabrightPostOffice(LaPostaRestaurant)
1906
Thetwo‐storycommercialbuildingwasconstructedin
1906 by Charles Balzari as a post office and grocery
storewithalivingunitupstairs.Theearlierpostoffice
had been located on Murray and Seabright Avenues,
and the new building was constructed closer to the
growing neighborhood of Eastside Santa Cruz which
hadjustbeenannexedtotheCity.Balzariownedand
operated the store until the 1930s; the commercial
spacehasbeenusedforvariousbusinessessincethen.
Thebuildinghasundergoneadaptivere‐usetohouse
LaPosta,anItalianrestaurant,butretainsitshistoric
FalseFrontform,andtodayisarecognizablehistoric
structurewithintheSeabrightcommercialstrip.
This commercial building opened in 1928 as the
Sanitary Market & Groceteria and the Seabright
Pharmacy by owner/builder F. L. Youngman, who
appropriately named the building the Youngman
Building. Latertenants includeda beauty shop and a
hardware store. Today it is occupied by a real estate
office. The building has undergone some
modernization,butretainsitsbasic1920sform.
541SeabrightAvenue
YoungmanBuilding
1928
80 1307SeabrightAvenue
ChurchofGodBuilding(PacificCulturalCenter)
MissionRevival;1949
Founded in 1925, the Church of God is within the
“Holiness” family of churches that grew out of
nineteenth‐centuryAmericanMethodism.Thischurch
movement emphasized personal sanctification and
social activism, as well as revivalist meetings and
independence from denominational affiliations. The
congregation dedicated this Mission Revival building
in1949, replacing two buildings they had previously
occupied on the site. In 1963, they merged with the
Community Church of God, and this property was
sold. The building later served the Inner Nature
Foundation Institute, and now houses the Pacific
CulturalCenterandAshtangaYogaInstitute.
The building, shown with its two street frontages on
this page, is a plaster and terra cotta L‐shaped
structure.
81 321SecondStreet
ModernManorApartments
ArtModerne
1946
This1946apartmentcomplexisauniqueSantaCruzdesignwithcharacteristicArtModernedetailingin
itsstreamlinedmassingandhorizontality.Thestyleisfurtherrefinedbytheuseofocean‐linerdetails,
including doors with porthole windows, steel pipe railings, curved corners at the rooflines, and steel
multi‐panecasementwindows.Today,BeachHillremainsaneclecticgroupingofresidentialproperties
from houses built for single family occupancy to multi‐family apartments and beachfront cottages and
motels. The diverse character of the architecture of this inimitable place adjacent to the Santa Cruz
Boardwalk provides a tapestry of images that help to tell the story of the evolution of one of Central
California’smostmemorablevacationdestinations.
82 510SoquelAvenue
BearServiceAutoRepair
(Woodstove&Sun)
ArtDeco
1936‐1937
As Soquel Avenue climbs up eastward out of the San Lorenzo River basin, properties that line the
thoroughfareweremostlydevelopedinthefirsthalfofthetwentiethcenturyduetoincreasedpopulation
mobility related tothespread ofautomobiles. This 1936‐1937 autorepair shop characterizes this new
buildingtype,andincorporateslateArtDecodetailingintoautilitarianconcretestructure.Atthecenter
of the stepped parapet wall is a decorative accent with curved buttresses; the tripartite storefront is
separatedbyfourstylizedflutedpilasterswithscallopedcapitals.Thecentralstorefrontoncecontained
doorsforautomobileaccess.Since1957,thebuildinghasbeenadaptedforavarietyofretailuses.
83 514SoquelAvenue
AutoWreckingHouse
Craftsman
1926
With more automobiles came the need for auto repair, and George and Lulu Stevens jumped on the
business opportunity of recycling auto parts for reuse. This 1926 mixed‐use Craftsman building has a
commercialstorefrontatthefirstfloorandaresidentialapartmentaboveinwhichtheownersinitially
lived.Thestorefrontfeaturesanangledcentralentrybetween displaywindowstoppedwithtransoms.
Craftsmandetailsincludethelow‐pitchedfull‐widthgable,outlookersattheeavesandridgebeam,and
prominent rafter tails. The original proprietors lived on site but closed the auto parts store and had
vacatedtheapartmentbyWorldWarII.Thebuildinghassinceservedavarietyofcommercialusesand
nowservesasanannextoWoodstove&Sun,thebusinessnextdoor.
84 526SoquelAvenue
MedicalArtsBuilding
Mid‐CenturyModern
1949–CharlesLawrence,
designer
With the construction of the Santa Cruz Hospital in the neighborhood, medical related development
occurrednearbyalongtheSoquelAvenuecommercialstripduringtheinterwaryearsandslightlyafter.
ThisMid‐CenturyModernofficebuildingincludesslopingshedroofswithdeeplycantileveredeaves.The
base of the building is accented with Carmel‐stone wainscoting, and the tripartite steel window units
wrap the corners and are arranged in a horizontal band between the stonework and an upper stucco
fascia. Pharmacist Walter Bettencourt built this building in 1949, across the street from Santa Cruz
Hospitalanditcontinuesinusetodayasaneighborhoodofficebuilding.
85 536‐540SoquelAvenue
CedarMedicalClinic/Walter’sPrescription
Pharmacy
SpanishEclecticandArtModerne
1937–1941
Dr. Norman Sullivan built these two medical buildings
acrossfromSantaCruzHospitalpriortoWorldWarII.
The Spanish Eclectic architectural features of the
medical office building at the corner (shown to the
right) were designed to correspond with the hospital
thathehadhelpedestablishtenyearsbefore.Heshared
thisofficebuildingwithhisnewpartner,Dr.Allegrini.
The second building on this property (see
photo to the left), located to the west on
Soquel Avenue, was built in 1940‐1941, and
housedWalter’sPharmacy.ItsexpansiveArt
Modernedisplaywindowissetintoasimple
box form with unusual cylindrical corner
elements. The proprietor of the pharmacy,
Walter Bettencourt, later built the medical
office building to the west of his store. The
storefront space is now used by a design
firm.
86 555SoquelAvenue
SantaCruzHospital(Sisters
Hospital,BrancifortePlaza)
ItalianRenaissance,1929
SpanishRevival,1976
remodeling
1929‐AlfredI.Coffey,architect
1976remodeling‐GaryGarmann,
architect
InitiallyconstructedastheSantaCruzHospitalin1929,itbecametheSantaCruzHospitaloftheAdrian
DominicanSistersin1951.Itservedasahospitalforaboutfortyyearsuntilundergoingadaptivere‐use
into an office building in 1976, reopening as Branciforte Plaza. The 1929 structure was Italian
Renaissance in style, and the redesign by architect Gary Garmann modified the building to a Spanish
Revivaldesign,astylethatgainedpopularityinthe1970s.
87 622SoquelAvenue
EspindolaGrocery#7
(Shopper’sCorner)
StreamlineModerne
1929
During the interwar years when rapid urban development took place in Santa Cruz’s Eastside, Eugene
Rodhouseconstructedthislargesupermarkettoservethegrowingpopulation.Thepropertywasleased
to William J. Espindola, who owned a chain of grocery stores throughout Santa Cruz and Watsonville.
Whenheretiredin1937,twoofhisstoremanagersacquiredtheoperation,andthensoldittoEmmett
“Bud”BeauregardandVincentWilliamsin1939.Shopper’sCorner,althoughnowrenovated,continuesto
beownedbytheBeauregardfamilyandremainsthemajorspecialtygrocerinthisportionofthecity.The
buildingdesignisfunctionalbuthighlightedbyintersectingvolumesconnectedbyaStreamlineModerne
styleawningatthecornerentry.Thesignisadistinctivereminderofthebuilding’shistory.
88 723SoquelAvenue
KaiserUpholstery
StreamlineModerne
1939
H. Kaiser built this commercial building to house his upholstery and furniture repair business along
SoquelAvenuethatwasbytheendoftheinterwaryears,abusythoroughfare.TheStreamlineModerne
style building features curved corners and “speed stripes” indicative of the period. A more modern
addition faces Branciforte Avenue to the rear; it was built by Kaiser in 1963, and today serves as an
architect’s office. This building later became an office equipment store, and now houses the business
Element(HomeFurnishings/IslandStyleImports).Theretailportionofthebuildingretainsitssweeping
horizontal lines and recessed storefront today and remains a signature building along the Soquel
commercialstripduetoitsdynamicshape.
