List of City of Long Beach historic landmarks
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This is a List of Long Beach Historic Landmarks. These sites have been designated as historic landmarks in the Long Beach Municipal Code. The City of Long Beach
has recognized certain buildings and neighborhoods as having special architectural and historical value. The City Council designates historic landmarks and districts by city ordinance. In total, there are 114 Long Beach Historic Landmarks.
Long Beach, California
Long Beach is a city situated in Los Angeles County in Southern California, on the Pacific coast of the United States. The city is the 36th-largest city in the nation and the seventh-largest in California. As of 2010, its population was 462,257...
has recognized certain buildings and neighborhoods as having special architectural and historical value. The City Council designates historic landmarks and districts by city ordinance. In total, there are 114 Long Beach Historic Landmarks.
Listing of the Long Beach Historic Landmarks
LBHL # | Landmark name | Image | Address | Neighborhood | Description |
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16.52.010 | Jergins Trust Building | Pine Avenue and Ocean Boulevard | Demolished in 1989; formerly a landmark containing a theater, offices, and the Superior Court | ||
16.52.010 | Pacific Coast Club | 850 East Ocean Blvd. | Demolished in 1989; formerly a private club, designed by Curlett and Beelman in the Chateauesque style, with interior decorations by Heinsbergen | ||
16.52.010 | Villa Riviera Villa Riviera Villa Riviera is a registered historic building on Ocean Boulevard in the Alamitos Beach neighborhood of Long Beach, California, USA. From the time of its completion in 1929 through the mid-1950s, it was the second-tallest building, and the tallest private building, in Southern California... |
800 E. Ocean Blvd. 33°45′59"N 118°10′54"W |
15-story apartment building later converted to condominiums; it was the second tallest building in Southern California when built in 1929 | ||
16.52.010 | First Congregational Church First Congregational Church (Long Beach, California) First Congregational Church is a church of the United Church of Christ located in downtown Long Beach, California. The church occupies a historic red brick structure that was built in 1914. The Italian Romanesque Revival building has been designated as a Long Beach Historic... |
241 Cedar Ave. 33°46′12"N 118°11′43"W |
Red brick church built in 1914 in Italian Romanesque Revival style with Gothic rose windows; founded by Jotham and Margaret Bixby | ||
16.52.010 | Rancho Los Alamitos Rancho Los Alamitos Rancho Los Alamitos takes its name from a Mexican land grant in southwestern Los Angeles County and northwestern Orange County, California. Los Alamitos means the Little Cottonwoods or Poplars in Spanish, after the native Fremont Cottonwood trees there.Rancho Los Alamitos originally included... |
6400 Bixby Hill Rd. 33°46′38"N 118°6′19"W |
Adobe house built c. 1806 is one of the oldest in Southern California, also listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the site of the former Puvunga Village | ||
16.52.010 | Rancho Los Cerritos Los Cerritos Ranch House Los Cerritos Ranch House, also known as Rancho Los Cerritos or Casa de los Cerritos, in Long Beach, California, was "the largest and most impressive adobe residence erected in southern California during the Mexican period". Los Cerritos means "the little hills" in English... |
4600 Virginia Rd. 33°50′22"N 118°11′42"W |
Adobe structure on 4.7 acres (19,020.2 m²) site is operated by the city as a historic site; formerly the center of a 27000 acres (109.3 km²) rancho | ||
16.52.020 | Cooper Arms Apartments Cooper Arms Apartments Cooper Arms Apartments is a registered historic building located on Ocean Boulevard in downtown Long Beach, California. The twelve-story Renaissance Revival apartment tower was built in 1923... |
455 E. Ocean Blvd. 33°46′1"N 118°11′13"W |
Twelve-story Renaissance Revival apartment tower built in 1923 | ||
16.52.030 | Drake Park/Willmore City Historic Landmark District | ||||
16.52.040 | Long Beach Community Hospital Community Hospital of Long Beach Community Hospital of Long Beach is an acute care hospital in Long Beach, California.-History:Community Hospital of Long Beach was founded in 1924 as Long Beach Community Hospital with 100 beds and 175 surgeons and physicians on staff.... |
