Historic Santa Monica Landmarks
Santa Monica has a rich architectural history. Here are some of the 80+ landmarks that have been recognized as historic.
| # | Landmark name | Image | Address | Built | Architect / Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rapp Saloon | 1438 Second Street |
1875 | Spencer & Pugh, Bricklayers | ||
| 2 | Miles Playhouse | 1130 Lincoln Boulevard |
1929 | John Byers | ||
| 3 | Looff Hippodrome |  |
Foot of Colorado Avenue |
1916 | Originally called Looff Pier; various builders | |
| 4 | Santa Monica Pier |  |
100-400 Santa Monica Pier |
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| 5 | Miramar Moreton Bay Fig Tree | Ocean Avenue @ Wilshire Blvd. |
Planted prior to 1900 | |||
| 6 | Methodist Episcopal Church | 2621 Second Street |
1876 | |||
| 7 | Ocean Park Library |  |
2601 Main Street |
ca 1918 | Kegly & Gerity, funded by Carnegie Corp. | |
| 8 | Parkhurst Building |  |
185 Pier Avenue / 2940 Main Street |
1927 | Norman F. Marsh & Company | |
| 9 | First Roy Jones House | 2612 Main Street 34°00′08″N 118°29′02″W / 34.00227°N 118.48376°W / 34.00227; -118.48376 (First Roy Jones House) |
1894 | Sumner P. Hunt | ||
| 10 | Horatio West Court |  |
140 Hollister Avenue |
1921 | Irving Gill | |
| 11 | Gussie Moran House | 1323 Ocean Avenue |
1891 | |||
| 12 | Santa Monica City Hall |  |
1685 Main Street |
1938 | Donald B. Parkinson & J.M. Estep | |
| 13 | California Live Oak Tree (dead & removed) |
1443 Tenth Street |
Planted prior to 1899 | |||
| 14 | John W. & Anna George House | 2424 Fourth Street |
1911 | |||
| 15 | Oregon Avenue Sidewalk sign west | Corner of Santa Monica Blvd. & Fifth Street |
Prior to 1912 | |||
| 16 | Marion Davies Estate North Guest House | 321 Palisades Beach Road |
1929 | Julia Morgan | ||
| 17 | John Byers Office | 246 Twenty-Sixth Street |
1926-54 | John Byers | ||
| 18 | Donald B. Parkinson (Demolished) |
1605 San Vicente Blvd. |
1926 | Donald B. Parkinson | ||
| 19 | Rotating Beacon Tower Santa Monica Airport |
Adjacent to 3223 Donald Loop | 1928 | Moved to Santa Monica in 1952 | ||
| 20 | Henry Weaver House |  |
142 Adelaide Drive |
1910 | Milwaukee Building Company | |
| 21 | Moses Hostetter House | 2601 Second Street |
1893 | |||
| 22 | Henry Weyse/Charles Morris House | 401 Ocean Avenue |
1910 | Robert D. Farquhar | ||
| 23 | Hollister Court | 2402 Fourth Street and 2401 Third Street | 1904 to early 1920s | |||
| 24 | Santa Monica Bay Woman’s Club Building | 1210 Fourth Street | 1914 | Henry C. Hollwedel | ||
| 25 | Vanity Fair Apartments | 822 Third Street | 1935 | Carl R. Henderson | ||
| 26 | Gillis House | 406 Adelaide Drive | 1905 | Myron Hunt & Elmer Grey | ||
| 27 | Henshey’s Tegner Building & Annex (Demolition ordered 1994) |
402-420 Santa Monica Blvd. | 1925 & 1936 (annex) | Henry C. Hollwedel | ||
| 28 | Mayfair Theatre (Majestic Theatre) |
212-216 Santa Monica Blvd. |
1911 | Henry C. Hollwedel | ||
| 29 | Charmont Apartments |  |
330 California Avenue |
1929 | Max Maltzman | |
| 30 | Georgian Hotel |  |
1415 Ocean Avenue |
1931 | M. Eugene Durfee | |
| 31 | Sovereign Hotel |  |
205 Washington Avenue |
1928 | Meyer-Radon | |
| 32 | Merle Norman House | 2523 Third Street |
1935 | Ellis G. Martin | ||
| 33 | Shingle Style House (Demolished) |
1127 Sixth Street |
1905 | |||
| 34 | Second Roy Jones House | 130 Adelaide Drive |
1907 | Attributed to Robert D. Farquhar | ||
| 35 | Charles Warren Brown House | 2504 Third Street |
1908 | Charles Warren Brown | ||
| 36 | Shotgun House | 2712 Second Street |
1899 | |||
| 37 | Aeroplane Bungalow | 315 Tenth Street |
1912 | |||
| 38 | Fones Residence | 555 Seventh Street |
1914 | W.S. Freeman, Contractor | ||
| 39 | The Palama | 211 Alta Avenue |
1922 | W.R. Covington | ||
| 40 | Victorian House | 1333 Ocean Avenue |
1906 | |||
| 41 | Lido Hotel | 1455 Fourth Street |
1931 | Harbin F. Hunter | ||
| 42 | Isaac Milbank House | 236 Adelaide Drive |
