List of City of Santa Monica Designated Historic Landmarks

This is a List of City of Santa Monica Designated Historic Landmarks.

Ordinance

As the 1975 Santa Monica Centennial approached, the City Council created the Historical Site Committee, and adopted the Landmarks and Historic District Ordinance on March 24, 1976. The Santa Monica Landmarks and Historic Districts Ordinance was amended in 1987 and again in 1991, to create a more comprehensive preservation program. The ordinance established a seven member appointed Landmarks Commission with the power to designate Structures of Merit and Landmarks, and to make recommendations to the City Council regarding the designation of potential Historic Districts.

Criteria

The Landmarks Commission may approve the landmark designation of a structure, improvement, natural feature or an object if it finds that it meets one or more of the following criteria:

1. It exemplifies, symbolizes, or manifests elements of the cultural, social, economic, political or architectural history of the City.
2. It has aesthetic or artistic interest or value, or other noteworthy interest or value.
3. It is identified with historic personages or with important events in local, state or national history.
4. It embodies distinguishing architectural characteristics valuable to a study of a period, style, method of construction, or the use of indigenous materials or craftsmanship, or is a unique or rare example of an architectural design, detail or historical type valuable to such a study.
5. It is a significant or a representative example of the work or product of a notable builder, designer or architect.
6. It has a unique location, a singular physical characteristic, or is an established and familiar visual feature of a neighborhood, community or the City.