1720 Termino Ave. 33°47′18"N 118°08′42"W |
Spanish Colonial Revival Style hospital built 1922-1924 with courtyard patio and fountain centerpiece entered through an arcade | ||
16.52.050 | Scottish Rite Cathedral Scottish Rite Cathedral (Long Beach, California) Scottish Rite Cathedral in Long Beach, California, is a Long Beach Historic Landmark. It is a five-story Romanesque Revival structure built for the local Scottish Rite branch of Freemasonry. It was declared a historic landmark in 1980.-Description:... |
855 Elm Ave. 33°46′38"N 118°11′16"W |
Scottish Rite Freemasonry building designed in Italian Renaissance-Romanesque Revivial style | ||
16.52.060 | Insurance Exchange Building Insurance Exchange Building The Insurance Exchange Building, formerly known as the Middough Building and the Middough Brothers Building, is a registered historic building located on Broadway in downtown Long Beach, California, USA. The eight-story Beaux Arts building was one of the largest office buildings in downtown Long... |
205 E. Broadway 33°46′9"N 118°11′24"W |
Also known as Middough Brothers-Insurance Exchange Building | ||
16.52.070 | Recreation Park Golf Course Clubhouse | 4900 East 7th St. 33°46′29"N 118°08′06"W |
Spanish Coloinal Revival recreation building built in the 1920s | ||
16.52.080 | Bembridge House Bembridge House Bembridge House, also known as Green-Rankin-Bembridge House, is a registered historic building located across from Drake Park in Long Beach, California, United States. The ornate and well-preserved Queen Anne Victorian house was built in 1906. Musician and school teacher Dorothy Bembridge lived... |
953 Park Circle Dr. 33°46′45"N 118°12′4"W |
Also known as Green-Rankin-Bembridge House; Ornate Queen Anne Victorian house built in 1906 with original carriage house and gazebo | ||
16.52.090 | Cherry Avenue Lifeguard Station | 1 Cherry Ave. (Ocean Blvd. and Cherry Ave.) 33°45′48"N 118°10′05"W |
Three-story structure with hexagonal lookout tower built in 1938 as a WPA project; moved to Cherry Ave. in 1961. | ||
16.52.100 | William Benjamin Dearborn Simmons Tracker Pipe Organ | 5950 Willow St. | Antique organ built in Boston by William Benjamin Dearbon Simmons; purchased and restored in 1975 by Los Altos United Methodist Church | ||
16.52.110 | Dr. Rowan Building | 201-209 Pine Ave. 33°46′10"N 118°11′32"W |
Art Deco commercial structure built in 1930 with terra cotta ornamentation | ||
16.52.120 | Long Beach Municipal Auditorium Mural | 3rd and Promenade | WPA Mosaic depicting beach recreation; created from 1936-1938 by Stanton MacDonald-Wright, Henry Nord, and Albert Henry King on the facade of the Municipal Auditorium; relocated in 1982 as a freestanding piece at the Promenade and Long Beach Plaza | ||
16.52.130 | Heartwell-Lowe House | 2505 E. Second St. 33°45′56"N 118°09′44"W |
Colonial Revival house built in 1919 for Col. Charles L. Heartwell | ||
16.52.140 | St. Regis Building | 1030 E. Ocean Blvd. 33°45′56"N 118°10′49"W |
Luxurious apartment hotel built in 1920s combining Greek Revival and Renaissance Revival styles | ||
16.52.150 | Fire Maintenance Station No. 10 | 1445 Peterson St. | Oldest fire station in Long Beach; built in 1925 with tall stepped gable; operated in recent years as the Long Beach Firefighter’s Museum | ||
16.52.160 | Leonie Pray House Leonie Pray House Leonie Pray House, also known as "Dawson-Pray House," is a Long Beach Historic Landmark located in the Bixby Knolls section of Long Beach, California. It is a English Tudor Revival mansion designed by architect Clarence Aldrich... |
4252 Country Club Dr. 33°50′02"N 118°11′47"W |
English Tudor Revival house built in 1927; also known as Dawson-Pray House | ||
16.52.170 | Skinny House Skinny House (Long Beach) The aptly nicknamed Skinny House at 708 Gladys Avenue in the Rose Park neighborhood of Long Beach, California, United States is a narrow three-story house that has been cited by both the Guinness Book of World Records and Ripley's Believe It or Not as the nation's skinniest house.The... |
708 Gladys Ave. 33°46′32"N 118°09′27"W |
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16.52.180 | First National Bank of Long Beach First National Bank of Long Beach The First National Bank building in Long Beach, California is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.The original bank building had three stories, which were surpassed in 1906 with the current building, designed by Los Angeles architects Robert F. Train and Robert E. Williams. The... |