1911 | Meyer & Holler/ Milwaukee Building Co. | ||
| 43 | Santa Monica Civic Auditorium |  |
1855 Main Street |
1958 | Welton Becket & Associates | |
| 44 | Merle Norman Building | 2525 Main Street |
1936 | H.G. Thursby | ||
| 45 | Turn of the Century Cottage | 954 Fifth Street |
1906 | James Kneen | ||
| 46 | Deodar Cedar Tree | 918 Fifth Street |
1898 | 104 yrs. old when designated | ||
| 47 | Barnum Hall SAMOHI Campus |
601 Pico Blvd. |
1938 | Marsh, Smith & Powell | ||
| 48 | A. McFadden Residence | 317 Georgina Ave. |
1923 | Weber, Staunton and Spaulding | ||
| 49 | Streamline Moderne Commercial | 507-17 Wilshire Blvd. |
1940 | W. Douglas Lee | ||
| 50 | Worrell “Zuni House” | 710 Adelaide Place |
1923 | Robert Stacey-Judd | ||
| 51 | Craftsman style Residence | 502 Raymond Avenue |
1913 | |||
| 52 | John Byers (Third) Residence | 2034 La Mesa Drive |
1929 | John Byers | ||
| 53 | Eucalyptus deanei tree | 522 Twenty-fourth Street |
1913 | Approx. 90 yrs. old when designated. Planter: Hugh Evans | ||
| 54 | American Foursquare Residence | 128 Hollister Ave |
1905 | |||
| 55 | R.D. Farquhar Residence | 147 Georgina Ave |
1911 | Robert D. Farquhar | ||
| 56 | Embassy Hotel Apartments | 1001 Third Street |
1927 | Arthur E. Harvey | ||
| 57 | California bungalow | 1414 Idaho Avenue |
1923 | A. Scott | ||
| 58 | Neimeyer/Strick House | 1911 La Mesa Drive |
1964 | Oscar Niemeyer | ||
| 59 | E.C. Japs/Crossland Residence | 2511 Beverly Avenue |
1912 | Jones Brothers | ||
| 60 | Spanish Colonial Revival Commercial Building | 1337 Ocean Avenue |
1926 | |||
| 61 | Byers Adobe Residence | 404 Georgina Avenue |
1920 | John Byers | ||
| 62 | Sears Department Store | 302 Colorado Avenue |
1947 | Rowland H. Crawford | ||
| 63 | Bay Cities Guaranty Building | 225 Santa Monica Blvd |
1929 | Walker & Eisen | ||
| 64 | Zucky’s Wall Sign | 431 Wilshire Blvd |
1962 | |||
| 65 | Mediterranean/Classical Revival Style Residence | 331 Palisades Avenue |
1913 | Frank Meline | ||
| 66 | Santa Monica Professional Building[13] | 710 Wilshire Blvd |
1928 | Arthur E. Harvey | ||
| 67 | Turn-of-the-Century Victorian Cottage | 1012 Second Street |
Circa 1898-1902 | |||
| 68 | Phillips Chapel Christian Methodist Episcopal Church[14] | 2001 Fourth Street |
Circa 1890s (located at site since 1908) | |||
| 69 | Regency Moderne Apartment Building | 1143 Eleventh Street |
1938 | James M. Weaver | ||
| 70 | Eucalyptus Cornuta Tree | 1407 Hill Stree |
Approx. 90 years old when designated | |||
| 71 | Former Gold Coast Colonial Revival Style Residence | 2323 Fifth Street |
Circa 1925 (located at site since 1936) | |||
| 72 | Elkhorn Apartments/Sandy Bay House | 1401 Palisades Beach Road |
1909 | |||
| 73 | Tudor Revival Style Residence | 501 Twenty-Fourth Street |
1912 | A.W. Tyler (Contractor) | ||
| 74 | Turn-of-the-Century Vernacular Beach Cottage | 2219 Ocean Avenue |
1905 | |||
| 75 | Colonial Revival Style Apartments | 423-431 Ocean Avenue |
1936 & 1950 | William E. Foster | ||
| 76 | Teriton Apartments | 130 San Vicente Boulevard |
1949 | Sanford Kent | ||
| 77 | Horizons West Surf Shop | 2001-2011 Main Street |
1922 | J. L. Schrurs | ||
| 78 | Streamline Moderne Apartments | 822 Euclid Street |
1938 | Frank Bivens | ||
| 79 | Palisades Park | 1450 Ocean Avenue |
1892 | I.G. Le Grande | ||
| 80 | Quonset Hut | 829 Broadwa |
Moved to site in 1946 | N/A | ||
| 81 | Wilshire Theatre | 1314-1316 Wilshire Boulevard |
1930 | John M. Cooper | ||
| 82 | Craftsman Bungalow Cottage | 929 Lincoln Boulevard |
1916 | Joseph J. Rowe | ||
| 83 | Former Sci-Arc Building | 3030-3060 Nebraska Avenue |
1951 | |||
| 84 | Edwin Building | 312 Wilshire Boulevard |
1928 | Paul R. Williams | ||
| 85 | Zimmers House (John Byers Adobe) |
2101 La Mesa Drive |
1924 | John Byers | ||
| 86 | F.R. Siebert House | 514 Palisades Avenue |
1911 | A.C. Siebert |
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