Santora Building
Santora Arts Building
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California Historical Landmark
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Location | 207 N. Broadway Santa Ana, California |
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Architect | Frank Lansdowne |
Architectural style | Spanish Colonial Revival, with Churrigueresque details. |
NRHP Reference # | 82000976 |
Added to NRHP | December 27, 1982 |
The Santora is a historic commercial building located in Downtown Historic District of Santa Ana, California. It now houses art galleries, retail stores, and restaurants.
Architecture
The building was designed by Frank Lansdowne, one of the premier architects of the region, and groundbreaking on it took place on July 7, 1928.[1] It is in the Spanish Colonial Revival style, with Churrigueresque facade details.
The Santora is listed in the National Register of Historic Places, and its record number is 386426.[2]
History
From 1934 until 1944, Daninger’s Tea Room occupied the rooms on the second floor, southwest corner. The restaurant was famous for its home cooked meals and pleasant atmosphere, and attracted a clientele that included Hollywood celebrities Jack Benny, Milton Berle, Billie Burke, Charles Ruggles, Connie Haines, Lucille Ball, Gracie Allen, George Burns, Joan Davis, Rosalind Russell, Robert Young, William Holden and Alan Ladd, all of whom signed the guest book.[3]
After a period of decline in Santa Ana's downtown the Santora resurged as an arts complex where a number of different artists moved in including Joseph Musil and his Salon of the Art Deco Theaters. Musil was a set designer for the Walt Disney company and worked on the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood. [4]
See also
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- Pages with broken file links
- Buildings and structures in Santa Ana, California
- Commercial buildings completed in 1928
- California Historical Landmarks
- Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in California
- National Register of Historic Places in Orange County, California
- Spanish Revival architecture in California
- 1928 establishments in California