Ventura County Historic Landmarks & Points of Interest

The Ventura County Historic Landmarks & Points of Interest consist of buildings, sites, and neighborhoods designated by Ventura County, California, Cultural Heritage Board as historic landmarks and points of interest.[1]

The County began its landmark program in August 1968 with its designation of two sites: the Faulkner House (VCHL No. 1) in Santa Paula; and the Edwards Adobe in Saticoy (VCHL No. 2).[1]

The cities with the greatest concentrations of designated landmarks and points of interest are Santa Paula (31 landmarks) and Simi Valley (28 landmarks, 1 point of interest), Oxnard (24 landmarks, 3 points of interest), Fillmore (16 landmarks, 1 point of interest), Port Huememe (13 landmarks, 2 points of interest), Ojai (13 landmarks), Thousand Oaks (9 landmarks), Piru (7 landmarks), and Saticoy (6 landmarks, 1 point of interest). The City of Ventura has its own system of 111 city-designated historical landmarks. See City of Ventura Historic Landmarks and Districts.

Ventura County Historic Landmarks

VCHL No. Name Image Address City Date listed Description
1Faulkner House14292 West Telegraph Rd.
34.326686°N 119.107079°W / 34.326686; -119.107079 (Faulkner House)
Santa Paula8/68Queen Anne style farmhouse with three-story octagonal tower built 1894; also listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991; now operated as the Hansen Trust Agricultural Learning Center[2]
2Edwards AdobeWest of Edwards Ranch Road
34.311209°N 119.133407°W / 34.311209; -119.133407 (Edwards Adobe)
Saticoy8/68
3/90
Two-story house built in 1860 for William Dewey Hobson; it combines Mexican and "Yankee clapboard" styles; designation revoked in 1977, then restored in 1990[3]
3Row of eucalyptus treesHighway 101, east of Lewis RoadCamarilloA row of 1,000 eucalyptus trees planted in 1892 for Don Adolfo Camarillo's ranch[4]
4Cook Mansion829 North Park Street
34.418141°N 118.795122°W / 34.418141; -118.795122 (Cook Mansion)
Piru1/69Queen Anne style mansion built in 1886, destroyed by fire in 1981 and then rebuilt in 1983; also known as the Newhall Mansion and the Piru Mansion[5]
5Rancho Arnaz Adobe9504 North Ventura Avenue
34.408578°N 119.296843°W / 34.408578; -119.296843 (Rancho Arnaz Adobe)
Oak View1/69Built in 1863, it was the home of Don Jose Arnaz who leased and then purchased the 50,000-acre Mission San Buenaventura property from the Mexican government; also known as the Stage Route Half-Way House; it is the oldest continuously-occupied residence in the county[6]
6Simi Adobe–Strathearn House137 Strathearn Place
34.274435°N 118.801291°W / 34.274435; -118.801291 (Simi Adobe–Strathearn House)
Simi Valley1/69Built in 1810, also known as the de la Guerra Adobe; part of the Strathearn Historical Park; also designated as California Historical Landmark No. 979 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978[7]
7Sanchez Adobe2317 Los Angeles AvenueSaticoy4/69Built with one story in 1838, second story added c. 1900 [not found at designated location; moved?]
8Don Adolfo Camarillo House201 Camarillo Ranch Rd.Camarillo4/69Built in 1893
9Santa Clara Schoolhouse20030 Telegraph Rd.Santa Paula4/69Colonial style one-room schoolhouse with high tower, built 1896-97, also known as Little Red Schoolhouse[8]
10Tapo Adobe Ruins4651 Tapo Canyon Rd.
34.323414°N 118.710194°W / 34.323414; -118.710194 (Simi Adobe–Strathearn House)
Simi Valley12/70Sections of adobe walls can be seen at the Tapo Canyon Regional Park[9]
11Santa Gertrudis Asistencia (Chapel) MonumentN. Ventura Ave.Ventura12/70The original chapel was built in 1809 and ceased operation around 1840. The site was in the path of the Ojai freeway, and the remains were moved in 1968 with several foundations stones being used to create the monument. Located 0.3 miles north of the Ventura Avenue Water Purification Plant on the east side of the road, flanked by two cypress trees that were scorched in the Thomas Fire.[10]
12Ventura County Courthouse501 Poli St.