101-125 Pine Ave. 33°46′6"N 118°11′30"W |
Also known as Enloe Building | ||
16.52.190 | Henry Clock House | 4242 Pine Ave. 33°50′00"N 118°11′37"W |
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16.52.200 | Artaban Apartments | 10 Atlantic Ave. 33°46′00"N 118°11′05"W |
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16.52.210 | Broadlind Hotel | 149 Linden Ave. 33°46′08"N 118°11′11"W |
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16.52.220 and 16.52.540 | Masonic Temple Masonic Temple (Long Beach, California) The Masonic Temple at 230 Pine Ave. in Long Beach, California was built in 1903. It is listed on the List of City of Long Beach historic landmarks.... |
230 Pine Ave. 33°46′11"N 118°11′32"W |
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16.52.230 | Matlock House | 1560 Ramillo Ave. 33°47′14"N 118°07′44"W |
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16.52.240 | Moore House | 5551 La Pasada St. 33°46′54"N 118°07′30"W |
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16.52.250 | Olan Hafley House | 5561 La Pasada St. 33°46′54"N 118°07′29"W |
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16.52.260 | The Willmore | 315 W. Third St. 33°46′15"N 118°11′40"W |
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16.52.270 | Lafayette Complex | 130-140 Linden Ave. 33°46′07"N 118°11′10"W |
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16.52.280 | Linden House | 847 Linden Ave. | |||
16.52.290 | Termo Company Building | 3275 Cherry Ave. | |||
16.52.300 | Home Market Building | 942-948 Daisy | |||
16.52.310 | Farmers and Merchants Bank Office Tower | 320 Pine Ave. | |||
16.52.320 | Long Beach Professional Building Long Beach Professional Building The Long Beach Professional Building is a historic medical office building in downtown Long Beach, California added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.... |
117 E. 8th St. 33°46′36"N 118°11′32"W |
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16.52.330 | Bixby Ranch House | 11 La Linda Drive | |||
16.52.340 | The Houser Building | 2740-2746 E. Broadway | |||
16.52.350 | Harriman-Jones Clinic | 211 Cherry Ave | |||
16.52.360 | Breakers Hotel Breakers Hotel (Long Beach, California) Breakers Hotel is a landmark 14-story building on Ocean Avenue in downtown Long Beach, California. The building opened in 1926 as a luxury oceanfront resort hotel. The building has gone through multiple changes of ownership and has been renamed at various times the Hilton, the Wilton, and the... |
200-220 E. Ocean Blvd. | |||
16.52.370 | Ocean Center Building Ocean Center Building The Ocean Center Building is a 14-story, 197-foot-tall office building in downtown Long Beach, California built in 1929 by architect Raymond M... |
110 W. Ocean Blvd. | Meyer & Holler Meyer & Holler Meyer & Holler was an architecture firm based in Los Angeles, California noted for its opulent commercial buildings and movie theatres, including Grauman’s Chinese and Egyptian theatres, built during the 1920s... , design by Raymond M. Kennedy Raymond M. Kennedy Raymond McCormick Kennedy was the guiding light and architect of the Grauman's Chinese Theater that opened in May 1927.-Early life:Raymond McCormick Kennedy was born in New Brighton, Pennsylvania in 1891... , 1929 |
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16.52.380 | Adelaide M. Tichenor House | 852 E. Ocean Blvd. | Greene and Greene Greene and Greene Greene and Greene was an architectural firm established by brothers Charles Sumner Greene and Henry Mather Greene , influential early 20th Century American architects... , 1904 |
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16.52.390 | Californian Apartments | 325 W. 3rd St. | |||
16.52.400 | Crest Apartments | 321 Chestnut Ave. | |||
16.52.410 | Blackstone Hotel | 330 W. Ocean Blvd. | |||
16.52.420 | Sovereign Apartments | 354-360 W. Ocean Blvd | Also known as The Sovereign | ||
16.52.430 | Lord Mayor's Inn (Windham House) | 435 Cedar Ave. | |||
16.52.450 | Barker Brothers Building | 141 E. Broadway; 215 Promenade | |||
16.52.460 | Buffums Autoport | 119-121 W. 1st St. | |||
16.52.470 | Security Pacific National Bank Building | 102-110 Pine Ave. | |||
