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

#	Landmark name	Image	Address	Designation Date	Date Built	Architect / Description
1	Rapp Saloon		1438 Second Street 34.0138°N 118.4964°W	08/20/1975	1875	Spencer & Pugh, Bricklayers
2	Miles Playhouse		1130 Lincoln Boulevard 34.02287°N 118.49550°W	10/15/1975	1929	John Byers John Byers (architect) John Winford Byers was a Santa Monica architect and builder noted for use of the Spanish Colonial revival style.-Early life:...
3	Looff Hippodrome Santa Monica Looff Hippodrome The Santa Monica Looff Hippodrome is located on the Santa Monica Pier in Santa Monica, California. It was designed and built in 1916 by Charles I. D. Looff and his son Arthur to hold a Looff Carousel. Looff's carousel was housed at the Hippodrome until it was sold in 1939. It was replaced by a...		Foot of Colorado Avenue 34.01023°N 118.49635°W	08/17/1976	1916	Originally called Looff Pier; various builders
4	Santa Monica Pier Santa Monica Pier The Santa Monica Pier is a large double-jointed pier located at the foot of Colorado Avenue in Santa Monica, California and is a prominent, 100-year-old landmark.-Pacific Park:...		100-400 Santa Monica Pier 34.00794°N 118.49957°W	08/17/1976
5	Miramar Moreton Bay Fig Tree		Ocean Avenue @ Wilshire Blvd. 34.01783°N 118.50137°W	08/17/1976	Planted prior to 1900
6	Methodist Episcopal Church		2621 Second Street 34.00229°N 118.48214°W	01/04/1977	1876
7	Ocean Park Library		2601 Main Street 34.00272°N 118.48377°W	05/03/1977	ca 1918	Kegly & Gerity, funded by Carnegie Corp.
8	Parkhurst Building		185 Pier Avenue / 2940 Main Street 33.99870°N 118.48045°W	12/06/1977	1927	Norman F. Marsh & Company
9	First Roy Jones House		2612 Main Street 34.00227°N 118.48376°W	01/02/1979	1894	Sumner P. Hunt Sumner Hunt Sumner P. Hunt was an architect in Los Angeles from the 1890s to the 1930s.-Practice:In partnership with architect Silas Reese Burns he designed such regional landmarks as the original building of the Southwest Museum, the Casa de Rosas, Ebell of Los Angeles, the Bradbury Building, the Los Angeles...
10	Horatio West Court Horatio West Court Horatio West Court, built in Santa Monica, California in 1919, is an early example of attached houses with shared pedestrian and vehicle access. It was designed by Irving Gill. The arched entry ways and small patio courts reflect Gill's affinity for the Mission Revival style...		140 Hollister Avenue 34.00358°N 118.48704°W	01/02/1979	1921	Irving Gill Irving Gill Irving John Gill , American architect, is considered a pioneer of the modern movement in architecture. He designed several buildings considered examples of San Diego's best architecture.-Biography:...
11	Gussie Moran House		1323 Ocean Avenue 34.01516°N 118.49861°W	01/27/1979	1891
12	Santa Monica City Hall		1685 Main Street 34.01209°N 118.49152°W	10/16/1979	1938	Donald B. Parkinson The Parkinsons John B. and Donald D. Parkinson were a father-and-son architectural team operating in Los Angeles in the early 20th century.-Early years:...  & J.M. Estep
13	California Live Oak Tree (dead & removed)		1443 Tenth Street 34.02024°N 118.48841°W	01/15/1980	Planted prior to 1899
14	John W. & Anna George House		2424 Fourth Street 34.00543°N 118.48328°W	03/17/1980	1911
15	Oregon Avenue Sidewalk sign west		Corner of Santa Monica Blvd. & Fifth Street 34.01747°N 118.49432°W	05/20/1981	Prior to 1912
16	Marion Davies Marion Davies Marion Davies was an American film actress. Davies is best remembered for her relationship with newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst, as her high-profile social life often obscured her professional career....  Estate North Guest House		321 Palisades Beach Road 34.02490°N 118.51340°W	07/17/1980	1929	Julia Morgan Julia Morgan Julia Morgan was an American architect. The architect of over 700 buildings in California, she is best known for her work on Hearst Castle in San Simeon, California...
17	John Byers John Byers (architect) John Winford Byers was a Santa Monica architect and builder noted for use of the Spanish Colonial revival style.-Early life:...  Office		246 Twenty-Sixth Street 34.04772°N 118.49106°W	03/12/1982	1926-54	John Byers John Byers (architect) John Winford Byers was a Santa Monica architect and builder noted for use of the Spanish Colonial revival style.-Early life:...