89 910SoquelAvenue
Gebhart’sGroceryStore
Italianate
1892‐93
Originally known as the Gebhart Building, this mixed‐use Italianate building was constructed in 1892‐
1893byIssacGebharttohousehisgrocery/drygoodsstore,andforuseasaresidence.Gebhartwasa
merchantwhohadleftPennsylvaniatosettleinSantaCruzduringthecity’searlyyears.Hehadoriginally
run a grocery business elsewhere on Soquel Avenue and sited his new store along the recently‐built
trolley line, partnering with his son Charles and establishing the business of Gebhart and Son at this
location.In1919,BurtOwenspurchasedthepropertyandcontinuedtooperateagrocerystoreatthis
siteuntilthelate1940sasOwensGrocery&Market.Owensalsohadhisresidenceinthebuildingand
remodeled the second story in 1941. The site remained a successful local grocery store for over half a
century, but with the introduction of chain supermarkets, it eventually closed and the building was
readaptedforothercommercialusessuchasfurnitureandappliancesales.Thebuildingcurrentlyhouses
abikeshopandhouseholdfurnishingsstore.
90 1103SoquelAvenue
EastsideFireStation
International
1947–LynnDuckering,architect
The 1947 Eastside Fire Station is a distinctive mid‐twentieth‐century Moderne style building. It is
characterizedbyamodernsimplicity,lackingelaboratearchitecturalelements,butwithanemphasison
horizontal forms and features (such as the band over the windows). Constructed as one of two fire
stationsbytheCityofSantaCruzinthe1930sand1940s,itwasbuilttoservetheEastsideneighborhood
thatsawaperiodofrapidexpansionduringtheinterwaryears.TheEastsideFireStationwasrenovated
in2001.
91 1114‐1116SoquelAvenue
WestCoastRealty/
WhiteHouseCreamery
ArtModerne
1938
This 1938 building includes Art Moderne details such as fluted corners and decorative parapets which
providecharactertoavernacularstorefrontdesign.Thestorefrontshavebeenaltered;however,oneof
thebusinessesretainstheoriginalaluminumawning.Thistwo‐unitbuildingwasconstructedabout1938
and was subsequently divided into two separate parcels. The first identified occupants in 1946 were
WestCoastRealty(1114SoquelAve.)andJ.H.Hauschildt,manageroftheFarmersCooperativeExchange
andpresidentoftheSantaCruzCityBoardofEducation,whoopenedaconfectionarystore(1116Soquel
Ave.)thatwaslaternamedWhiteHouseCreamery.
92 1127SoquelAvenue
Beeler’sHardware
CommercialVernacular
ca.1916‐1918
Constructed about 1916‐1918, this early concrete building housed Beeler’s Hardware until the 1950s.
Otto and Sadie Beeler moved to Santa Cruz from Tulare County and then constructed this building to
housetheirbusiness.Thebuildingisvernacularindesign,andmayhavebeenalteredsomewhatinthe
recent past for new tenants. The building had continued to serve as a hardware and paint store until
recently,andisnowthelocationofBicycleTrip.
93 1129SoquelAvenue
Sivley&PerryVulcanizing
MissionRevival
1925,additionoffaçadein1945
Constructed in 1925, this building was originally owned by Fred Sommers and housed Sivley & Perry
Vulcanizing.In1945,newownerJamesDalyaddedaMissionRevivalstylefaçadetothebuildingwithan
angledparapetandrecessedentry,housinghisEastSidePaintandSupplyCompany.Itwassubsequently
occupiedbytheFortyNinerClub,andmostrecentlybyaclothingstore.
94 1134SoquelAvenue
SommersHouse/Eastside
DrugStore
(TheCrepePlace)
QueenAnne ca.1892‐1905
ThisQueenAnnebuildingwasonceaone‐storysinglefamilyhomethathadbeensetbackontheparcel.
During the 1890s when the house was initially constructed, this block along Soquel Avenue was
comprisedofmostlysingle‐familyhomes.By1917,thehousehadbeenmovedforwardtothestreetanda
storefront had been constructed underneath at the first floor. The earliest identified resident is Frank
Grassianio (Grassiano), who lived in the apartment in 1918. Shortly after this, the apartment was
occupiedbyFredandKatheranSommerswhoownedanearbybusiness.Theyremaineduntilthe1950s,
whentheapartmentwasconvertedtoaprofessionaloffice,asitremainstoday.Thestorefrontdoesnot
appear to have been occupied until 1924, and in 1925 the East Side Drug Store operated by George
Atwood and Donald Fairchild utilized the commercial space. The East Side Drug Store remained the
buildingtenantuntil1947.In1948,thestorefrontbecameaPostOfficeSubstationrunbyW.E.Taylor,
andwaslaterastationerystoreuntilalteredforuseasarestaurantinthe1970s.Today,itistheCrepe
Place.
95 1141SoquelAvenue
TasteeFreez
Googie
1953
TasteeFreezwasfirstestablishedin1950inNewportBeachbyLeoMoranzandHarryAxene,whosoon
after began franchising their ice cream and fast food restaurant.In1953, Harry A. Barrington built the
SantaCruzTasteeFreezatthecrossroadsofSoquelandSeabrightAvenues,neartheRioTheatreandthe
new Roller Palladium. The franchise lasted here for about 20 years, and was then replaced by Great
American Weiner Works. It is currently occupied by Asian fusion restaurant, Charlie Hong Kong.
Although the patio awning has been added, the building remains authentic to its Googie design roots,
withflaredwindows,curvedroofline,andArizonaflagstonewainscot.
96 1142SoquelAvenue
QualityStore
ArtModerne
1916‐1940
TheodoreEbertestablishedtheArtModernestyleQualityStoreatthissiteatthecornerofSoqueland
SeabrightAvenuesin1916withhisbrother,O.W.Ebert.Theysoldgroceriesanddrygoods.Remoteto
downtown Santa Cruz at the time, residential growth in the Eastside during the interwar years led to
businessexpansionbytheEbertsatthissitewithnewretailspacebeingaddedtotheoriginalbuilding
overatwenty‐fouryearperiod.Afeedandfueldepartmentwasaddedandlaterameatmarketandsoda
fountain.Thebuilding’sclocktower(alongwiththeRioTheatremarqueeacrossthestreet)anchorsthe
eastendoftheSoquelAvenuecommercialstrip.
97 603ThirdStreet
Ferris‐WhitcombHouse
Neoclassical
ca.1915
Thisca.1915Neoclassicalresidencewasfirstownedbytwofamilies,CharlesandLillieFerrisandRobert
andLillianWhitcomb. CharlesandRobertworkedtogetherattheLibertyMarketonPacificAvenue.In
1920, they sold the house to Arthur Barson, the son of Alfred and Mary Barson who founded the
Riverside Hotel on the east bank of the San Lorenzo River. The Riverside Hotel (earlier known as the
Barson Hotel) was much visited and known for its elaborate gardens, orchard, and farm adjoining the
property. After his father’s death in 1919, Arthur and his wife, Grace Lillian, acquired this house
reportedlyforitsviewoverlookingthehotel.Abarnoriginallyassociatedwithanadjacentpropertysits
attherearoftheparcel.
98 229UnionStreet
SeverioHouse
National
1886
Typical of a National style design, this one‐story house has distinctive nineteenth‐century proportions,
primarilyvisibleintheraisedeavesofthecross‐gabledroof,thenarrowroofspanandrelativelysteep
roof pitch, as well as the raised floor. Built in 1886, original materials and distinctive detailing also
provideimportantcontributionstothecharacterofthedesign,suchastheslenderporchposts,channel‐
rustic siding, original doors and windows, and the unusual jigsawn gable trim. John and Mary Severio
purchasedthehousefromF.A.Hihnin1886.JohnSeverioworkedasablacksmithandownedthehouse
untilthelate1930s.In2009,thebasementwasraised.
99 328UnionStreet
National
Pre‐1888
OneofSantaCruz’soldestremainingstructures,thisNational‐stylecottageembodiesvernaculardesign
fromthe1860s.Thesymmetricalwindowplacement,simpleside‐gabledform,shalloweaves,lapsiding,
and 6/6 double‐hung windows are characteristic of Northern California dwellings before the Victorian
era. It is possible that the original front portion of this house has single‐wall construction. The early
buildinghasbeenexpandedtotherearandatrellisaddedatthefrontporch.LikemanyearlyAmerican
buildingsinthecity,theearlyhistoricalassociationshavebeenlostintime.SanbornFireInsurancemaps
fromthe1880sshowthisstructurewithinadenseresidentialneighborhoodabovedowntownnearthe
Gardner‐Arana adobe, and mid‐century news columnist for the Santa Cruz Sentinel, Ernest Otto,
commentedthatthehouse,withsixothers,wasbuiltbyHobbsandPray.
