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Serrano Adobe, Lake Forest, Orange County

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Serrano Adobe, Lake Forest, Orange County

In 1863, the family of Mexico land grantee Don José Serrano built the 2nd of 5 adobe structures on Rancho Cañada de los Alisos as their home. It remains on its original site as the centerpiece of the Heritage Hill Historical Park in Lake Forest. #SoCalLandmarks at bit.ly/38ZDuPC #socal #photography

08.03.2026 15:47 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

Citizen News Building, Hollywood, Los Angeles County

The two-story Citizen News Building in Hollywood, constructed between 1930 and 1931, served as the headquarters for the Hollywood Citizen-News, operated by Harlan Palmer and his family, from 1931 until the paper ceased publication in 1970. #SoCalLandmarks at bit.ly/38ZDuPC #socal #photography

07.03.2026 16:47 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Wolf Store Adobe, Temecula, Riverside County

The Wolf Store Adobe, built in the 1860s by German immigrant Louis Wolf and his Chumash wife, Ramona, is the oldest standing building in Temecula. The Store was operated by Wolf until his death in 1897 and was eventually sold to Walter Vail. #SoCalLandmarks at bit.ly/38ZDuPC #socal #photography

06.03.2026 23:35 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Tichenor Clinic For Children, Long Beach, Los Angeles County

Now known as Tichenor Clinic for Children, the organization has operated in this historic building in Long Beach since 1938, fulfilling civic leader Adelaide Tichenor’s dream of opening a free clinic for children with physical disabilities. #SoCalLandmarks at bit.ly/38ZDuPC #socal #photography

06.03.2026 16:47 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

California Science Center, Exposition Park, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County

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California Science Center, Exposition Park, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County

The California Science Center in Los Angeles grew out of the first California State Exhibition building opened in Exposition Park in 1912. The original museum building closed its doors in 1996 to make way for the new science education facility. #SoCalLandmarks at bit.ly/38ZDuPC #socal #photography

05.03.2026 16:47 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

Pasadena Central Library, Pasadena, Los Angeles County

Myron Hunt imaginatively combined a somewhat formal Italian style and a simple California style in the design of the Central Library in the Pasadena Civic Center. Dedicated on Feb 12, 1927, it was the first completed Civic Center building. #SoCalLandmarks at bit.ly/38ZDuPC #socal #photography

04.03.2026 16:47 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Main Street Branch Library, Huntington Beach, Orange County

Construction of the Mid Century Modern-style Main Street Branch Library in Huntington Beach used the then-novel site-cast, concrete tilt-up method. It served as the main library from September 1951 until the Central Library opened in April 1975. #SoCalLandmarks at bit.ly/38ZDuPC #socal #photography

03.03.2026 16:47 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Hill-Carrillo Adobe, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County

In 1826, Daniel Hill built an adobe home in Santa Barbara for his bride Rafaela Luisa Ortega. It was sold to Guillermo and Joaquin Carrillo in the mid-1800s and during decades of the family's residence, became known as the Hill-Carrillo Adobe. #SoCalLandmarks at bit.ly/38ZDuPC #socal #photography

02.03.2026 16:47 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Newland House, Huntington Beach, Orange County

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Newland House, Huntington Beach, Orange County

Newland House in Huntington Beach, a 1-1/2-story Victorian in a midwestern adaptation of the Queen Anne style, belonged to city pioneers and community leaders William and Mary Newland who lived in the 13-room house for more than half a century. #SoCalLandmarks at bit.ly/38ZDuPC #socal #photography

01.03.2026 16:47 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Home Savings and Loan (Chase Bank), Hollywood, Los Angeles County

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Home Savings and Loan (Chase Bank), Hollywood, Los Angeles County

The Home Savings and Loan, now a Chase Bank, at Sunset and Vine in Hollywood is perhaps one of the better known bank buildings designed by Millard Sheets. Said to be one of his personal favorites, the bank opened on June 15, 1968. #SoCalLandmarks at bit.ly/38ZDuPC #socal #photography

28.02.2026 16:47 👍 9 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 1

Simi Adobe at Strathearn Historical Park, Simi Valley, Ventura County

The El Rancho Simi land grant was awarded to Santiago Pico and Luis Peña in 1795. Pico built a large adobe dwelling on the rancho, now called Simi Adobe, in the early 1800s. Robert P. Strathearn built the Victorian addition to the adobe in 1892. #SoCalLandmarks at bit.ly/38ZDuPC #socal #photography

27.02.2026 16:47 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Welsh Presbyterian Church, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County

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Welsh Presbyterian Church, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County