Listing of the City of Santa Monica Designated City Landmarks

#	Name	Image	Location	Designated	Built	Architect/Description
1	Rapp Saloon		1438 Second Street	08/20/1975	1875	Spencer & Pugh, Bricklayers
2	Miles Playhouse		1130 Lincoln Boulevard	10/15/1975	1929	John Byers
3	Looff Hippodrome		Foot of Colorado Avenue	08/17/1976	1916	Originally called Looff Pier; various builders
4	Santa Monica Pier		100-400 Santa Monica Pier	08/17/1976
5	Miramar Moreton Bay Fig Tree		Ocean Avenue @ Wilshire Blvd.	08/17/1976	Planted prior to 1900
6	Methodist Episcopal Church		2621 Second Street	01/04/1977	1876
7	Ocean Park Library		2601 Main Street	05/03/1977	ca 1918	Kegly & Gerity, funded by Carnegie Corp.
8	Parkhurst Building	100px	185 Pier Avenue / 2940 Main Street	12/06/1977	1927	Norman F. Marsh & Company
9	First Roy Jones House		2612 Main Street	01/02/1979	1894	Sumner P. Hunt
10	Horatio West Court	100x100px	140 Hollister Avenue	01/02/1979	1921	Irving Gill
11	Gussie Moran House		1323 Ocean Avenue	01/27/1979	1891
12	Santa Monica City Hall		1685 Main Street	10/16/1979	1938	Donald B. Parkinson & J.M. Estep
13	California Live Oak Tree (dead & removed)		1443 Tenth Street	01/15/1980	Planted prior to 1899
14	John W. & Anna George House		2424 Fourth Street	03/17/1980	1911
15	Oregon Avenue Sidewalk sign west		Corner of Santa Monica Blvd. & Fifth Street	05/20/1981	Prior to 1912
16	Marion Davies Estate North Guest House		321 Palisades Beach Road	07/17/1980	1929	Julia Morgan
17	John Byers Office		246 Twenty-Sixth Street	03/12/1982	1926-54	John Byers
18	Donald B. Parkinson (Demolished)		1605 San Vicente Blvd.	06/07/1985	1926	Donald B. Parkinson
19	Rotating Beacon Tower Santa Monica Airport		Adjacent to 3223 Donald Loop	08/11/1988	1928	Moved to Santa Monica in 1952
20	Henry Weaver House	100px	142 Adelaide Drive	05/11/1989	1910	Milwaukee Building Company
21	Moses Hostetter House		2601 Second Street	04/12/1990	1893
22	Henry Weyse/Charles Morris House		401 Ocean Avenue	09/13/1990	1910	Robert D. Farquhar
23	Hollister Court		2402 Fourth Street and 2401 Third Street	12/13/1990	1904 to early 1920s
24	Santa Monica Bay Woman's Club Building		1210 Fourth Street	04/08/1991	1914	Henry C. Hollwedel
25	Vanity Fair Apartments		822 Third Street	09/08/1992	1935	Carl R. Henderson
26	Gillis House		406 Adelaide Drive	03/08/1993	1905	Myron Hunt & Elmer Grey
27	Henshey's Tegner Building & Annex (Demolition ordered 1994)		402-420 Santa Monica Blvd.	06/20/1994	1925 & 1936 (annex)	Henry C. Hollwedel
28	Mayfair Theatre (Majestic Theatre)		212-216 Santa Monica Blvd.	07/11/1994	1911	Henry C. Hollwedel
29	Charmont Apartments	100px	330 California Avenue	11/10/1994	1929	Max Maltzman
30	Georgian Hotel	100px	1415 Ocean Avenue	02/22/1995	1931	M. Eugene Durfee
31	Sovereign Hotel	100px	205 Washington Avenue	01/08/1996	1928	Meyer-Radon
32	Merle Norman House		2523 Third Street	06/10/1996	1935	Ellis G. Martin
33	Shingle Style House (Demolished)		1127 Sixth Street	10/14/1996	1905
34	Second Roy Jones House		130 Adelaide Drive	08/11/1997	1907	Attributed to Robert D. Farquhar
35	Charles Warren Brown House		2504 Third Street	08/11/1997	1908	Charles Warren Brown
36	Shotgun House		2712 Second Street	11/11/1999	1899
37	Aeroplane Bungalow		315 Tenth Street	04/12/1999	1912
38	Fones Residence		555 Seventh Street	04/10/2000	1914	W.S. Freeman, Contractor
39	The Palama		211 Alta Avenue	05/08/2000	1922	W.R. Covington
40	Victorian House		1333 Ocean Avenue	08/14/2001	1906
41	Lido Hotel		1455 Fourth Street	11/12/2001	1931	Harbin F. Hunter
42	Isaac Milbank House		236 Adelaide Drive	03/11/2002	1911	Meyer & Holler/ Milwaukee Building Co.
43	Santa Monica Civic Auditorium		1855 Main Street	04/09/2002	1958	Welton Becket & Associates
44	Merle Norman Building		2525 Main Street	11/11/2002	1936	H.G. Thursby
45	Turn of the Century Cottage		954 Fifth Street	12/9/2002	1906	James Kneen
46	Deodar Cedar Tree		918 Fifth Street	12/9/2002	1898	104 yrs. old when designated
47	Barnum Hall SAMOHI Campus		601 Pico Blvd.	12/9/2002	1938	Marsh, Smith & Powell
48	A. McFadden Residence		317 Georgina Ave.	2/10/2003	1923	Weber, Staunton and Spaulding
49	Streamline Moderne Commercial		507-17 Wilshire Blvd.	2/10/2003	1940	W. Douglas Lee
50	Worrell “Zuni House”		710 Adelaide Place	3/10/2003	1923	Robert Stacey-Judd
51	Craftsman style Residence		502 Raymond Avenue	4/14/2003	1913
52	John Byers (Third) Residence		2034 La Mesa Drive	7/14/2003	1929	John Byers
53	Eucalyptus deanei tree		522 Twenty-fourth Street	7/14/2003	1913	Approx. 90 yrs. old when designated. Planter: Hugh Evans
54	American Foursquare Residence		128 Hollister Ave	8/26/2003	1905
55	R.D. Farquhar Residence		147 Georgina Ave	10/13/2003	1911	Robert D. Farquhar