100 341UnionStreet
FagenFamilyHouse
National
Pre‐1888
The design of this two‐story early Victorian‐era house can be identified as National style or Victorian
Farmhouse style. Although likely built about the same time as Stick houses, this distinctive vernacular
housedesigndependsonitsbasicunderlyingproportionsandmajorelements,ratherthanornamental
detailing. The cross‐gabled form, low eaves, accent gables, symmetrical window placement, multi‐lite
double‐hungwindows,andsmall,one‐storysquarebaywindowproducetheproportionsthatembodya
late nineteenth‐century composition. The original occupants of this house have not been identified. It
appears to have been constructed in the mid‐1870s, in what was then a small densely populated
neighborhoodabovethedowntown,southwestofMissionHill.Bytheearly1900s,thehousewasowned
byStellaandArthurMay,whowasalocalmerchant.
101 130WalnutAvenue
W.H.Crowe&SonsGarage/
ChaseMortuary
SpanishEclecticwithMission
Revivaldetailing
1925–LeeDillEsty,architect
The east portion of this building was constructed in 1925 by Lee Dill Esty as W. H. Crowe and Sons
Garage,anautomobilesalesroom.Thebuildingatthattimewaslocatedonaninteriorlot,andthetwo‐
storyrearwinghadnotyetbeenbuilt.Intheearly1930s,ChaseMortuarymovedintothebuildingfrom
anolderbuildingtheyhadoccupiedtothewest(thecenterofthecurrentsite),anddemolishedtheirold
buildingwhileexpandingthenewmortuaryfacilityacrosstherearofthenowlargersite.TheC.C.Chase
Mortuary occupied the site until 1936, when they were acquired by the White Funeral Home. In more
recenttimes,thehousetothefrontofthetwo‐storyaddition,aswellasanotherhousetothewest,were
both demolished to accommodate an additional one‐story addition and a new on‐site parking lot. The
latestadditionshavemaintainedtheoriginalSpanishEclecticcharacteroftheoriginal1920sEstydesign.
102 512WalnutAvenue
Effey/AlzinaHouse
QueenAnne
ca.1893
Thisca.1893two‐storyQueenAnne‐styleresidenceisanimposingcompositionofinterlockingdetails.
The complex hipped and gabled form, with its projecting two‐story bay window, cantilevered second
storywing,andrecessedentryporchareclearlyarchitect‐designed.Thehousemayhavebeendesigned
by architect, Edward Van Cleeck, although no sources have been located to confirm the architect. The
housewasconstructedforFrankAlzina,sonofearlysettler,FranciscoAlzina.Frankworkedasabutcher
andmarriedLoraPfundEffey,anesteemedlocalteacher,in1887.Alzinafirstbuiltabarnontheproperty
in1892andsoonafterthisresidence.InrecenttimesitwasownedbyHuldaHooverMcLeanuntil2006.
McLeanwasoneofSantaCruzCounty’sfirstfemalesupervisorsandwasthenieceofformerPresident
HerbertHoover.ThehousecontinuestobeownedbytheMcLeanfamily.
103 624WalnutAvenue
DaubenbissHouse
Craftsman
ca.1912
This one‐story Craftsman‐style cottage represents a vernacular residence from the early twentieth
century. Houses from this era encompassing 1905 to 1925 embody a local design response to the Arts
and Crafts movement, as presented in such historic magazines as Craftsman. The ca. 1912 design
incorporates many features from that period, including its generally rectangular footprint and
moderatelypitchedroof,itshorizontal,slightlyraisedmasswithadouble‐gableroofconsistingofafull‐
widthhousegableandaslightlyloweroff‐centerfrontporchgable,kneebraces,taperedporchpostson
the solid porch railings, exposed rafter tails, lap siding, and square‐cut gable‐end shingles, as well as
tripartite focal windows. The lozenge pattern of the upper sash, accent window, and attic ventilation
windowsisdistinctive.EarlyownerEdwardDaubenbissworkedatSantaCruzCountyNationalBank.
104 349WashingtonStreet
BrazeltonHouse
National
ca.1892‐1905
Thistwo‐storyNationalstyleresidenceisanunornamentedvernaculardesignfromthelatenineteenth
century.Therepresentativeproportionsofthehouseincludeabroadgabledfrontwingandside‐gabled
rear wing, low eaves relative to the paired upstairs windows, deeply inset entry porch, symmetrically
placed double‐hung windows, and angled corners at the first floor, similar to a full‐width bay window
form. It appears that the house was relocated to the site by Joseph Brazelton in the early twentieth
century.Brazeltonwasastairbuilderandlivedintheresidencewithhiswife,Ella.Ellawasthedaughter
of John Morrow, an early builder in Santa Cruz. Ella Brazelton continued to live in the house until the
1940s,andeventuallyutilizedthehouseasamulti‐tenantbuildingbeforeFrankMarshallpurchasedthe
buildingin1948.In1952,MarshallhadbuilderDarrowPalmerchangetheresidenceintoaduplex.
105 514WashingtonStreet
ChambersHouse
Stick
ca.1891
ThisStickstylehouserepresentsavernacularVictorian‐eraresidencefromthelatenineteenthcentury.
Thehousehastheuprightformofaballoon‐framedhouseofthe1880s;itstwo‐storycross‐gabledform
isdecoratedwithStick‐styleornamentandnineteenth‐centurymaterials.CharacteristicoftheStick‐style
arethepatternedshingleworkandroundatticventinthefrontgableend,theloweavesrelativetothe
symmetrical upstairs windows, the one‐story projecting square bay window with Eastlake trim, the
cantileveredshedroofoverthefrontentrystoop,andthedecorativetrimthatfillsintheking‐posttruss
atthegableendandporchroof.ThehouseappearstohavebeenbuiltbycarpenterSeymourChambers,a
nativeofNovaScotia,wholivedherewithhiswife,Nellie,onlyashorttime.Thisbuildingisacontributor
totheDowntownNeighborhoodHistoricDistrict.
106 550WaterStreet
WaterStreetMedicalPlaza
Wrightian
1964–AaronG.Green
Associates,architect
Water Street Medical Plaza, designed by architect Aaron Green, is a unique example of modern
architecture that emerged from Frank Lloyd Wright’s atelier, Taliesin West. Designed by Aaron Green
aboutfouryearsafterWright’sdeath,GreenhadestablishedhisownofficeinSanFranciscoin1951,and
served as Wright’s West Coast associate for about 40 projects during the 1950s. The medical center
containsapproximately40,000squarefeetofmedicalofficesandlaboratories,andatthecenterisasmall
pharmacypavilion.Wingsradiateoutfromthecornerreceptionareas;thebuildingsconsistofintegrally
red‐colored,texturedconcreteblockandnaturally‐coloredsandplaster.
107 1055WaterStreet
CharmSalon‐Ferrell’sDonut
Shop
(Allbright’sDonuts)
StreamlineModerne
1947
EdwardandFlorenceFriesenbuiltthiscornercommercialbuildingabout1947.Edwardwasarealestate
broker, and Florence initially opened Charm Slenderizing Salon and Charm Salon of Beauty in the two
storefrontsalongWaterStreet.By1953,theyhadleasedthecornerspacetoFerrell’sDonutShop,and
while the name has changed, the donut shop use has remained at this location for over half a century.
NowAllbright’sDonuts,thebuildinghasStreamlineModernecharacteristicssuchashorizontalbanding,
stripingintheporcelaintilewainscoting,anduseofglassblocks.
108 114WendellStreet
HamberHouse
ColonialRevival
ca.1921‐1923
This 1920s Eclectic Revival house represents a traditional Colonial Revival design intended to emulate
eighteenth‐century homes on the Eastern seaboard. Characteristic features include its simple gabled
form,narrowgableddormers,widelyspacedmulti‐litewindowswithaccentshutters,boxedeaveswith
returnsatthegableends,quarter‐roundlouveredatticvents,andmassivechimney.Theone‐storyend
sunporchisanelementoftenaddedtoColonialRevivalhousesinthe1920s.Theoriginalownerswere
Claude and Mabel Hamber. Claude was an immigrant from England and worked as a
bookkeeper/accountant.