34.282352°N 119.293036°W / 34.282352; -119.293036 (Ventura County Courthouse)
Ventura12/70Neoclassical courthouse built in 1912, designed by Albert C. Martin Sr.; became Ventura City Hall in 1972; terra cotta exterior decorations, friars' heads, and copper-sheathed dome; listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971 (first site in City of Ventura to be so designated) and designated as California Historical Landmark No. 847 and Ventura City Historical Landmark No. 4
13Oxnard Carnegie Library424 South C St.Oxnard2/71Neoclassical public library built 1906-07 with funding from Andrew Carnegie; later operated as an art museum; also listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971, the first site in Ventura County to receive the designation
14Point Mugu Recreation Area/State ParkPoint Mugu2/71Archeological site with remains of a Chumash village (Satwiwa) occupied for 6,000 years until 1850; also the largest remaining grassland in California; extends from Mugu lagoon southeast to Sycamore Canyon and northeast to Potrero Road
15Naumann Giant Gum Tree and Eucalyptus RowsEast of Pleasant Valley and Etting Rds.
34.162457°N 119.148838°W / 34.162457; -119.148838 (Naumann Eucalyptus Trees)
Oxnard6/71Row of eucalyptus trees planted c. 1900 stretching 1/4 mile for the Hueneme Masonic Cemetery
16Sugar Beet Factory siteNorth of Wooley Rd. and east of Oxnard Blvd.Oxnard6/71Site of second largest sugar beet factory in US, built 1898, manufactured sugar out of beets and played a central role in development of Oxnard; operated 1899-1959[11][12]
17Oxnard Plaza Park PagodaFifth and C StreetOxnard6/71Octagonal pagoda built in 1910 for well used to irrigate the surrounding park[13][14]
18Japanese CemeteryEast of Etting and Pleasant Valley RoadOxnard6/71Adjacent to Masonic cemetery; markers are wooden boards with inscriptions; last burials c. 1960[15]
19Port Hueneme Women's Improvement Club239 Scott St.Port Hueneme11/72Built in 1915; listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989
20Thomas R. and Mary Bard MemorialWest corner of Ventura Rd. and Park Ave.Port Hueneme11/71Memorial to Thomas R. Bard, an oil pioneer and U.S. Senator, and his wife Mary; dedicated 1958
21Rafael Reyes AdobeLockwood Valley Road, 2 miles east of Highway 33 at Reyes CreekLockwood Valley11/71One-story adobe house built in 1854 with wood and concrete block additions the 1920s and 1940s; fighting bulls were raised on the ranch[16]
22St. Mary Magdalen Church2532 Ventura Blvd.Camarillo3/72Spanish Neo-Classic built in 1913 as a private chapel for the Camarillo family; became a parish church in 1940; designed by Albert C. Martin Sr.[17]
23Southern Pacific Railroad Depot963 E. Santa Barbara St.Santa Paula4/72First train depot in Ventura County, built in 1887[18]
24Hueneme Wharf (original site)Corner of Seaview St. and Hueneme Rd.Port Hueneme3/72Thomas R. Bard built the county's first wharf, 900 feet long, at this location in 1871; destroyed by storm in 1938[19]
25Matilija Hot Springs788 West Hot Springs Rd.Ojai8/72Camp site established in 1871 in Matilija Canyon; cabins and hotel added in 1873; popular for its hot springs and for bear hunting
26Post Office Tower and PorticoSE Corner of Ojai and Signal StreetsOjai6/75Three-story tower with domed top covered in Spanish tile, built in 1916
27Libbey Park Bowl Sycamore Tree650 feet south of post office at Ojai Ave. and Signal St.OjaiSycamore tree over 200 years old used in Chumash ceremonies