56	Embassy Hotel Apartments		1001 Third Street	10/13/2003	1927	Arthur E. Harvey
57	California bungalow		1414 Idaho Avenue	12/8/2003	1923	A. Scott
58	Neimeyer/Strick House		1911 La Mesa Drive	12/8/2003	1964	Oscar Niemeyer
59	E.C. Japs/Crossland Residence		2511 Beverly Avenue	03/8/2004	1912	Jones Brothers
60	Spanish Colonial Revival Commercial Building		1337 Ocean Avenue	7/12/2004	1926
61	Byers Adobe Residence		404 Georgina Avenue	11/08/2004	1920	John Byers
62	Sears Department Store		302 Colorado Avenue	12/13/2004	1947	Rowland Crawford
63	Bay Cities Guaranty Building		225 Santa Monica Blvd	12/13/2004	1929	Walker & Eisen
64	Zucky’s Wall Sign		431 Wilshire Blvd	06/13/2005	1962
65	Mediterranean/Classical Revival Style Residence		331 Palisades Avenue	07/11/2005	1913	Frank Meline
66	Santa Monica Professional Building		710 Wilshire Blvd	08/08/2005	1928	Arthur E. Harvey
67	Turn-of-the-Century Victorian Cottage		1012 Second Street	09/12/2005	Circa 1898-1902
68	Phillips Chapel Christian Methodist Episcopal Church		2001 Fourth Street	10/10/2005	Circa 1890s (located at site since 1908)
69	Regency Moderne Apartment Building		1143 Eleventh Street	11/14/2005	1938	James M. Weaver
70	Eucalyptus Cornuta Tree		1407 Hill Street	03/22/2006	Approx. 90 years old when designated
71	Former Gold Coast Colonial Revival Style Residence		2323 Fifth Street	07/10/2006	Circa 1925 (located at site since 1936)
72	Elkhorn Apartments/Sandy Bay House		1401 Palisades Beach Road	07/10/2006	1909
73	Tudor Revival Style Residence		501 Twenty-Fourth Street	08/14/2006	1912	A.W. Tyler (Contractor)
74	Turn-of-the-Century Vernacular Beach Cottage		2219 Ocean Avenue	08/14/2006	1905
75	Colonial Revival Style Apartments		423-431 Ocean Avenue	10/09/2006	1936 & 1950	William E. Foster
76	Teriton Apartments		130 San Vicente Boulevard	11/13/2006	1949	Sanford Kent
77	Horizons West Surf Shop		2001-2011 Main Street	5/14/2007	1922	J. L. Schrurs
78	Streamline Moderne Apartments		822 Euclid Street	8/13/2007	1938	Frank Bivens
79	Palisades Park		1450 Ocean Avenue	9/10/2007	1892	I.G. Le Grande
80	Quonset Hut		829 Broadway	12/10/2007	Moved to site in 1946	N/A
81	Wilshire Theatre		1314-1316 Wilshire Boulevard	01/14/2008	1930	John M. Cooper
82	Craftsman Bungalow Cottage		929 Lincoln Boulevard	02/11/2008	1916	Joseph J. Rowe
83	Edwin Building		312 Wilshire Boulevard	04/14/2008	1928	Paul R. Williams
84	Zimmers House (John Byers Adobe)		2101 La Mesa Drive	05/12/2008	1924	John Byers
85	F.R. Siebert House		514 Palisades Avenue	05/12/2008	1911	A.C. Siebert
86	Former JC Penney Building		1202 Third Street	07/14/2008	1949	Milton L. Anderson
87	Keller Block Building		227 Broadway	10/13/2008	1893	Carroll H. Brown
88	Builders Exchange Building		1501-1509 Fourth Street	06/08/2009	1926	Edward Durfee
89	Doctors Building		2125 Arizona Avenue	07/13/2009	Early 1950s	J.E. Loveless
90	Craftsman Style Residence		405 Palisades Avenue	07/13/2009	1912
91	Shangri-La Hotel		1301 Ocean Avenue	11/09/2009	1939	William E. Foster
92	Mar Vista Apartments		1305 Second Street	12/14/2009	1914
93	Residential Kit Houses		1047 Ninth Street	12/14/2009	1923	Pacific Ready-Cut Homes
94	Period Revival Residence		2009 La Mesa Drive	11/08/2010	1926	Elmer Grey
95	American Foursquare Residence		1063 Twenty-Sixth Street	03/14/2011
96	Biedler-Heuer Building		2701-2705 Main Street	01/09/2012	1922	Joseph F. Rhodes
97	Turn-of-the-Century Cottage		2501 Second Street	01/24/2012	1902
98	Santa Monica Pier Sign		200 Santa Monica Pier	06/11/2012	1941	Pan Pacific Neon Sign Company
99	Chain Reaction Sculpture		1855 Main Street	07/09/2012	1991	Paul Conrad
100	Chez Jay Restaurant		1657 Ocean Avenue	10/08/2012	1945	Britton S. Shriver
101	Craftsmen Bungalow		642 Kensington Road	12/10/2012	1917
102	Palisades Building		101 Wilshire Boulevard	01/14/2013	1924	William Ache
103	Central Tower Building		1424 Fourth Street	03/11/2013	1929	M. Eugene Durfee
104	Art Deco Commercial Building		301-315 Wilshire Boulevard	04/08/2013	1930	Irvin Goodfellow
105	"Bowl" Sign		234 Pico Boulevard	09/09/2013	1958	William L. Rudolph
106	Mayfair Theater Terrazzo		210-214 Santa Monica Boulevard Sidewalk	09/09/2013	1929	Charles Tegner
107	United States Post Office		1248 Fifth Street	03/10/2014	1936	Louis A. Simon
108	Bundy House		401 Twenty-Fifth Street	05-12-2014	1913	Sumner P. Hunt/Silas R. Burns
109	Streamline Moderne Apartment Building		947-953 Eleventh Street	06-09-2014	1937	E.P. Fitzgerald
110	E.J. Carrillo House		1602 Georgina Avenue	06-09-2014	1924	John Byers

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Los Angeles County, California

External links

• Historic Preservation in Santa Monica