109 112WestCliffDrive
Castagnola‐OlivieriHouse
QueenAnnewithStick
influences
ca.1895
This ca. 1895 Victorian‐era cottage embodies the transition from Stick style to Queen Anne design
beginningattheendofthe1880s.IthasanasymmetricalformcharacteristicofQueenAnnehouses,as
well as a prominent angled bay window with its gabled roof, the inset porch (now enclosed), and the
main hipped roof. The ornamental king‐post truss in the gable end, the full‐height flat‐board window
trim,andtheboard‐and‐battenfriezebandarecharacteristicoftheStickstyle,popularinthe1880s.The
original owners of this house have not been determined, but by 1910, the property was occupied by
DomenicoandCatherineCastagnola,whowerepartofthelargegroupofItalianswhoimmigratedhere
from Riva Trigoso, Italy. Castagnola worked as a fisherman, first in Capitola and later in Santa Cruz.
Subsequent owners Agostino and Amelia Olivieri also were Italian immigrants. Agostino worked as a
fishermanandAmeliaworkedattheMiramarFishRestaurantontheMunicipalWharf.TheOlivierislived
inthehouseuntilatleastthe1970s.
110 116WestCliffDrive
CanepaHouse
Craftsman
1912
This1912Craftsmancottageisanearlyversionofthestylewithitsfull‐widthgabledroofandrecessed
front porch (now enclosed), with characteristic features including its rectangular footprint and
moderatelypitchedroof,kneebraces,andexposedraftertails.TheearliestknownownerswereSerafino
and Benedicta Canepa, an Italian family who emigrated from the Sestri Levante region of Italy to San
Francisco. After the 1906 San Francisco earthquake they moved to Santa Cruz area, first residing in
Capitola and later in Santa Cruz. In 1943, Serafino Canepa was publically identified as the oldest net
fisherman living in Santa Cruz. The Canepas remained in this house until about 1950, when it was
acquiredbyDominicandJosephineBruno.
111 120WestCliffDrive
Dabadie‐PieracciHouse
QueenAnnewithStickinfluences
ca.1895
ThisVictorian‐eracottageembodiesthetransitionfromStickstyletoQueenAnnedesignatthebeginning
ofthe1890s.IthasanasymmetricalformcharacteristicofQueenAnnehousesandincorporatespopular
Stick‐stylematerialsanddetailing.Theprominentangledbaywindowunderanaccentgabledroof,the
inset porch (now enclosed), and the main hipped roof are all typical characteristics of a 1890s Queen
Anne design while the ornamental king‐post truss in the gable end, the full‐height flat‐board window
trim,andtheboard‐and‐battenfriezebandarecharacteristicoftheStickstyle,popularinthe1880s.The
earliestidentifiedoccupantwasLauraDabadie,thedaughterofashipbuilder,wholivedherewithher
nieceandnephew.Bythe1920s,theresidencewasownedbyVeliaandLouisPieracci,whowereItalian
immigrants.Bythe1950s,thisresidencewaspartofViaductCourt,ownedbyJosephandVelia(Pieracci)
Amiel.
112 1168WestCliffDrive
VillaSincuidado
SpanishEclectic
1927
The Spanish Eclectic residence was built in 1927 by Hans Petersen and named “Villa Sincuidado”
(Carefree Villa). Petersen emigrated from Denmark to Texas in 1893, where he established a large
mercantilebusiness,supplyingbuildingmaterials,plans,fixturesandbuildingloans.Uponhisretirement
in 1927, Petersen and his wife, Laura Heise, moved to Santa Cruz and purchased the lot from Minnie
Ennorthatyear.Theybuiltthishouseusingplansandmaterialsfromhiscompanyincludingglassand
mirrorscraftedfromsalvagedModelTwindshieldsandeucalyptuswoodfordoorandwindowtrim.The
Petersonfamilylivedinthehouseuntil1948whenitwassoldtoLouisandHopeS.Potter.Louisworked
asamangerofAmericanOilCompanyandHopeasaneducator.AfterLouis’sdeathin1962,theproperty
wasownedbyWilliamandDanaGibson(thePotters’daughter),whooperatedSantaCruzFlorists.
113 1802WestCliffDrive
CasaMañana
Neo‐Craftsman
1948‐GarlinghouseCompany,
architects
This Neo‐Craftsman style residence was constructed in 1948 for Joseph P. and Mabel Hall as “Casa
Mañana.”ItwasdesignedbytheKansasarchitecturefirmGarlinghouseCompany.Hallwasajournalist
and publisher/editor of the California Mining Journal. His interest in stone and mineral components is
evidentintheexteriorandpartsoftheinteriorofthehome.ThehousewasbuiltbySanJosecarpenters
JoeandHarryMellor,andfeaturesstoneworkoflimestoneandgranite.TheArizonasandstoneworkwas
completedbyGeorgeNelsenofBoulderCreek.Theinteriorofthehousefeaturesanexceptionalfireplace
embeddedwithtwodozenvarietiesofstones,mineral,andorefragments.Thehousehasbeenrecently
remodeled, including replacement windows and the heavy timber trim. It sits in a very prominent
locationalongthecurveofWestCliffDriveatStocktonAvenue.Anewgaragehasalsobeenaddedatthe
rearoftheresidencerecently.
114 WALLSANDSTAIRWAYS
The historic streetscapes of Santa Cruz, made up of stone retaining walls, stairways and steps, curbs,
mature vegetation, and historic residences, give Santa Cruz a strong sense of time and place. The
constructionofstoneretainingwallsinSantaCruzwascriticalinthedevelopmentofthecity’scultural
landscape. The first masonry retaining walls were constructed by Mission Santa Cruz’s neophyte
population during the Mission Period. Throughout the late nineteenth century and early twentieth
century, retaining walls were used in areas where steep slopes dictated their use to tame the natural
contours of the city’s terrain. Retaining walls, steps, and curbs were constructed to make steep lots to
accommodatesiteelevationchanges,createboundaries,aswellastofacilitatepedestrianaccesstothe
bluffs that frame downtown Santa Cruz. Much of the work of building these walls and steps was
conductedaspartofanefforttobeautifythecitytoattracttourismandcommerce.
ThewallsandotherresourcesidentifiedassignificanttotheSantaCruzlandscapeareimportanthistoric
andarchitecturalcharacter‐definingfeaturesoftheneighborhoodandstreetscape.Manyofthesesurvive
andoftenareintegralcomponentsofindividualproperties,aswellasthedistrictswheretheyarefound.
Following is a list of the walls, stairways, steps, and curbs which are included in the inventory. A
photographicsamplingofwallsandstairwayshasalsobeenincluded.
611ThirdStreet‐wall
407CliffStreet‐wall
124FirstStreet‐wall
152WalnutAvenue‐wallandstairs
80FrontStreet‐wall
415WalnutAvenue‐wall
334‐340WalnutAvenue‐wallandstairs
81FrontStreet‐wallandstairs
130WestCliffDrive‐wall
102GreenStreet‐wall
174WestCliffDrive‐wall
123GreenStreet‐wall
Anthony’sFlight‐stairs(2015NorthPacificAvenue)
126HighStreet‐stonearch
104KingStreet‐wall
BlackburnTerrace‐wall(northof35NorthPacificAvenue)
110KingStreet‐wall
GoldenGateWall‐wall(924ThirdStreet)
LanterncliffWall‐wall(acrossfrom401PacificAvenue)
405LeibrandtStreet‐wall
MissionHillWall‐wall(150EmmetStreet)
121MainStreet‐wall
PeckTerraceWall‐wall(202SouthBranciforteAvenue)
315MainStreet‐curb
PacificBluffsWall‐wall(acrossfrom80FrontStreet)
217PacificAvenue‐stairs
308‐310SecondStreet‐wall
RinconParkWalls‐wall(100‐104PinePlace)
115 on Pacific Avenue.
Lanterncliff Wall located
116 Pratchner Wall and Stairs located
on Walnut Avenue.
117 Cottage Cliff Stairs located on Pacific Avenue.
118 on Pacific Avenue.
Golden Gate Wall located
119 Lynch House Wall located at 174 West Cliff Drive.
120 HITCHING POSTS
A variety of hitching posts, hitching rails, and mounting blocks were once common in Santa Cruz, but are now
becoming quite rare. The survivors contribute to the historic character of the neighborhoods and are authentic
vestiges of a pre-automobile Santa Cruz. Several surveys of hitching posts have been conducted since the late
1970s; increasingly, the posts identified in these surveys have continued to disappear. The only known
mounting block in original condition and location is the concrete Reyonolds-Hug step located at 123 Green
Street. These historic elements provide visual interest to the streetscape and help to give Santa Cruz its
distinctive character. The following hitching posts, hitching rail, and mounting block are included in the survey:
208EscalonaDrive‐hitchingpost
419LocustStreet‐hitchingpost
123GreenStreet‐mountingblock
236OceanViewAvenue‐hitchingpost
303OceanViewAvenue‐hitchingpost
406WindhamStreet‐hitchingrail
121 Hitching Post at 208 Escalona Drive.
122 Hitching Post at 419 Locust Street.
123 Mounting Block at 123 Green Street.
124 Hitching Post at 236 Ocean View Avenue.
125 Hitching Post at 303 Ocean View Ave.
126 Hitching Post at 316 Walnut Avenue.
127 “Windham Market Hitching Rail” at 406 Windham Street.