28San Buenaventura Mission AqueductCañada Larga Rd. (south side), 1/4 block east of Highway 33Ventura1/76Seven-mile long aqueduct built starting in 1792 to supply water to the Mission San Buenaventura and local farms; the aqueduct began at the convergence point of San Antonio Creek and the Ventura River. The section of the aqueduct in the photograph is located at 234 Cañada Larga Road (south side), 1/4 block east of Highway 33, and has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places
29Santa Susana Depot6503 Katherine Rd.Simi Valley1/76Railroad depot built in 1903 by the Southern Pacific Railroad; now houses a railroad museum
30Stagecoach Inn51 South Ventu Park RoadNewbury Park5/76Grand Union Hotel built in 1876; moved in 1965 due to freeway construction, destroyed by fire in 1970 and rebuilt
31Thomas R. Bard MansionGuadalcanal St. at Bard LanePort HuenemeItalian Mediterranean style built in 1915 for Thomas R. Bard, an oil pioneer and U.S. Senator; purchased by the U.S. Navy in the 1950s and now serves as the base officer's club at the U.S. Naval Construction Center
32Hueneme Bank Building220 North Market St.Port Hueneme3/77Built in 1925 in Neoclassical style, designed by Myron Hunt; served as Port Hueneme City Hall from 1959-1973; later operated as a historical museum
33Josiah Keene House41 Bell WayVentura7/77Second Empire/Victorian house with steep mansard roof built in 1872; also designated as City of Ventura Historical Landmark No. 68.[20][21]
34Foster Park Lion Entrance MarkersCasitas Vista Road at the east end of Foster Park BridgeVentura7/77Two large sandstone lions erected 1908 at entrance to Foster Park, a county park
35W. L. Hardison House1226 Ojai Rd.Santa Paula12/77Victorian era, California eclectic farmhouse built in 1884[22][23]
36Union Oil Company Building1003 E. Main St.Santa Paula12/77Queen Anne style office building with Italianate influences, served as the first headquarters of Union Oil Co.; now the California Oil Museum; also listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986 and designated in 1991 as California Historical Landmark No. 996[24]
37Hueneme Slough SiteSurfside Dr. and Moranda Pkwy.Port Hueneme11/77Now operated as Moranda Park, the site was originally a slough or tidal basin that was filled in 1938 with material dredged up to build the Port Hueneme Harbor.
38Universalist Unitarian Church Building740 E. Main St.Santa Paula3/78Built in 1892 with local brick and river rock, it was designed by architects Seymour Locke and Frederick Roehrig; the oldest standing church in Santa Paula and one of the first Universalist churches on the west coast. Constructed of local brick and river rock[25][26]
39Mill Park736 Santa Paula/Ojai Rd. at BedfordSanta Paula8/78Grist mill built on the site in 1871[27]
40Simi Library Building (original)137 Strathearn PlaceSimi Valley5/78One-room library built in 1930; ceased operation in early 1960s and was moved in 1971 to Strathearn Historical Park
41Haigh/Talley Colony House137 Strathearn PlaceSimi Valley5/78
42Tapo Citrus Association Packing House SiteSimi Valley
43Hill Ranch Brick CisternThousand Oaks
44Sycamore Tree near Stagecoach InnNewbury Park
45Pederson House and Water TowerThousand Oaks
46Tanner Homestead18492 E. Telegraph Rd.Santa Paula8/78Queen Anne style house built c. 1885
47Fillmore State Bank316 Central Ave.Fillmore5/79Mediterranean/Italian Renaissance brick and terra cotta building built in 1917, designed by Albert C. Martin Sr.
