California - Santa Barbara County - Historic Districts
Santa Barbara County California (Historic Districts) has 10 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 3 places of National significance and 6 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Mission Santa Ines, Point Conception Light Station, Santa Cruz Island Archeological District, Eastern Sierra Madre Ridge Archeological District and Point Sal Ataje.

Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include Cuyama, Chumash, Lulapin Division, Purismeno Dialect, Native American and Spanish dating back to 5499 BC.

The famous person Joseph Sexton is associated with one of more of the Santa Barbara County historic places.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Santa Barbara County places including Bertram G. Goodhue, Lockwood de Forest and Peter Barber. Prominent architectural styles found in Santa Barbara Country are Colonial, Italianate and Mission/Spanish Revival.

Eastern Sierra Madre Ridge Archeological District (added 1978 - - #78000779)
Address Restricted , New Cuyama
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Art, Prehistoric, Historic - Aboriginal, Religion
Cultural Affiliation:
Cuyama, Chumash
Period of Significance:
1900-1750 AD, 1749-1500 AD, 1499-1000 AD
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Camp, Village Site
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Outdoor Recreation
Mission Santa Ines (added 1999 - - #99000630)
Also known as CA-SBA-518
E side of Solvang, S of CA 246 , Solvang
Imlepid~commonswiki, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering, Information Potential
Architectural Style:
Colonial, Other
Area of Significance:
Religion, Native American, Hispanic, Historic - Aboriginal, Social History, Architecture
Cultural Affiliation:
Native American-Chumash, Spanish-American
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Defense, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Battle Site, Church Related Residence, Manufacturing Facility, Religious Structure, Village Site, Water Works
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Recreation And Culture, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Church Related Residence, Museum, Religious Structure
Point Conception Light Station (added 1981 - - #81000176)
Also known as Humqaq (Chumash Indian Nameplace)
U.S. Coast Guard Light Station , Santa Barbara
Berean Hunter, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Information Potential, Event
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Historic - Aboriginal, Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Chumash
Period of Significance:
1900-1750 AD, 1749-1500 AD, 1499-1000 AD
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Defense, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Camp, Coast Guard Facility
Current Function:
Defense, Government
Point Sal Ataje (added 2002 - - #02001392)
Also known as CA-SBa-232;2044;2045;2131-34;2136-44;2393-2403;PS-9;PS-10, PS-63
Address Restricted , Point Sal Highlands
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering, Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Native American, Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Chumash, Lulapin Division, Purismeno Dialect
Period of Significance:
3000-4999 BC, 1900-1750 AD, 1749-1500 AD, 1499-1000 AD, 1000-2999 BC, 1000 AD-999 BC
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Defense, Domestic, Funerary
Historic Sub-function:
Camp, Coast Guard Facility, Graves/Burials, Processing Site, Trade (Archeology), Village Site
Current Function:
Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Natural Feature, Outdoor Recreation, Unoccupied Land
San Miguel Island Archeological District (added 1979 - - #79000258)
Address Restricted , Santa Barbara
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Historic Significance:
Event, Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Science, Exploration/Settlement, Military, Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Historic - Aboriginal, Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Native American
Period of Significance:
499-0 AD, 1749-1500 AD, 1499-1000 AD, 1000-500 AD
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Funerary, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Animal Facility, Graves/Burials, Manufacturing Facility, Village Site
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Park
Santa Barbara Island Archeological District (added 1979 - - #79000259)
Address Restricted , Santa Barbara
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential, Event
Area of Significance:
Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Exploration/Settlement, Historic - Aboriginal, Military, Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Chumash
Period of Significance:
499-0 AD, 1499-1000 AD, 1000-500 AD
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Processing, Village Site
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Park
Santa Barbara Presidio (added 1973 - - #73000455)
Roughly bounded by Carrillo, Garden, De la Guerra and Anacapa Sts. , Santa Barbara
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential, Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Historic - Aboriginal, Military, Community Planning And Development
Cultural Affiliation:
Spanish
Period of Significance:
1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Defense
Historic Sub-function:
Fortification
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum, Park, Single Dwelling
Santa Cruz Island Archeological District (added 1980 - - #80000405)
Also known as Santa Cruz Island;Limuw;Isla de la Santa Cruz
Address Restricted , Santa Barbara
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Prehistoric, Historic - Aboriginal
Cultural Affiliation:
Chumash, Spanish
Period of Significance:
5000-5499 BC, 3000-4999 BC, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1749-1500 AD, 1499-1000 AD, 1000-2999 BC, 1000 AD-999 BC
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Funerary, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Cemetery, Manufacturing Facility, Processing, Village Site
Current Function:
Domestic, Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Conservation Area, Single Dwelling
Sexton, Joseph and Lucy Foster, House (added 1992 - - #91002033)
5490 Hollister Ave. , Santa Barbara
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Person
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Barber,Peter
Architectural Style:
Italianate
Historic Person:
Sexton,Joseph
Significant Year:
1880
Area of Significance:
Agriculture, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Hotel
Val Verde (added 1995 - - #95000359)
Also known as Ludington, Wright, House
2549 Sycamore Canyon Rd. , Santa Barbara
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Goodhue, Bertram G., de Forest, Lockwood
Architectural Style:
Mission/Spanish Revival
Area of Significance:
Landscape Architecture, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
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