128 INDEXOFPROPERTIES/BUILDINGS
PROPERTYADDRESS
114 Alhambra Avenue
307 Berkeley Way
203 Blackburn Street
1010 North Branciforte Avenue
423 Broadway
700 Block of Broadway
104 Bronson Street
430 Caledonia Street
214 California Avenue
711 California Street
831 California Street
320 Cedar Street
517-519 Center Street
918 Center Street
313 Chestnut Street
516 Chestnut Street
223 Church Street
220 Cleveland Street
200 Coral Street
Delaware Avenue between
Shaffer Road and Natural Bridges Drive
213 Elm Street
404 Escalona Drive
1211 Fair Avenue
122 Fern Street
118 First Street
75-81 Front Street
418 Front Street
PROPERTYNAME McKay House
Pilkington House
Trolley Car House
National Style House
Bowman House
New Broadway Apartments
Santa Cruz Fruit & Olive Canning Company
Zamzow House
Santa Cruz Market
Howe House
Wenban House
Modern Baking Company
All Souls Unitarian Church
Dr. Nelson Dental Office
Vossberg House
Stick Style House
Wessendorf & Son Mortuary
Dickinson House
Cameron Engineering
Antonelli’s Pond
Colonial Revival Style House
Canfield House
Kitchen’s Castle
Oliver House
Walsh House (Boca Del Cielo Inn)
Pacific View Court
Huston & Weymouth Garage
129 428 Front Street
429 Front Street
514-518 Front Street
705 Front Street
423 High Street
801 High Street
900 High Street
606 Highland Avenue
123 Jordan Street
425 King Street
532 King Street
1504 King Street
229 Laurel Street
1121 Laurel Street
1125 Laurel Street
512 Lincoln Street
120 Maple Street
220 Maple Street
438 Market Street
226 Marnell Avenue
350 Mission Street
1500 Mission Street
1604 Mission Street
1901 Mission Street
2541 Mission Street
111 Mott Avenue
231 Otis Street
1129 Pacific Avenue
1344 Pacific Avenue
1534 Pacific Avenue
240 River Street
538 Seabright Avenue
Fulmer’s Furniture Store
Thrash Pontiac Motors
Ward & Thrash Oakland & Pontiac Sales
Santa Cruz County Jail
Snyder House
Messiah Lutheran Church
First Congregational Church
Wagner House
Notley House
Mission Hill Middle School
Church House
Lachman House
Fosters Freeze
Rhein House
Devlin House
Clark House
Heath House / First Advent Christian Church Rectory
Gardner House
Villa Maio Cottages /Sherman Villa Cottages
Whaley House & Poultry Farm
First Presbyterian Church
McClure’s Gas Station
Bay’N Mission Market
County Bank of Santa Cruz
Coast Drum & Box Company
Bruce-Pait House
Miller House
Morris Abrams Store
Palomar Hotel
Hugo Hühn Building
Petroff Motel
Seabright Cash Store and the Seabright Post Office
130 541 Seabright Avenue
1307 Seabright Avenue
321 Second Street
510 Soquel Avenue
514 Soquel Avenue
526 Soquel Avenue
536 -540 Soquel Avenue
555 Soquel Avenue
622 Soquel Avenue
723 Soquel Avenue
910 Soquel Avenue
1103 Soquel Avenue
1114-1116 Soquel Avenue
1127 Soquel Avenue
1129 Soquel Avenue
1134 Soquel Avenue
1141 Soquel Avenue
1142 Soquel Avenue
603 Third Street
229 Union Street
328 Union Street
341 Union Street
130 Walnut Avenue
512 Walnut Avenue
624 Walnut Avenue
349 Washington Street
514 Washington Street
550 Water Street
1055 Water Street
114 Wendell Street
112 West Cliff Drive
116 West Cliff Drive
Youngman Building
Church of God building
Modern Manor Apartments
Bear Service Auto Repair
Auto Wrecking House
Medical Arts Building
Cedar Medical Clinic / Walter’s Prescription Pharmacy
Santa Cruz Hospital
Espindola Grocery #7 (Shopper’s Corner)
Kaiser Upholstery
Gebhart’s Grocery Store
Eastside Fire Station
West Coast Realty / White House Creamery
Beeler’s Hardware
Sivley & Perry Vulcanizing
Sommers House/Eastside Drug Store
Tastee Freez
Quality Store/Ebert’s
Ferris-Whitcomb House
Severio House
National Style Cottage
Fagen Family House
W. H. Crowe & Sons Garage//Chase Mortuary
Effey‐AlzinaHouse
Daubenbiss House
Brazelton House
Chambers House
Water Street Medical Plaza
Charm Salon/Ferrell’s Donut Shop
Hamber House
Castagnola-Olivieri House
Canepa House
131 120 West Cliff Drive
1168 West Cliff Drive
1802 West Cliff Drive
Dabadie-Pieracci House
Villa Sincuidado
Casa Mañana
For Walls and Stairs see page 115.
For Hitching Posts see page 121.
132 GLOSSARYOFMAJORARCHITECTURALTYPES
Principle architectural styles found in Santa Cruz were identified and characterized in Volume I of the
Santa Cruz Building Survey, published in 1976. Since that time, the National Park Service established
guidelinesforarchitecturalclassificationinBulletin16A(1991).Twopopularbookshaveexpandedthe
reference tools for the historical precedents, character‐defining features, and nomenclature that are
commonlyusedbyarchitecturalhistorians;AFieldGuidetoAmericanArchitecture(CaroleRifkind,1980),
andAFieldGuidetoAmericanHouses(Virginia&LeeMcAlester,1984).
ForVolumeIII,theoriginalglossaryhasbeenincorporatedandexpandedtoincludebuildingtypesnot
previouslyidentifiedinVolumeI.
GreekRevival:(1850s‐1870s)AverypopularstyleintheEasternUnitedStatesinthesecondquarterof
thenineteenthcentury,itpersistedlongerinCaliforniaandinSantaCruz,oftenblendingwithItalianate
details.ModeledafterthetemplesofancientGreece,GreekRevivalbuildingswerecharacterizedbythe
temple form‐portico, pedimented gable, entablature, and pillared portico. Usually rectangular in shape
withoutprojectionsorwings,exceptinacompositionofblocks,withalowpitchedgabledrooftreatedas
a pediment. Symmetrical facades have corner pilasters and large windows with shutters. Doors are
sometimes flanked with oblong sidelights (long, narrow windows which do not open) with an oblong
transomoverthedoorandsidelights.
Gothic Revival: (1850s‐1860s) Deriving its origins from the nineteenth century desire for the
picturesque,theromantic,andthemedieval,usingGothiccathedralsasinspirationitwasanimportant
styleforchurches,institutions,andlargehousesintheEasternUnitedStatesduringmuchofthefirsthalf
ofthenineteenthcentury.ItwaspopularizedthroughoutAmericaasappropriateforsmallhousesbyA.J.
DowninginCottageResidences(1842),andinasecond“revival”periodinthe1920s.Inform,typically,it
hasthreesteeplypitchedgablesonthefrontfaçade,orsteeplypitchedgableendsonanL‐planorother
irregular shape. Characteristic details include vertical siding, shallow pointed arches on porches and
doors,lancetwindows,windowtracery,finials,pendants,crenellation,andlacybargeboards.
Italianate: (1860‐1890) Derived from fifteenth and sixteenth century Italian architecture, Italianate
residencesareunusualafter1880,butthecommercialItalianateremainsanimportantstyleuntilafter
133 theturnofthecentury.TheearliestItalianatehousesaresquarewithhiproofsandfewdetails.Later,and
morecommonly,theyareeitherflatfrontedorhaveanglebaysandlowroofswithacorniceattheeaves
orparapetthatobscurestheroof.Characteristicdetailsareabracketedcornice,turnedbalustrades,tall,
narrow windows with flat or rounded tops and prominent lintels, a raised front porch and elaborately
detailed entrance portico, quoins, and sometimes a rusticated façade. Most surviving commercial
Italianateisbrickwithwoodenormetaltrim,usuallyflatfrontedwithpedimentsandcrestingoverthe
parapet.