48Southern Pacific Railroad Depot447 Main St.Fillmore5/79Prefabricated railroad building built 1887
49Trinity Episcopal ChurchCorner of Saratoga and Second StreetsFillmore5/79English gingerbread Craftsman style church built in 1901 in Hueneme; moved to Fillmore in 1933
50Bardsdale Methodist Church1498 Bardsdale AvenueFillmore4/79Carpenter Gothic church built in 1898; listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986
51Piru Methodist Church and OrganPiru
52Grandma Prisbrey's Bottle VillageSimi Valley
53Brandeis-Bardin Institute, House of the BookSimi Valley
54Charles Collins Teague House (1924)McKevett Heights Rd.Santa Paula11/79English Tudor Revival mansion built 1923-1924[28]
55Methodist Church (former)Moorpark
56Bank of A. LevyOxnard11/79
57Lightworks in the Hueneme LighthousePort Hueneme1980
58Arundell AdobeThree miles up Pole Creek CanyonFillmore7/80Built in 1885 for proximity to purple sage used in Thomas Arundell's honey business
59Hinckley's Artists' Barn and grounds, including pepper tree416 Bard St.Fillmore7/80Barn converted to residence and studio in 1936, featured in Life magazine in 1936; 10-inch square areas painted on one wall by visiting artists; 100-year-old pepper tree is part of the designation
60Church of Christ Scientist461 Third St.Fillmore7/80English Tudor style stucco church built in 1929 with winding flagstone path; designed by architect H. Roy Kelley
61Odd Fellows' Town Clock868 E. Main St.Santa Paula7/80Four-faced Seth Thomas clock above the lodge's hall installed in 1905[29]
62County Fire Station No. 21 (former)Ojai
63Goebel's Lion Farm SiteThousand Oaks
64Hunt Olive TreeThousand Oaks
65Glen Tavern Inn134 N. Mill St.Santa Paula7/81Craftsman/English Tudor hotel built c. 1910; designed by Hunt & Burns; also listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984[30]
66Saint Rose of Lima Catholic ChurchSimi Valley
67Simi Valley Community Methodist Church (former)Simi Valley
68Brandeis/Bardin Institute, Main HouseSimi Valley
69The Mill926 Railroad Ave.Santa Paula9/82Built c. 1890, now occupied by the Ventura County Agricultural Museum
70First Church of Christ Scientist731 South A St.Oxnard3/82Mission Revival church built 1906-08; moved to Heritage Square in 1989 and remodeled as a town hall facility
71Patterson Ranch BuildingsSimi Valley
72High Street Pepper TreesMoorpark
73Murphy House205 South F St.Oxnard4/91California style bungalow built in 1911
74Henry Levy House155 South G St.Oxnard12/82Craftsman house with English Tudor details built in 1914
75Achille Levy House201 South D St.Oxnard12/82Shingle style house with Craftsman influences built in 1912
76Ebell Club of Santa Paula125 South Seventh St.Santa Paula9/82Craftsman mansion built in 1917 as a women's club, now operated as the Santa Paula Theater Center[31]
77Charles Collins Teague House (1900)805 Santa Paula St.Santa Paula9/82Colonial Revival house built in 1900; designed by Greene and Greene[32]
78Underwood House715 E. Santa Paula St.Santa Paula9/82Queen Anne style house built in the mid-1890s[33]
79Moreton Bay Fig TreeCorner of Tenth and Santa Barbara StreetsSanta Paula9/82Tree planted in 1879[34]
80Rice House928-930 Yale St.Santa Paula9/82Queen Anne style cottage with Eastlake detail built in 1880s[35]
81First Christian Church829 Railroad Ave.Santa Paula9/82Carpenter Gothic style church built in 1900 with a square bell tower and high-pitched pyramidal roof[36]
82Balcom House933 Pleasant St.Santa Paula9/82Italianate style house built in 1885; gutted by a fire in the 1950s[37]
83Baker House525 East Main St.Santa Paula9/82Queen Anne style house built in 1890 with French Mansard tower[38]
84Anna M. Logan House123 North Mill St.Santa Paula9/82Eastlake style house built c. 1888-1890[39]
85Somis Thursday Clubhouse5380 Bell St.Somis7/91One-room schoolhouse built in 1895; sold to a social club in 1924 and substantially remodeled in 1939 and after