18	Donald B. Parkinson The Parkinsons John B. and Donald D. Parkinson were a father-and-son architectural team operating in Los Angeles in the early 20th century.-Early years:... (Demolished)		1605 San Vicente Blvd. 34.04172°N 118.50233°W	06/07/1985	1926	Donald B. Parkinson The Parkinsons John B. and Donald D. Parkinson were a father-and-son architectural team operating in Los Angeles in the early 20th century.-Early years:...
19	Rotating Beacon Tower Santa Monica Airport Santa Monica Airport Santa Monica Airport , also known as Santa Monica Municipal Airport, is a general aviation airport located largely in Santa Monica, California, United States. The airport is located about from the Pacific Ocean and north of LAX...		Adjacent to 3223 Donald Loop 34.01889°N 118.44910°W	08/11/1988	1928	Moved to Santa Monica in 1952
20	Henry Weaver House Henry Weaver House Henry Weaver House, a California Bungalow, is in Santa Monica, California. It was built in 1910 by the Milwaukee Building Company for Henry Weaver, a Midwestern hotel developer...		142 Adelaide Drive 34.02849°N 118.51455°W	05/11/1989	1910	Milwaukee Building Company 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...
21	Moses Hostetter House		2601 Second Street 34.00273°N 118.48269°W	04/12/1990	1893
22	Henry Weyse/Charles Morris House		401 Ocean Avenue 34.02582°N 118.51180°W	09/13/1990	1910	Robert D. Farquhar Robert D. Farquhar Robert David Farquhar was an architect working in California 1905 - 1940.-Early life:Farquhar was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of David Webber Farquhar and Sarah Malvina Joslyn. He attended Phillips Exeter and Harvard...
23	Hollister Court		2402 Fourth Street and 2401 Third Street 34.00542°N 118.48382°W	12/13/1990	1904 to early 1920s
24	Santa Monica Bay Woman's Club Building		1210 Fourth Street 34.01878°N 118.49813°W	04/08/1991	1914	Henry C. Hollwedel
25	Vanity Fair Apartments		822 Third Street 34.02320°N 118.50525°W	09/08/1992	1935	Carl R. Henderson
26	Gillis House		406 Adelaide Drive 34.03078°N 118.51188°W	03/08/1993	1905	Myron Hunt & Elmer Grey
27	Henshey's Tegner Building & Annex (Demolition ordered 1994)		402-420 Santa Monica Blvd. 34.01656°N 118.49484°W	06/20/1994	1925 & 1936 (annex)	Henry C. Hollwedel
28	Mayfair Theatre Mayfair Music Hall Mayfair Music Hall An English Music Hall-styled vaudeville theater devised and created by entrepreneur Milt Larsen, located in Santa Monica, California, USA.This theater was designed by Architect Henry C. Hollwedel, and built in 1913 as the... (Majestic Theatre)		212-216 Santa Monica Blvd. 34.01519°N 118.49644°W	07/11/1994	1911	Henry C. Hollwedel
29	Charmont Apartments Charmont Apartments Charmont Apartments is an historic apartment building in Santa Monica, California which was built in 1928. Designed by architect Max Maltzman with elements of both the Mission Revival-Spanish Colonial Revival style and the Art Deco style, the Charmont was a luxurious high-rise when it was built...		330 California Avenue 34.02056°N 118.49979°W	11/10/1994	1929	Max Maltzman
30	Georgian Hotel		1415 Ocean Avenue 34.01382°N 118.49751°W	02/22/1995	1931	M. Eugene Durfee
31	Sovereign Hotel Sovereign Hotel (California) The Sovereign Hotel is a converted hotel in Santa Monica, California, USA. Built in 1929, the Sovereign was a large five-story, 130-room hotel. It was designed by architect Kurt Meyer-Radon and the Anglo American Building Company in the Mission Revival-Spanish Colonial Revival styles.In Los...		205 Washington Avenue 34.02096°N 118.50359°W	01/08/1996	1928	Meyer-Radon
32	Merle Norman House		2523 Third Street 34.00408°N 118.48271°W	06/10/1996	1935	Ellis G. Martin
33	Shingle Style House (Demolished)		1127 Sixth Street 34.02194°N 118.49710°W	10/14/1996	1905
34	Second Roy Jones House		130 Adelaide Drive 34.0280°N 118.5145°W	08/11/1997	1907	Attributed to Robert D. Farquhar Robert D. Farquhar Robert David Farquhar was an architect working in California 1905 - 1940.-Early life:Farquhar was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of David Webber Farquhar and Sarah Malvina Joslyn. He attended Phillips Exeter and Harvard...