StickandEastlake:(1880s‐1890s)TheVictorian‐eraStickstyleisfrequentlyusedincombinationwith
Eastlake. The Eastlake ornamentation is characterized by bold use of geometric shapes, three‐
dimensionalpattern,curvedbrackets,rowsoflathe‐turnedspindles,incisedcarving,groovedmoldings,
circular perforations, sunburst‐motif panels, bent roofline, and stained glass. Additionally, there is an
overlay of plain or molded Stick work that resembles half timbering and suggests the balloon frame
constructionofthetime,withhigh,steeprooflines,andextendingwindowframesbeyondthewindows,
andextensiveverandas.Curvedbracketsareusuallyreplacedbydiagonalbrackets.
QueenAnne:(1885‐1900)OriginallyanEnglishstyleformulatedbyRichardNormanShawinthe1860s,
and bearing little relation to the architecture of the time of Queen Anne, it went through many
transformations before it arrived in California after 1885. Less formal than earlier Victorian styles, it
sought to be picturesque with an asymmetrical plan, complex roof line, corner towers, and gables. It
frequentlydisplaysavarietyoftexturesandcolorsinbandsofdifferentsidingmaterialsincludingbrick,
clapboard,andshingles.Thebuildingsalsohavebaywindowsofvariousshapes,porches,andbalconies,
and a variety of predominantly classical ornamental details. In Santa Cruz, many aspects of the Queen
Anne house blended into Colonial Revival, Shingle, and Craftsman styles by the end of the nineteenth
century.
Shingle:(1885‐1906)SimilartotheQueenAnne,particularlyasitappearedintheEasternUnitedStates,
theShinglestyleisknownforsimplicityofdetailtogetherwithagreaterinterestinmassingofforms.The
walls and hipped and gabled roofs are shingled and include frequently curving wall surfaces. Banded
windows contributed to a general horizontal emphasis. In Santa Cruz, the Shingle style is often found
mixedwithotherstyles.
134 ColonialRevival:(1895‐1940andlater)Thisstyleisindicativeofthetwentiethcenturypreferencefor
moretraditionalperiodstylesandanawakeningsenseofhistory,itisprimarilyarevivaloftheGeorgian
style of architecture of the American Colonial period. Having symmetrical facades with hip or gambrel
roofs,eavestreatedlikeclassicalcorniceswithpedimentedentranceporticoswithPalladianentrances,
andwindowswithshutters.InSantaCruz,thisbuildingtypeisoftensquareinformwithbowwindows
andswagdetails.ItoftenblendswithQueenAnneinitsdetails.
Mission Revival: (1900‐1935) A revival style stemming from the widespread American interest in
Western historical roots around the turn of the century. In California, the Mission Revival style was
inspiredbyaromanticrediscoveryoftheState’sHispanicera.Characterizedbywhitewalls,arches,low‐
pitched red tile roofs, hipped or edged by curvilinear parapets or gable ends, arched windows, and
arcades.Balconiesandtowersarealsocommonbutthereisverylittleotherornamentation.
Neoclassical Revival: (1900‐1912) In residential architecture, Neoclassical Bungalows predated the
evolutionoftheCraftsmanBungalow,andwasatransitionfromthevernacularplatform‐framedQueen
Annehousesofthe1890stothemorecasualbungalowsoftheCraftsmanera.Neoclassicalhousesfeature
classicaldetailssuchasTuscancolumnsandeavecorbels,andcontinuedthetraditionofenclosedrafters
and wide soffits at the roofline. These houses area also characterized by use of dual or tri‐bevel drop
sidingwithlittlesegmentationotherthanatthewatertable.Thestyleisalsofoundinlargercommercial
andinstitutionalbuildingsatthebeginningofthetwentiethcentury,thestyleinvariousformscontinuing
intothe1920s.
Craftsman: (1906‐1930) Arising from the Arts and Crafts Movement, Craftsman houses are associated
withthehandmadecharacteroftheconstructionandmaterialsastheyrepresentanaturalasopposedto
an aesthetic image. These wood and often stucco houses are sometimes characterized by battered
boulder or clinker brick chimneys and foundations, shingle siding, and exposed rafters and knee brace
brackets under the eaves. Craftsman bungalows built during the early twentieth century have a heavy,
horizontal orientation that is often highlighted by long porch beams, broad eaves, and ribbons of
windows,kneebracesattheirgableends,outlookers,massiveporchpostsand/ortruncatedpoststhat
restonsolid,sidedporchrailings,exposedraftertailsandotherexpressionsofjoinery,andwidefront
doors, as well as double‐hung and casement windows with horizontal or square, rather than vertical,
proportions.
135 SpanishColonialRevival:(1920sandlater)InSantaCruz,essentiallyamoreelaborateversionofthe
MissionRevivalderivedfromtheSpanishColonialperiod,withwhitewallsandredtileroofs.Thestyleis
characterizedbyincorporatingfewerarches,texturedandornamentalwallsurfaceswithconcentrations
ofornamentarounddoorsandwindows,ironandwoodbalconiesandwindowgrillsintothedesign.
Period Revivals: (1920s‐1940) During the 1920s and 1930s, a broad range of historical styles was
revived in domestic architecture. Altogether called the Period Revival, it took the form of the Tudor
Revival,NormandyCottage,ColonialRevival,MissionandPuebloRevivals,Mediterranean,French
Eclectic,andSpanishEclecticstyles.AssociatedwithandderivingfromCraftsmanhousesoftheteens,
CraftsmanhousesduringtheInterwaryearstookonnewexteriordetailingreminiscentofhistoricand
internationalexamples.Evenverymodestresidencesincludedeclecticdetailing,suchasSpanishtileand
slate roofs, raised and inset plaster ornament, arched porches and arched picture windows, shaped
buttresses, and the occasional ornamental column. Growing out of a similar desire for traditional and
historicalformsofEuropeandlookingtocolonialNewEnglandandtheMiddle‐Atlanticstatesfordesign
features, designers included gambrel roofs, shuttered windows, and classical pediments over
symmetricalfrontentries.Oneofthenewbuildingtypesthatemergedinthisperiodistheautomobile
garage.
Art Deco and Moderne: (late 1920s–late 1940s) Also known in its later forms as “Streamlined
Moderne,”Art Deco and Art Moderne buildings took their shapesfrom the aerodynamicappearance of
automobiles, airplanes, and ship designs. Smooth cement, brick, or stucco expanded the verticality and
then the horizontality of large building volumes, while reconfiguring the concept of ornament to these
modernconstructions.Popularprimarilyincommercialbuildings,inSantaCruz,manybuildingsofthis
styleareassociatedwithnauticaldesignimagery.
BayRegionII:(1928‐1970s)(alsocalledSecondBayTraditionorSecondBayAreaTradition)Rooted
in in the San Francisco Bay Area, this style is also referred to as "redwood post and beam", and is
characterizedbyarustic,woodsyphilosophyandfeaturessleeklinesandmachineaesthetic.Aregional
implementation of mid‐century modernism, the style is easily recognizable in California’s coastal and
vacationareas,andisassociatedwithCalifornia’scasuallifestyleandindoor‐outdoorliving.
136 Minimal Traditional: (late 1930s‐1950s) Some vernacular houses, particularly in the late 1930s and
early1940s,werebuiltverysimplyinwhatisreferredtoas“MinimalTraditionalstyle.”Thestyleismost
oftendisplayedwithone‐story,unadorned,stuccohouseswithgabledroofs,shalloweavesandsimplified
porchdesigns.WithintheMinimalTraditionalstyleevolvedadistinctive,1940s,residencethatfeatures
simplified roofs, often hipped, and horizontal window lites, often steel casements but also sometimes
double‐hungwoodsash.Detailingintheselaterbuildingsissomewhatlesstraditionalandmoretypically
geometric, particularly accentuating horizontal lines, such as a pattern of horizontal rails between the
porch posts. Minimal Traditional buildings are a transition between the revival styles into post‐war
Ranch‐stylehouses.
Internationalstyle:(1945‐1970)amovementthatbeganbeforeWorldWarIthatemphasizesfunction
in architectural design and strips decorative elements and traditional stylistic approaches from the
architecturalvocabularyandisbasedondesigningbuildingsinsimplecubistformswithnoreferenceto
local styles or materials. Characterized by modern building materials, such as concrete, steel and plate
glass,ithasdominatedcommercialarchitecturesinceabout1950.