The oldest extant synagogue building in Los Angeles was built 1909 for the congregation of Sinai Temple. The Welsh Presbyterian Church moved in after Sinai Temple moved to West L.A. in 1925. It was repurposed for the Pico Union Project in 2013. #SoCalLandmarks at bit.ly/38ZDuPC #socal #photography

26.02.2026 16:47 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

El Alamo Pintado Adobe, Solvang, Santa Barbara County

El Alamo Pintado Adobe near Solvang has been embedded in the history of Santa Ynez Valley since it was built by two Englishmen, Daniel Alexander and Fred Grundy, in 1884. In 1996, Iris Rideau bought the property to establish Rideau Vineyards. #SoCalLandmarks at bit.ly/38ZDuPC #socal #photography

25.02.2026 16:47 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Rancho de los Quiotes (Leo Carrillo Ranch), Carlsbad, San Diego County

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Rancho de los Quiotes (Leo Carrillo Ranch), Carlsbad, San Diego County

Rancho de los Quiotes, now the Leo Carrillo Ranch Historic Park in Carlsbad, was built between 1937 and 1940 by actor Leo Carrillo as a retreat and working ranch. It was, in part, a tribute to his Californio heritage going back 7 generations. #SoCalLandmarks at bit.ly/38ZDuPC #socal #photography

24.02.2026 16:47 👍 10 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 0

Rancho Los Cerritos, Long Beach, Los Angeles County

In 1866, the Bixby family became part and, years later, full owners of the two-story Monterey-style adobe that John Temple built on Rancho Los Cerritos in 1844. In 1955, it was sold to the City of Long Beach which opened it as a public museum. #SoCalLandmarks at bit.ly/38ZDuPC #socal #photography

23.02.2026 16:47 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

First Baptist Church, Bakersfield, Kern County

The First Baptist Church is a prominent landmark in downtown Bakersfield. Prominent local architect Charles Howatt Biggar designed the church, with its notable 70 foot bell tower, in the Mission Revival style with Romanesque influences in 1931. #SoCalLandmarks at bit.ly/38ZDuPC #socal #photography

22.02.2026 16:47 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Hershiser House, Floral Park, Santa Ana, Orange County

The Hershiser House was built for F. Joseph and Evelyn Hershiser in 1933 in the Floral Park neighborhood of Santa Ana. The 2-story house is considered "a fine example of Spanish Revival architecture... with a subtle... Art Moderne influence." #SoCalLandmarks at bit.ly/38ZDuPC #socal #photography

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John Harford built the Harford Pier in 1873 on the western side of San Luis Obispo Bay about 1 1/2 miles from the town of Avila Beach. The 1320-foot working pier has a seafood company with a fresh fish market on it and an adjacent boat launch. #SoCalLandmarks at bit.ly/38ZDuPC #socal #photography

20.02.2026 16:47 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Heritage Park, San Marcos, San Diego County

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Heritage Park, San Marcos, San Diego County

Relocation of the historic Williams Red Square Barn to Walnut Grove Park in San Marcos paved the way for the establishment of Heritage Park within it, anchored by the homes of two historic San Marcos families, the Bidwell House and Cox House. #SoCalLandmarks at bit.ly/38ZDuPC #socal #photography

18.02.2026 16:47 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Ortega Adobe, Ventura, Ventura County

Emigdio Ortega built his family’s adobe home in 1857 just west of the San Buenaventura Mission in Ventura. His son, Emilio, collected and grew chilis. In 1897, he started a small canning company, the Pioneer Ortega Chili Company, in the house. #SoCalLandmarks at bit.ly/38ZDuPC #socal #photography

17.02.2026 23:35 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The Tower, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County

Built in 2009, the 140 foot tower rising from the performing arts theater of Ramon C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts in Los Angeles - The Tower - is the most publicly visible and possibly most controversial element of the campus. #SoCalLandmarks at bit.ly/38ZDuPC #socal #photography

16.02.2026 16:47 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Rancho Los Feliz Adobe, Griffith Park, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County

Rancho Los Feliz Adobe in Los Angeles, built in the 1830s by the heirs of José Vicente Feliz on the land Griffith J. Griffith acquired in 1882 and donated to the city of Los Angeles in 1896, now serves as the Griffith Park Ranger Headquarters. #SoCalLandmarks at bit.ly/38ZDuPC #socal #photography

15.02.2026 16:47 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

First National Bank, Temecula, Riverside County

First National Bank of Temecula, built at the intersection of the main road in and out of town and the road from the train station, opened on June 10th, 1914. The Remington Company of Los Angeles took a year to build the fortress-like building. #SoCalLandmarks at bit.ly/38ZDuPC #socal #photography

14.02.2026 23:35 👍 10 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

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