35	Charles Warren Brown House		2504 Third Street 34.00408°N 118.48325°W	08/11/1997	1908	Charles Warren Brown
36	Shotgun House		2712 Second Street 34.00317°N 118.48378°W	11/11/1999	1899
37	Aeroplane Bungalow		315 Tenth Street 34.03447°N 118.50491°W	04/12/1999	1912
38	Fones Residence		555 Seventh Street 34.02907°N 118.50427°W	04/10/2000	1914	W.S. Freeman, Contractor
39	The Palama		211 Alta Avenue 34.02541°N 118.50854°W	05/08/2000	1922	W.R. Covington
40	Victorian House		1333 Ocean Avenue 34.01516°N 118.49861°W	08/14/2001	1906
41	Lido Hotel		1455 Fourth Street 34.01567°N 118.49374°W	11/12/2001	1931	Harbin F. Hunter
42	Isaac Milbank House		236 Adelaide Drive 34.02941°N 118.51348°W	03/11/2002	1911	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... / Milwaukee Building Co.
43	Santa Monica Civic Auditorium Santa Monica Civic Auditorium Santa Monica Civic Auditorium is a multipurpose convention center in Santa Monica, California owned by the City of Santa Monica. It was built in 1958 and designed by Welton Becket....		1855 Main Street 34.00941°N 118.48930°W	04/09/2002	1958	Welton Becket & Associates Welton Becket Welton Becket was an architect who designed many buildings in Los Angeles, California.Becket was born in Seattle, Washington and graduated from the University of Washington program in Architecture in 1927 with a Bachelor of Architecture degree .He settled in Los Angeles in 1933 and formed a...
44	Merle Norman Building		2525 Main Street 34.00316°N 118.48432°W	11/11/2002	1936	H.G. Thursby
45	Turn of the Century Cottage		954 Fifth Street 34.02325°N 118.50092°W	12/9/2002	1906	James Kneen
46	Deodar Cedar Tree		918 Fifth Street 34.02369°N 118.50146°W	12/9/2002	1898	104 yrs. old when designated
47	Barnum Hall SAMOHI Campus		601 Pico Blvd. 34.01215°N 118.48664°W	12/9/2002	1938	Marsh, Smith & Powell
48	A. McFadden Residence		317 Georgina Ave. 34.02810°N 118.51021°W	2/10/2003	1923	Weber, Staunton and Spaulding
49	Streamline Moderne Commercial		507-17 Wilshire Blvd. 34.02059°N 118.49708°W	2/10/2003	1940	W. Douglas Lee
50	Worrell “Zuni House”		710 Adelaide Place 34.03353°N 118.50868°W	3/10/2003	1923	Robert Stacey-Judd
51	Craftsman style Residence		502 Raymond Avenue 34.0028°N 118.4784°W	4/14/2003	1913
52	John Byers (Third) Residence		2034 La Mesa Drive 34.0454°N 118.4980°W	7/14/2003	1929	John Byers John Byers (architect) John Winford Byers was a Santa Monica architect and builder noted for use of the Spanish Colonial revival style.-Early life:...
53	Eucalyptus deanei tree		522 Twenty-fourth Street 34.04279°N 118.48826°W	7/14/2003	1913	Approx. 90 yrs. old when designated. Planter: Hugh Evans
54	American Foursquare Residence		128 Hollister Ave 34.00403°N 118.48705°W	8/26/2003	1905
55	R.D. Farquhar Residence		147 Georgina Ave 34.02673°N 118.51127°W	10/13/2003	1911	Robert D. Farquhar Robert D. Farquhar Robert David Farquhar was an architect working in California 1905 - 1940.-Early life:Farquhar was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of David Webber Farquhar and Sarah Malvina Joslyn. He attended Phillips Exeter and Harvard...
56	Embassy Hotel Apartments		1001 Third Street 34.02143°N 118.50197°W	10/13/2003	1927	Arthur E. Harvey
57	California bungalow		1414 Idaho Avenue 34.03146°N 118.49348°W	12/8/2003	1923	A. Scott
58	Neimeyer/Strick House		1911 La Mesa Drive 34.04446°N 118.49966°W	12/8/2003	1964	Oscar Niemeyer Oscar Niemeyer Oscar Ribeiro de Almeida Niemeyer Soares Filho is a Brazilian architect specializing in international modern architecture...
59	E.C. Japs/Crossland Residence		2511 Beverly Avenue 34.00637°N 118.48005°W	03/8/2004	1912	Jones Brothers
60	Spanish Colonial Revival Commercial Building		1337 Ocean Avenue 34.01516°N 118.49861°W	7/12/2004	1926
61	Byers Adobe Residence		404 Georgina Avenue 34.02856°N 118.50913°W	11/08/2004	1920	John Byers John Byers (architect) John Winford Byers was a Santa Monica architect and builder noted for use of the Spanish Colonial revival style.-Early life:...