16.52.480 | American Hotel | 224-230 E. Broadway | |||
16.52.490 | Art Deco Building at 312-316 Elm Avenue | 312-316 Elm Avenue | |||
16.52.500 | First United Presbyterian Church | 600 E. Fifth St. | |||
16.52.510 | Walkers Department Store | 401-423 Pine Ave. | |||
16.52.520 | Engine Company No. 8 | 5365 E. 2nd St. | |||
16.52.530 | Golden House | 628 W. 10th St. | |||
16.52.550 | Pacific Tower | 205-215 Long Beach Blvd. | |||
16.52.560 | St. Anthony's Church | 540 Olive Ave. | |||
16.52.570 | St. Luke's Episcopal Church | 703 Atlantic Ave. | |||
16.52.580 | First Church of Christ Scientist First Church of Christ, Scientist (Long Beach, California) The former First Church of Christ, Scientist is an historic Christian Science church building located at 440 Elm Avenue, Long Beach, California, United States... |
440 Elm Ave. | Later First Christian Church | ||
16.52.590 | Famous Department Store | 601-609 Pine Ave. | Later Rite-Aid | ||
16.52.600 | Residence at 453 Cedar Avenue | 453 Cedar Avenue | |||
16.52.610 | Residence at 629 Atlantic Avenue | 629 Atlantic Avenue | |||
16.52.620 | Second Church of Christ Scientist Second Church of Christ, Scientist (Long Beach, California) The former Second Church of Christ, Scientist, located at 655 Cedar Avenue, in Long Beach, California, is an historic structure that on April 1, 2005, was added to the National Register of Historic Places... |
655 Cedar Ave. 33°44′55"N 118°11′35"W |
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16.52.630 | Christian Outreach Appeal Building | 503-515 E. 3rd St. | Also known as First Methodist Episcopal Church | ||
16.52.640 | Long Beach Airport Terminal | 4100 E. Donald Douglas Dr. | |||
16.52.650 | Long Beach Museum of Art Long Beach Museum of Art The Long Beach Museum of Art is a museum located on Ocean Boulevard in the Bluff Park neighborhood of Long Beach, California. The museum occupies the historic 1912 Elizabeth Milbank Anderson house and carriage house and a new two-story pavilion, and includes oceanfront gardens. The museum is open... |
2300 E. Ocean Blvd. | |||
16.52.660 | Harnett House | 730 Sunrise Blvd. | |||
16.52.670 | Acres of Books Acres of Books Acres of Books was a large independent bookstore in downtown Long Beach, California.... |
240 Long Beach Boulevard | |||
16.52.680 | Cambridge Building | 320 East Bixby Road | |||
16.52.690 | Hancock Motors Building | 500 E. Anaheim St. | |||
16.52.700 | Cheney-Delaney Residence | 2642 Chestnut Ave. | |||
16.52.710 | James E. Porter Residence | 351 Magnolia Ave. | |||
16.52.720 | Meeker Building | ||||
16.52.730 278 | Long Beach Skating Palace | 278 Alamitos Ave. | |||
16.52.740 | Recreation Park bandshell | ||||
16.52.750 | Coffee Pot Cafe | 955 E. 4th St. | Hexagonal fantasy structure with large coffee pot on roof, formerly known as the Hot Cha Cafe, built in 1932 | ||
16.52.760 | Chancellor Apartments | 1037 E. 1st St. | |||
16.52.770 | Kress Building | 445-455 Pine Ave. | |||
16.52.780 | Gaytonia Apartment Building | 212 Quincy Ave. | |||
16.52.790 | Masonic Hall Commercial Building | 5351-53 Long Beach Blvd. | |||
16.52.800 | Art Theater Building | 2025 E. 4th St. | |||
16.52.810 | Ambassador Apartment Building | 35 Alboni Place | |||
16.52.830 | Merrill Building | 810-812 Long Beach Blvd. | |||
16.52.840 | Flossie Lewis House | 628 West 10th St. | |||
16.52.860 | Pressburg Residence | 167 East South St. | |||
16.52.870 | El Cordova Apartments (Rose Towers) | 1728 E. 3rd St. | |||
16.52.890 | Bank of Belmont Shore | 5354 E. 2nd St. | |||
16.52.900 | Castle Croydon | 7th & Orizaba Ave. | |||
16.52.910 | Ernest and Lillian McBride Home | 1461 Lemon Ave. | |||
16.52.920 | Dolly Varden Hotel Rooftop Sign | 335 Pacific Ave. | |||
16.52.930 | Le Grande Apartments | 635 East 9th St. | |||
16.52.940 | Silver Bow Apartments | 330 Cedar Ave. | |||
16.52.950 | Casa Aitken | 725 E. 8th St. | |||
16.52.960 | St. John's Missionary Baptist Church St. John's Missionary Baptist Church St. John's Missionary Baptist Church is a historic church at 1130 Walt Bellamy Drive in New Bern, North Carolina.It was built in 1926 and added to the National Register in 1997.-References:... |
732 E. 10th St. | |||
16.52.970 | James C. Beer Residence | 1503 E. Ocean Blvd. | |||
16.52.980 | Garvey House | 1728 East 7th St. | |||
16.52.990 | Bay Hotel | 318 Elm Ave. | |||
16.52.1000 | Ringheim-Wells House | 4031 E. 5th St. | |||