86Gerberding/Moranda HousePort Hueneme
87Farrell HousePort Hueneme
88Richard Bard HousePort Hueneme
89Chumash Park "Indian Hills"Simi Valley
90Oakbrook County Park Archaeological AreaThousand Oaks
91Chumash Village of ShimijiSimi Valley
92Ramelli/Willett House51 Sulphur Mountain Rd.Oak View7/83Mediterranean style 26-room house built in 1926, designed by Roy Wilson
93Wood Ranch BarnsSimi Valley
94Lathrop CampOjai7/84
95Pratt House1330 North Foothill RoadOjai11/85Craftsman bungalow built in 1909, designed by Greene and Greene, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002
96Dent Ranch HouseOjai
97Santa Paula Union High School404 North Sixth St.Santa Paula1/86Spanish Colonial school built in 1936 by Works Progress Administration[40]
98Wiltfong HousePort Hueneme
99Dos Vientos Ranch BuildingsNewbury Park
100Justin Petit Ranch House730 S B St.Oxnard4/86Queen Anne Victorian-style house built in 1896; relocated to Heritage Square
101Piru Train BridgePiru
102Sacred Heart Mission ChurchDarling Rd., east of Wells Rd.Saticoy6/86Burned down in August 2005
103Whale Rock Ranch HouseOjai
104Stagecoach RoadSimi Valley
105Freight RoadSimi Valley
106Mount McCoy and CrossSimi Valley
107Montgomery HouseSimi Valley
108King/Harris House1420 Grimes Canyon Rd.Fillmore10/86Two-story white frame house built in 1910; later used as the Conejo Recreation and Parks District sports office
109Crowley HouseThousand Oaks
110Five TreesVentura
111McKevett School (North Grammar School)955 E. Pleasant St.Santa Paula5/87Mission Revival style school built in 1910 with each classroom opening onto a veranda and courtyard[41]
112Edwin Janss Sr. HouseThousand Oaks
113Charles L. and Nellie Sheldon House701 East Santa Paula St.Santa Paula9/87Neo-Classic Row House built in 1900
114James M. Sharp House11840 Telegraph Rd.Santa Paula11/87Italianate style house built in 1890[42]
115Hueneme Elementary SchoolPort Hueneme
116Whiteside House and BarnThousand Oaks
117Saticoy Walnut Growers Association Warehouse1235-1255 East Wells Rd.Saticoy6/88Warehouse built in 1917 for drying and shipping
118Saticoy Bean Warehouse10995 Azahar St.Saticoy6/88Warehouse built in 1917 for lima bean growers
119Farmers & Merchants Bank of Santa Paula - Saticoy Branch1203 Los Angeles Ave.Saticoy6/88Neo-classical bank built in 1911
120Lake Eleanor DamThousand Oaks
121Foster Park Bowl438 Casitas Vista RoadVenturaOutdoor theater located in Foster Park
122Palm Trees along Chambersburg RoadBardsdale
123Sanitary Dairy/Clifford Hardison House1680-1686 Old Telegraph Rd.Fillmore2/89
124Piru HotelPiru
125Lechler House/MuseumPiru
126Stutsman/Hall RanchOjai9/89
127Pioneer Section of Simi Valley Public CemeterySimi Valley1/90
128Fulkerson Hardware Store3403 Somis Rd.Somis7/91Stucco structure built in 1925
129Masonic Temple Building Site402 Central Ave.Fillmore6/90
130Farmers & Merchants Bank364 Central Ave.Fillmore4/90
131Sespe School627 Sespe Ave.Fillmore4/90
132Familia Diaz Cafe249 S. Tenth St.
34.350914°N 119.058253°W / 34.350914; -119.058253 (Familia Diaz Cafe)
Santa Paula10/90Operated as a family since 1936; built in 1919, rebuilt 1928, remodeled 1980[43]
133Somis School5268 North St.Somis7/91Schoolhouse built in 1924
134Coast Live Oak TreeSimi Valley
135Spalding house, guest house, stone wall3095 West Telegraph Rd.Fillmore5/92
136Elephant RockSimi Valley
137Palm Trees along Alamo StreetSimi Valley
138Sycamore Tree along Wood Ranch ParkwaySimi Valley
139Simi Elementary School and BungalowsSimi Valley
140Scott/Cameron House and Aged Olive TreeSimi Valley
141Ventura County Railway250 East Fifth St.Oxnard2/9213-mile railroad built in 1905
142Barbara Webster School1150 Saticoy St.
34.359697°N 119.059562°W / 34.359697; -119.059562 (Barbara Webster School)
Santa Paula2/92Built in 1925 to serve the educational needs of the children of Mexican itinerant citrus and walnut workers
143Olive Mann Isbell School221 South Fourth St.