Googie: (1945‐1970) Roadside architecture that evolved after World War II when Americans began to
spendmoretimeincars,Googiedescribesafuturistic,oftenflashy,buildingstyle.Ithasitsrootsinthe
Mid‐CenturymodernarchitectureofSouthernCalifornia,andwasusedforrestaurants,motels,bowling
alleys, and assorted roadside businesses, Googie architecture was designed to attract customers.
Reflecting high‐tech space‐age ideas, the buildings are often constructed with glass and steel. Typical
Googie details include: flashing lights and neon signs, boomerang and palette shapes, starburst shapes,
atommotifs,flyingsaucershapes,sharpanglesandtrapezoidshapes,andzig‐zagrooflines.
Wrightian:(1950‐present)DerivedfromFrankLloydWright’sPrairieandUsonianstylesofarchitecture.
Wright’s style was undoubtedly popular during his lifetime, but a new wave of Wrightian architecture
spread throughout the country in the 1950s and up to present day. Much of this remaining influence
derives from architects trained at the Taliesin Fellowship, started in 1932. The original purpose of the
school was to train architects to work with organic architecture. This architecture emphasizes the
horizontalityofthestructurethroughtheuseofdeep,broadeaves,bandedwindows,andincorporation
intothelandscape.Wrightiandesignsincludetheroofasanessentialcharacteristicintheoverallform.
137 Folk:(determinedbyspecificproperty)Animprecisetermforuniquearchitecturewithnopretenseof
following current styles of architecture. Such buildings often use local materials or re‐used structures,
often by the people who planned to live or work in them. Works of folk architecture are built not by
architects,butbyownersofthebuildingsorlocalmastercraftsmanorartists.
Vernacular: (dates often revealed by type of materials and craftsmanship used) Used here to refer to
structures,usuallycommercialorindustrialinuse,typicalofthegeographicareabutnotrepresentative
of any formal architectural style. These structures are designed by builders and lack sufficient
ornamentaldetailtocharacterizethemasbelongingtoarecognizedstyle.Themostcommonvernacular
residence form in Santa Cruz is the L‐plan house with a gabled roof, usually of one‐story, but found in
manyvariationsandwithmanydifferentuses.OftheearliestAmerican‐erabuildingsinSantaCruz,only
afewmaystillbeextantandareofthevernacularNationalstyle.Sometimesincommercialarchitecture,
buildingswereoftheFalseFrontdesign,madetolookliketypicalbuildingsoftheOldWest.
138 RESOLUTION NO. NS-28,621
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CRUZ
ACKNOWLEDGING THE ENVIRONMENTAL DETER-MINATION, ACCEPTING
THE VOLUME III HISTORIC BUILDING SURVEY AS A BACKGROUND PLANNING
DOCUMENT AND ADOPTING AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY HISTORIC BUILDING
LIST
WHEREAS, Volume III of the City Historic Building has been prepared to implement General Plan
policies which call for the continual update of the City’s survey of historic properties; and
WHEREAS, all properties included in the Volume III Survey meet historic criteria listed in Section
24.12.440 (c) of the City zoning ordinance regulations regarding historic preservation; and
WHEREAS, an historic zoning incentive ordinance (Ordinance No. 2012-19) has been adopted to grant
variations to standard zoning regulations to properties which are included on the City Historic Building List;
and
WHEREAS, in accordance with City Council direction, property owners of Volume III Survey
properties have been advised of the historic zoning incentive ordinance and the Survey review and adoption
process, and have been advised of their opportunity to “opt out” of inclusion of the City Historic Building List;
and
WHEREAS, public workshops on the Volume III Survey and the related historic zoning incentive
ordinance were held on December 12, 2012, and January 9, 2013; and
WHEREAS, the project qualifies for a Categorical Exemption (Class 5 – Minor Alterations in Land Use
Limitations) from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act; and
WHEREAS, the Historic Preservation Commission conducted a public hearing on February 20, 2013,
and voted unanimously to recommend City Council acceptance of the Volume III Historic Building Survey as a
background planning document and adoption of amendments of the City Historic Building List as indicated on
the attached Exhibit “A;” and
139 WHEREAS, the City Council conducted a public hearing on March 26, 2013; and
WHEREAS, the City Council now makes the following findings:
FINDINGS
With regard to the Environmental Determination
The decision-making body has considered the Categorical Exemption together with comments received
during the public review process and finds, on the basis of the whole record before it, that there is no
substantial evidence that the project will have a significant effect on the environment, and that the Class 5
(Minor Alterations in Land Use Limitations) Categorical Exemption reflects the City’s independent
judgment and analysis.
With regard to the Amendment of the City Historic Building Survey, Section 24.12.440 (2)
All properties included in the Volume III Survey meet historic criteria listed in Section 24.12.440 (c) of the
City zoning ordinance. The Survey was prepared by Archives and Architecture, a professional historic
consulting firm, under contract with the City. Volume III property owners who have chosen to “opt out” of
listing on the City Historic Building List have not been included on the list. Public hearings have been held
by the Historic Preservation Commission and City Council.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Santa Cruz, that it hereby
acknowledges the Categorical Exemption, accepts the Volume III Historic Building Survey as a background
planning document and adopts amendments to the City Historic Building List as indicated on Exhibit “A”
attached hereto and made part hereof.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 26th day of March, 2013, by the following vote:
140 AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
DISQUALIFIED:
Councilmembers Terrazas, Comstock, Lane, Mathews, Posner, Vice
Mayor Robinson
Councilmembers:
Councilmembers:
Mayor Bryant
APPROVED:_____________________________
Mayor
ATTEST:___________________________
City Clerk
141 EXHIBIT "A"
LIST OF PROPERTIES IN VOLUME III
HISTORICAL BUILDING SURVEY
BY ADDRESS, WITH OPT-OUTS INDICATED
*
Street Addresses and Assessor’s Parcel Numbers for walls, stairways, steps and curbs indicate the primary address/APN
for such features which may also extend beyond the primary address/APN
.
** Comment Legend: Opt Out indicates property owner submitted Opt Out form prior to adoption. Opt Out properties are
not on the City Historic Property List and are therefore not subject to City historic ordinance requirements or eligible for
use of historic zoning incentives.