62	Sears Department Store		302 Colorado Avenue 34.01298°N 118.49261°W	12/13/2004	1947	Rowland H. Crawford
63	Bay Cities Guaranty Building		225 Santa Monica Blvd 34.01519°N 118.49644°W	12/13/2004	1929	Walker & Eisen Walker & Eisen Walker & Eisen was an architectural partnership of architects Albert R. Walker and Percy A. Eisen in Los Angeles, California. Some of their notable buildings include the Fine Arts Building, James Oviatt Building, The Hotel Normandie , The Platt Building and the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. They are...
64	Zucky’s Wall Sign		431 Wilshire Blvd 34.01968°N 118.49760°W	06/13/2005	1962
65	Mediterranean/Classical Revival Style Residence		331 Palisades Avenue 34.02544°N 118.50637°W	07/11/2005	1913	Frank Meline
66	Santa Monica Professional Building		710 Wilshire Blvd 34.02152°N 118.49493°W	08/08/2005	1928	Arthur E. Harvey
67	Turn-of-the-Century Victorian Cottage		1012 Second Street 34.02007°N 118.50303°W	09/12/2005	Circa 1898-1902
68	Phillips Chapel Christian Methodist Episcopal Church		2001 Fourth Street 34.00900°N 118.48605°W	10/10/2005	Circa 1890s (located at site since 1908)
69	Regency Moderne Apartment Building		1143 Eleventh Street 34.02516°N 118.49229°W	11/14/2005	1938	James M. Weaver
70	Eucalyptus Cornuta Tree		1407 Hill Street 34.00922°N 118.46819°W	03/22/2006	Approx. 90 years old when designated
71	Former Gold Coast Colonial Revival Style Residence		2323 Fifth Street 34.00679°N 118.48276°W	07/10/2006	Circa 1925 (located at site since 1936)
72	Elkhorn Apartments/Sandy Bay House		1401 Palisades Beach Road 34.01380°N 118.49913°W	07/10/2006	1909
73	Tudor Revival Style Residence		501 Twenty-Fourth Street 34.04279°N 118.48826°W	08/14/2006	1912	A.W. Tyler (Contractor)
74	Turn-of-the-Century Vernacular Beach Cottage		2219 Ocean Avenue 34.00447°N 118.48814°W	08/14/2006	1905
75	Colonial Revival Style Apartments		423-431 Ocean Avenue 34.02582°N 118.51180°W	10/09/2006	1936 & 1950	William E. Foster
76	Teriton Apartments		130 San Vicente Boulevard 34.02716°N 118.51290°W	11/13/2006	1949	Sanford Kent
77	Horizons West Surf Shop Jeff Ho Surfboards and Zephyr Productions Jeff Ho Surfboards and Zephyr Productions was a surfboard manufacturing facility and surf shop located in Santa Monica, California, that opened in 1973 and closed in 1976...		2001-2011 Main Street 34.0072°N 118.4887°W	5/14/2007	1922	J. L. Schrurs
78	Streamline Moderne Apartments		822 Euclid Street 34.03098°N 118.49564°W	8/13/2007	1938	Frank Bivens
79	Palisades Park		1450 Ocean Avenue 34.01382°N 118.49805°W	9/10/2007	1892	I.G. Le Grande
80	Quonset Hut		829 Broadway 34.01889°N 118.48893°W	12/10/2007	Moved to site in 1946	N/A
81	Wilshire Theatre		1314-1316 Wilshire Boulevard 34.02610°N 118.48905°W	01/14/2008	1930	John M. Cooper
82	Craftsman Bungalow Cottage		929 Lincoln Boulevard 34.02599°N 118.49826°W	02/11/2008	1916	Joseph J. Rowe
83	Former Sci-Arc Building		3030-3060 Nebraska Avenue 34.03182°N 118.46316°W	02/11/2008	1951
84	Edwin Building		312 Wilshire Boulevard 34.01876°N 118.49921°W	04/14/2008	1928	Paul R. Williams Paul Williams (architect) Paul Revere Williams, FAIA was a Los Angeles-based, American architect. He practiced largely in Southern California and designed the homes of numerous stars including Frank Sinatra, Lucille Ball/Desi Arnaz, Lon Chaney, and Charles Correll...
85	Zimmers House (John Byers Adobe)		2101 La Mesa Drive 34.04538°N 118.49805°W	05/12/2008	1924	John Byers John Byers (architect) John Winford Byers was a Santa Monica architect and builder noted for use of the Spanish Colonial revival style.-Early life:...
86	F.R. Siebert House		514 Palisades Avenue 34.0268°N 118.5042°W	05/12/2008	1911	A.C. Siebert

See also

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

External links

• City of Santa Monica Designated Landmarks
• City of Santa Monica Designated Landmarks