34.349176°N 119.066084°W / 34.349176; -119.066084 (Olive Mann Isbell School)
Santa Paula2/92Built in 1926; designed by Roy C. Wilson
144Scarlett/McGrath Ranch House5011 West Gonzales Rd.Oxnard9/92Queen Anne/Eastlake residence built in 1889
145Perkins/Claberg House721 South A St.Oxnard6/92Queen Anne and Stick style house built in 1887; relocated in 1989 to Heritage Square
146Wineman/Lehmann/Miller House101 South D St.Oxnard10/93Colonial Revival and California Bungalow styles, built in 1903
147Staire/Diener House235 South D St.Oxnard10/93House with Craftsman influences built in 1911
148Palm Trees along "C" StreetC Street between Magnolia and WooleyOxnard10/93Mexican Fan Palm Trees planted in 1903
149Japanese Nisei Methodist Episcopal Church630 South A St.Oxnard10/93Church built in 1908 for Japanese farm workers
150Corriganville1601 Kuehner Dr.Simi Valley8/95Movie ranch opened in 1937; opened to public in 1949 as a western-themed amusement park; became known as Hopetown after Bob Hope purchased it in 1965; closed in 1966 and damaged by fire in 1967; it is now a park operated by the City of Simi Valley
151Fillmore SignNortheast corner Highway 126 (Ventura St.) and Central Ave.Fillmore9/94Lozenge-shaped, Streamline Moderne style sign installed in 1940 with "Fillmore" in 12-inch white neon letters; a neon arrow points to downtown
152Rancho Camulos5164 E. Telegraph Rd.Piru11/95Ranch used by Helen Hunt Jackson as a setting for her 1884 novel Ramona
153Bard/Prescott HousePort Hueneme12/95
154First Church in Piru/Sullivan HousePiru12/95
155Briggs School14438 W. Telegraph Rd.
34.298166°N 119.155847°W / 34.298166; -119.155847 (Briggs School)
Santa Paula3/94Mediterranean school with an Italian influence and central courtyard built in 1925[44]
156Arts and Science Buildings, Fillmore Senior High School555 Central Ave.Fillmore9/94Two Mediterranean style buildings, built 1937-38 with Moorish arched entrances and Churriqueresque relief; designed by architects John C. Austin and Frederick M. Ashley
157Sespe Bunkhouse2896 Telegraph Rd.
34.318165°N 119.122313°W / 34.318165; -119.122313 (Sespe Bunkhouse)
Santa Paula2/24/98Built in 1910 or 1911, it housed unmarried white workers on a citrus ranch from the 1920s to 1940s
158Swift Residence and Lying-In Hospital838-840 West Fifth St.OxnardHouse built about 1926 for Dr. Floyd J. Swift and a small office/hospital built in 1928
159People's Lumber Company Building216 N. 8th St.Santa PaulaNeoclassical masonry building built c. 1890
160Knolls RockSimi Valley7/26/99
161Henry T. Oxnard Historic DistrictOxnard9/14/99Subdivision created in 1911 recognized in 1999 as a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places; bounded by Fifth Street, Magnolia Avenue, the alley between E and F Streets to the east, and the alley between G and H Streets to the west.
162Fillmore Ebell Club407 Second St.Fillmore11/13/01Women's club and cultural center built in the 1930s
163Rose/McGrath Ranch228 Loma Dr.Camarillo6/10/02
164Selby/Roberts Residence and Site11795 Santa Ana Rd.Lake Casitas2/28/05
165Gottfried Maulhardt/Albert Pfeiler Farm SiteNorthwest corner of Pinata/Cesar Chavez DrivesOxnard3/31/04
166Timber School House and Auditorium1872 Newbury Rd.Newbury Park7/13/04Mission style two-room school built c. 1924 (with addition from 1955) and auditorium structure built in 1948; designed by architect Roy C. Wilson
167Edward Tobin Residence and Site4440 Grand Ave.Ojai10/27/08Craftsman bungalow moved to its present location in 2005
168School Street Historic DistrictSimi ValleyDesignation revoked
169William Ford Residence1015 Amber LaneOjai10/25/10Spanish Colonial Revival house built in 1929 with a Mexican hacienda layout; designed by the noted African-American architect Paul Williams
170Acacia Mansion205 S. Lomita Ave.Ojai11/8/10Spanish Colonial Revival house built in 1929 with Moorish influence; Uno John Palo Kangas, who sculpted the Ventura Father Serra statue, was hired to do much of the work
171Bon Ton Court531 South F St.Oxnard12/7/10Spanish Revival bungalow court apartment complex built in 1926 to provide housing for working class residents
172Ventura County Agricultural Buildings815 and 845 East Santa Barbara St.
