National Register of Historic Places - California (CA), Orange County

Orange County California (Historic Districts) has 16 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of Statewide significance. Significant places include Crystal Cove Historic District, Brea City Hall and Park, Downtown Santa Ana Historic Districts (North, Government/Institutional and South, Retail), Fox Fullerton Theatre Complex and French Park Historic District.

The famous person George Benn Key is associated with one of more of the Orange County historic places.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Orange County places including Morgan,Wells, & Clements, et al. McKown & Kuehl, Ernest Rothenbert, George Benn Key, Johann George Seupelt, Allen Ruott, Mercereau Bridge Co. and Raymond M. Kennedy. Prominent architectural styles found in Orange Country are Mission/Spanish Revival, Art Deco and Bungalow/Craftsman.

Anaheim Colony Multiple Resource Area (added 1978 - - #78003496)

Bounded by Harbor Blvd., Sycamore St., Santa Fe RR, and Santa Ana St. , Anaheim

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Brea City Hall and Park (added 1984 - - #84000917)

401 S. Brea Blvd. , Brea

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Ruott,Allen

Architectural Style:

Mission/Spanish Revival, Art Deco

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Architecture, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Government, Landscape, Recreation And Culture, Social

Historic Sub-function:

City Hall, Clubhouse, Park, Sport Facility

Current Function:

Landscape, Recreation And Culture, Social

Current Sub-function:

Clubhouse, Park, Sport Facility

Crystal Cove Historic District (added 1979 - - #79000514)

NW of Laguna Beach , Laguna Beach

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Architecture, Historic - Aboriginal, Entertainment/Recreation, Performing Arts

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Camp

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Camp, Single Dwelling

Downtown Santa Ana Historic Districts (North, Government/Institutional and South, Retail) (added 1984 - - #84000438)

Also known as NR Control Nos. PH0362620;PH0085961;0731783723;0331820959;11

Roughly bounded by Civic Center Dr., First, Ross, and Spurgeon Sts. , Santa Ana

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

multiple

Architectural Style:

Mission/Spanish Revival, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Moderne

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Exploration/Settlement, Architecture, Commerce, Religion

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Local, Federal, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Hotel, Multiple Dwelling, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Work In Progress

Current Sub-function:

Business, Multiple Dwelling, Specialty Store

Fox Fullerton Theatre Complex (added 2006 - - #06000948)

Also known as Mission Court Theatre; Universial Mission Court Theatre, Chapman's Alician Court Theatre; Chapman Theatre

500-512 N. Harbor Blvd. , Fullerton

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Kennedy, Raymond M., et.al.

Architectural Style:

Mission/Spanish Revival, Renaissance

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Art

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Restaurant, Specialty Store, Theater

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Work In Progress

Current Sub-function:

Restaurant, Specialty Store

French Park Historic District (added 1999 - - #99000551)

Roughly bounded by N. Bush, E. Washington, and N. Garfield Sts., and Civic Center Dr. E. , Santa Ana

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

multiple

Architectural Style:

Italianate, Colonial Revival

Area of Significance:

Community Planning And Development, Social History, Architecture, Exploration/Settlement

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Business, Multiple Dwelling, Professional, Single Dwelling

Hillcrest Park (added 2004 - - #04000812)

Also known as Reservoir Hill

200 Brea Blvd. , Fullerton

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

McKown & Kuehl, et al., Seupelt, Johann George

Area of Significance:

Entertainment/Recreation, Social History, Landscape Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Landscape, Recreation And Culture, Social

Historic Sub-function:

Civic, Meeting Hall, Monument/Marker, Outdoor Recreation, Park

Current Function:

Landscape, Recreation And Culture, Social

Current Sub-function:

Civic, Meeting Hall, Monument/Marker, Outdoor Recreation, Park, Sport Facility

Hot Springs Road (added 1977 - - #77001615)

Ortega Hwy. , San Juan Capistrano

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Owner:

Private

Huntington Beach Municipal Pier (added 1989 - - #89001203)

Main St. and Ocean Ave. , Huntington Beach

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Rothenbert,Ernest, Mercereau Bridge Co.

Architectural Style:

Art Deco

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Engineering, Entertainment/Recreation

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Recreation And Culture

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Key, George, Ranch (added 1975 - - #75000449)

Also known as Key Ranch

625 Bastanchury Rd. , Placentia

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Key,George Benn

Architectural Style:

Late Victorian

Historic Person:

Key,George Benn

Significant Year:

1908, 1898

Area of Significance:

Agriculture, Architecture, Landscape Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Museum, Single Dwelling

Kroger-Melrose District (added 1985 - - #85001326)

Roughly bounded by Lincoln Ave., S. Kroger, W. Broadway and S. Philadelphia , Anaheim

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Bungalow/Craftsman, Colonial Revival, Queen Anne

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling

Los Rios Street Historic District (added 1983 - - #83001216)

31600-31921 Los Rios St. , San Juan Capistrano

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Architecture, Social History

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Financial Institution, Rail-Related, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Old Towne Orange Historic District (added 1997 - - #97000617)

Roughly bounded by Walnut Ave., Waverly St., W.O. Hart Park, La Veta Ave., Clark St., and Atchison Topeka Railroad Track, Orange

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

multiple

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival, Mission/Spanish Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Transportation, Industry, Agriculture, Exploration/Settlement, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Multiple Dwelling, Processing, Professional, Rail-Related, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Recreation And Culture, Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Business, Multiple Dwelling, Outdoor Recreation, Professional, Rail-Related, Single Dwelling

Plaza Historic District (added 1982 - - #82002221)

Also known as Downtown Orange

Roughly bounded by Maple and Almond Aves., Orange and Olive Sts. , Orange

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Morgan,Wells, & Clements

Architectural Style:

Early Commercial

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce, Landscape Architecture, Entertainment/Recreation, Community Planning And Development, Social History

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Federal, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Financial Institution, Organizational

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Business, Financial Institution, Organizational, Professional, Specialty Store

Pomona Court and Apartments (added 2017 - - #100001891)

314-320 North Pamona and 200-204 East Whiting Avenues, Fullerton

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Bungalow/Craftsman, Mixed (More Than 2 Styles From Different Periods)

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Community Planning And Development, Social History

Period of Significance:

1922-1924 AD