Historic Districts
Vacant / Not In Use
California - Orange County - Historic Districts
Orange County California (Historic Districts) has 20 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), Floral Park Historic District and Fox Fullerton Theatre Complex.

Several famous people are associated with these Orange County historic places including Norton Simon and George Benn Key.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Orange County places including Morgan,Wells, & Clements, et al. McKown & Kuehl, Ernest Rothenbert, Raymond M. Kennedy, Johann George Seupelt, George Benn Key, Allen Ruott, R. Dudley Trudgett, Robert Herrick et al. Carter and Mercereau Bridge Co.. 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
Floral Park Historic District (added 2023 - - #100007287)
Roughly bounded by Santiago Cr., Broadway, 17th, and Flower Sts., Santa Ana
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Area of Significance:
Social History, Community Planning And Development, Architecture
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
William Toy, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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
Fullerton College Historic District (added 2023 - - #100008709)
321 East Chapman Ave., Fullerton
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Area of Significance:
Architecture, Education
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
Hunt Center and Library (added 2019 - - #100003550)
1645 W. Valencia Dr. & 201 S. Basque Ave., Fullerton
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Historic Significance:
Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Pereira, William L., Trudgett, R. Dudley, Carter, Robert Herrick et al., Multiple
Architectural Style:
International, Corporate Modernism, Miesian
Historic Person:
Simon, Norton
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Industry
Period of Significance:
1960-1969 AD
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
North Beach Historic District (added 2020 - - #100005943)
Roughly bounded by North El Camino Real, Avenida Estacion, and Boca De La Playa, San Clemente
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Area of Significance:
Community Planning And Development, Entertainment/Recreation
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
Weir Canyon Archeological District (added 1980 - - #80004631)
Address Restricted , Anaheim
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