Street Address*
APN*
Vol./Page #
Name/Style
Comments**
114 Alhambra Avenue
307 Berkeley Way
203 Blackburn Street
1010 North Branciforte Avenue
423 Broadway
700 Block of Broadway
104 Bronson Street
010-281-10
009-221-39
004-031-10
009-234-41
005-941-07
010-111-14
011-164-06
3/23
3/24
3/25
3/26
3/27
3/28
3/29
Opt Out
Opt Out
Opt Out
430 Caledonia Street
214 California Avenue
711 California Street
831 California Street
320 Cedar Street
517-519 Center Street
918 Center Street
313 Chestnut Street
516 Chestnut Street
223 Church Street
220 Cleveland Street
200 Coral Street
010-063-14
004-153-01
006-491-09
006-481-06
005-144-13
005-132-03
005-047-01
006-502-10
005-071-20
005-072-49
006-201-08
001-044-34
3/30
3/31
3/32
3/33
3/34
3/35
3/36
3/37
3/38
3/39
3/40
3/41
McKay House
Pilkington House
Trolley Car House
National Style House
Bowman House
New Broadway Apartments
Santa Cruz Fruit & Olive Canning
Company
Zamzow House
Santa Cruz Market
Howe House
Wenban House
Modern Baking Company
All Souls Unitarian Church
Dr. Nelson Dental Office
Vossberg House
Stick Style House
Wessendorf & Son Mortuary
Dickinson House
Cameron Engineering
Buildings
Opt Out
Opt Out
Opt Out
Opt Out
Opt Out
Opt Out
Opt Out
142 Street Address*
APN*
Vol./Page #
Name/Style
003-061-13/
003-061-14
3/42
Antonelli’s Pond
005-147-12
006-081-41
003-043-24
008-161-13
007-213-07
007-151-05
005-151-39
005-151-22
005-152-01
005-151-37
3/43
3/44
3/45
3/46
3/47
3/48
3/50
3/51
3/51
3/52
3/53
423 High Street
801 High Street
900 High Street
606 Highland Avenue
123 Jordan Street
425 King Street
532 King Street
1504 King Street
229 Laurel Street
1121 Laurel Street
1125 Laurel Street
512 Lincoln Street
120 Maple Street
005-081-59/
005-081-60
006-081-11
006-061-09
001-022-40
001-081-42
006-162-02
006-221-32
006-142-08
002-183-01
007-021-01
004-011-07
004-011-06
006-472-09
005-143-16
Colonial Revival Style House
Canfield House
Kitchen’s Castle
Oliver House
Walsh House (Boca Del Cielo Inn)
Pacific View Court
Huston & Weymouth Garage
Fulmer’s Furniture Store
Thrash Pontiac Motors
Ward & Thrash Oakland & Pontiac
Sales
Santa Cruz County Jail
220 Maple Street
438 Market Street
005-147-06
008-271-44
3/66
3/67
226 Marnell Avenue
350 Mission Street
009-351-20
006-171-44
3/68
3/69
Comments**
Buildings
Delaware Avenue between
Shaffer Road and Natural
Bridges Drive
213 Elm Street
404 Escalona Drive
1211 Fair Avenue
122 Fern Street
118 First Street
75-81 Front Street
418 Front Street
428 Front Street
429 Front Street
514-518 Front Street
705/725 Front Street
3/54
3/55
3/56
3/57
3/58
3/59
3/60
3/60
3/61
3/62
3/63
3/64
3/65
Snyder House
Messiah Lutheran Church
First Congregational Church
Wagner House
Notley House
Mission Hill Middle School
Church House
Lachman House
Fosters Freeze
Rhein House
Devlin House
Clark House
Heath House / First Advent Christian
Church Rectory
Gardner House
Villa Maio Cottages / Sherman Villa
Cottages
Whaley House & Poultry Farm
First Presbyterian Church
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143 Street Address*
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Name/Style
Comments**
1500 Mission Street
1604 Mission Street
006-181-89
002-235-20
3/70
3/71
McClure’s Gas Station
Bay’N Mission Market
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1901 Mission Street
2541 Mission Street
111 Mott Avenue
231 Otis Street
1129 Pacific Avenue
1344 Pacific Avenue
1534 Pacific Avenue
240 River Street
538 Seabright Avenue
004-123-51
003-031-07
010-283-04
006-202-01
005-141-01
005-081-35
005-051-02
008-311-35
011-163-13
3/72
3/73
3/74
3/75
3/76
3/77
3/78
3/79
3/80
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541 Seabright Avenue
1307 Seabright Avenue
321 Second Street
510 Soquel Avenue
514 Soquel Avenue
526 Soquel Avenue
536 -540 Soquel Avenue
010-212-06
010-092-10
007-213-04
010-051-07
010-051-07
010-051-51
010-051-12
3/80
3/81
3/82
3/83
3/84
3/85
3/86
555 Soquel Avenue
622 Soquel Avenue
010-012-45
010-561-03
3/87
3/88
723 Soquel Avenue
910 Soquel Avenue
1103 Soquel Avenue
1114-1116 Soquel Avenue
010-022-37
010-071-02
010-042-20
010-081-02
3/89
3/90
3/91
3/92
1127 Soquel Avenue
1129 Soquel Avenue
1134 Soquel Avenue
1141 Soquel Avenue
1142 Soquel Avenue
603 Third Street
010-042-35
010-042-15
010-081-07
010-042-14
010-081-08
007-271-03
3/93
3/94
3/95
3/96
3/97
3/98
County Bank of Santa Cruz
Coast Drum & Box Company
Pait House
Miller House
Morris Abrams Store
Palomar Hotel
Hugo Hihn Building
Pastrof Motel
Seabright Cash Store/Seabright Post
Office
Youngman Building
Church of God Building
Modern Manor Apartments
Bear Service Auto Repair
Auto Wrecking House
Medical Arts Building
Cedar Medical Clinic / Walter’s
Prescription Pharmacy
Santa Cruz Hospital
Espanola Grocery #7 (Shopper’s
Corner)
Kaiser Upholstery
Gephardt’s Grocery Store
Eastside Fire Station
West Coast Realty / White House
Creamery
Beeler’s Hardware
Sisley & Perry Vulcanizing
Summers House/ Eastside Drug Store
Taste Frees
Quality Store/Ebert’s
Ferris-Whitcomb House
Buildings
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229 Union Street
328 Union Street
341 Union Street
130 Walnut Avenue
005-032-06
006-402-39
006-401-03
005-072-46
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3/100
3/101
3/102
512 Walnut Avenue
624 Walnut Avenue
349 Washington Street
514 Washington Street
550 Water Street
Building A
Building B
Building C
Building D
006-431-10
006-212-18
007-011-01
005-133-11
005-252-36
005-252-28
005-252-35
005-252-23
005-252-43
and -44
005-252-32
005-252-34
005-252-33
005-252-30
005-252-42
005-252-42
005-252-39/
005-252-41
005-252-39
009-244-13
008-093-30
004-311-05
004-311-06
004-311-07
003-292-13
003-273-45
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3/104
3/105
3/106
3/107
3/107
3/107
3/107
3/107
Severe House
National Style Cottage
Fagan Family House
W. H. Crowe & Sons Garage/ Chase
Mortuary
Effey/Alzina House
Daubenbiss House
Brazelton House
Chambers House
Water Street Medical Plaza
Water Street Medical Plaza
Water Street Medical Plaza
Water Street Medical Plaza
Water Street Medical Plaza
3/107
3/107
3/107
3/107
3/107
3/107
3/107
Water Street Medical Plaza
Water Street Medical Plaza
Water Street Medical Plaza
Water Street Medical Plaza
Water Street Medical Plaza
Water Street Medical Plaza
Water Street Medical Plaza
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3/108
3/109
3/110
3/111
3/112
3/113
3/114
Water Street Medical Plaza
Charm Salon/ Ferrell’s Donut Shop
Hamber House
Castagnola-Olivieri House
Canepa House
Dabadie-Pieracci House
Petersen House
Casa Mañana
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Buildings
Building E
Building F
Building G
Building H
Building I
Building J
Building K
Building L
1055 Water Street
114 Wendell Street
112 West Cliff Drive
116 West Cliff Drive
120 West Cliff Drive
1168 West Cliff Drive
1802 West Cliff Drive
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Walls, Stairways, Steps, and Curbs
407 Cliff Street
150 Emmett Street
124 First Street
80 Front Street (across from)
80 Front Street
81 Front Street
007-112-09
006-362-01
007-213-08
Across Third Street from
007-152-02
007-152-02
007-151-10
102 Green Street
123 Green Street
126 High Street
104 King Street
110 King Street
405 Leibrandt Street
121 Main Street
315 Main Street
2015 North Pacific Avenue
35 Pacific Avenue (north of)
006-404-03
006-402-18
001-122-23
006-163-07
006-163-08
007-103-09
007-221-01
007-131-05
006-362-07
North of 004-091-25
217 Pacific Avenue
401 Pacific Avenue (across
from)
100-104 Pine Place
007-151-10
Across from 007-023-20
415 Walnut Avenue
006-412-03/006-412-02/
006-412-04
007-112-14/
007-112-15
010-132-11
007-271-01
007-033-12
005-072-48
006-421-04/
006-421-05
006-473-01
130 West Cliff Drive
004-311-08
308-310 Second Street
202 South Branciforte
611 Third Street
924 Third Street
152 Walnut Avenue
334-340 Walnut Avenue
Vol./Page #
Name/Style
Comments**
3/115
Cliff Crest wall
Mission Hill Wall
Edric wall
Pacific Bluffs Wall
3/118
3/116
Sunshine Villa wall
Quarry and Tidestone wall
and stairs
Young’s wall
Reynolds-Hug wall
Mission stone arch
D.H. Clark wall
Cobblestone wall
Granite Rock wall
Seabeach wall
Carmelita Cottage curb
Anthony’s Flight stairs
Blackburn Terrace wall
(portion of)
Cottage Cliff stairs
Lanterncliff Wall
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Rincon Park Walls
Second Street wall
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3/117
Peck Terrace Wall
Rio Vista wall
Golden Gate Wall
Pratchner wall and stairs
Towne wall and stairs
Santa Cruz High School
wall
Jarboe’s Flight & Concha
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Del Mar wall
004-081-18
3/120
Lynch House wall
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3/124
3/123
3/125
3/126
3/128
hitching post
mounting block
hitching post
hitching post
hitching post
hitching rail
Comments**
Walls, Stairways, Steps, and
Curbs
174 West Cliff Drive
Hitching Posts, Hitching Rails, and Mounting Blocks
208 Escalona Drive
123 Green Street
419 Locust Street
236 Ocean View Ave
303 Ocean View Ave
406 Windham Street
006-161-17
006-402-18
006-411-13
010-131-21
010-102-26
010-141-15
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