16.52.1010 | Kale House | 853 Linden Ave. | |||
16.52.1020 | Foster & Kleiser Building | 1428 Magnolia Ave. | |||
16.52.1030 | Anna R. Brown Residence | 1205 E. Ocean Blvd. | |||
16.52.1040 | Butler Residence | 251 Junipero Ave. | |||
16.52.1050 | Long Beach Unity Church | 935 E. Broadway | |||
16.52.1060 | Packard Motors Building | 205 East Anaheim St. | |||
16.52.1070 | American Legion Post No. 560 (Houghton Post) American Legion Post No. 560 (Long Beach, California) The American Legion Post No. 560, in Long Beach, California, is one of 114 City of Long Beach's historic landmarks. Constructed in the 1920s, the building was designated as a historic landmark as the last remaining American Legion post in Long Beach, and due to its association with notable persons... |
1215 E. 59th St. | |||
16.52.1080 | Phillips House | 5917 Lemon Ave. | |||
16.52.1090 | 1163 Appleton Street House | 1163 Appleton Street | |||
16.52.2000 | 1169-75 Appleton Street House | 1169-75 Appleton Street | |||
16.52.2010 | Parsonage | 640 Pacific Ave. | |||
16.52.2020 | Esser House | 1001 E. 1st St. | |||
16.52.2030 | Sunnyside Cemetery | 1095 E. Willow St. | |||
Other Long Beach sites also recognized
The Long Beach Historic Landmarks listed above include many of the most important historic sites in the City of Long Beach. Some others within the City of Long Beach have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places or designated as California Historical Landmarks. These are:Code | Landmark name | Image | Date designated | Locality | Neighborhood | Description |
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RMS Queen Mary RMS Queen Mary RMS Queen Mary is a retired ocean liner that sailed primarily in the North Atlantic Ocean from 1936 to 1967 for the Cunard Line... |
Pier J, 1126 Queensway Hwy. 33°45′10"N 118°11′23"W |
Art Deco Art Deco Art deco , or deco, is an eclectic artistic and design style that began in Paris in the 1920s and flourished internationally throughout the 1930s, into the World War II era. The style influenced all areas of design, including architecture and interior design, industrial design, fashion and... transatlantic luxury ocean liner built in 1936 in Scotland, fastest ocean liner from 1936 to 1952, extensively gutted and converted for use as a hotel/museum/convention center after being purchased from the Cunard Line Cunard Line Cunard Line is a British-American owned shipping company based at Carnival House in Southampton, England and operated by Carnival UK. It has been a leading operator of passenger ships on the North Atlantic for over a century... in 1967 by Long Beach. |
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US Post Office-Long Beach Main US Post Office-Long Beach Main US Post Office-Long Beach Main, also known as Long Beach Main Post Office, is a registered historic building located on Long Beach Boulevard in downtown Long Beach, California. The Art Deco WPA Moderne building opened in 1934 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places due to its... |
300 Long Beach Blvd. 33°46′22"N 118°11′20"W |
Moderne Art Deco Art deco , or deco, is an eclectic artistic and design style that began in Paris in the 1920s and flourished internationally throughout the 1930s, into the World War II era. The style influenced all areas of design, including architecture and interior design, industrial design, fashion and... structure built from 1933-1934 as a project of the Works Progress Administration Works Progress Administration The Works Progress Administration was the largest and most ambitious New Deal agency, employing millions of unskilled workers to carry out public works projects, including the construction of public buildings and roads, and operated large arts, drama, media, and literacy projects... |
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Jennie A. Reeve House | 4260 Country Club Dr. 33°50′3"N 118°11′41"W |
Craftsman house designed by Greene & Greene | ||||
Puvunga Indian Village Sites Puvunga Puvunga is an ancient village and burial site believed to have once been populated by the Tongva people, who are the indigenous inhabitants of the region around Los Angeles, California... |
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See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Los Angeles County
- Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments in the Harbor area