34.358999°N 119.064584°W / 34.358999; -119.064584 (Ventura County Agricultural Buildings)
Santa Paula5/14/12Spanish Revival office and garage buildings constructed in 1929; also a fumigation plant built 1938-39 in utilitarian industrial style with Streamline Moderne venting
173McColm Manor Apartments534-542 South F St.Oxnard12/8/1412-unit courtyard apartment complex built in 1950
174Preston-Butler Residence1190 El Toro Rd.Ojai8/25/14Two-story Spanish Revival house built in 1926
175J.A. Swartz Residence636 West Fifth St.Oxnard2/23/16Spanish Colonial Revival house built 1929-30
176Saticoy Southern Pacific Railroad Depot11220 Azahar St.Saticoy05/2016[45]

Ventura County Points of Interest

POI No. Name Image Address City Date listed Description
1Corriganville1601 Kuehner Dr.Simi Valley1/82Redesignated in 1995 as VCHL No. 150 (see description above)
2Butterfield Stage RouteSanta Rosa Valley1/82Route used by the Butterfield Overland Mail in California to deliver mail between San Francisco and Los Angeles; the designation covers the portion of the route running from west of the Santa Rosa Technology Magnet School (13282 Santa Rosa Rd, Camarillo) over the hills to the intersection of Moorpark and Olsen Roads in Thousand Oaks; the Norwegian Grade was later built between 1900 and 1911
3Oxnard Pest Control Insectary SiteEastern half of block bounded by Scott St., Fifth St., Port Hueneme Rd., and Fourth St. (Ventura Rd.)Port Hueneme6/85Buildings originally used to house season workers of a tomato cannery, moved to Fifth St. after WWI and used to breed the Australian ladybug, a natural predator of the mealybug then threatening the county's citrus orchards
4Santa Rosa School (original site and school bell)13282 Santa Rosa Rd.Camarillo2/87School built in 1912 by Norwegian Colony farmers
5Hueneme Grammar School (original site)344 North Third St.Port Hueneme1/88School built in 1885 by Norwegian Colony farmers
6Saticoy Springs and Chumash Indian Village Sa'aqtik'oy SiteBounded by Saticoy Ave., Telephone Rd., Wells Rd, and railroad tracksSaticoy5/88Site of a Chumash settlement dating to 5,500 B.C.; ceremonial gathering at the site in 1869 drew Chumash leaders from the region
7Simi School/Simi Library/Ortega Saloon Sites1958 Third St., 137 Strathearn PlaceSimi Valley1/89School built on Third Street in 1890, torn down in 1926; library built in 1930 and moved to the Strathearn Historical Park in 1971
8Santa Clara Chapel Original Site301 Esplanade Dr.Oxnard11/89Moved in 1954 to 1333 East Ventura Boulevard, El Rio; original site later became a Sears store
9Cesar Chavez Childhood Home Site452 North GarfieldOxnard10/93The Chavez family lived in a shed or small barn in the rear of the property in 1939[46][47]
10Colonial House Restaurant701-747 North Oxnard Blvd.Oxnard12/13Restaurant on this site was the most popular restaurant in Ventura County in post-WWII era, frequently visited by movie stars, including Marilyn Monroe, Bing Crosby, and Clark Gable; demolished in 1988 but brick fireplace remains Oxnard Boulevard
11Former Fillmore Refinery67 E. Telegraph Rd.Fillmore12/15Ventura Refinery built on the site in 1915, later known as the Fillmore Works; operations ended in 2002 and were followed by remediation of soil and groundwater contamination

See also

References

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