SPCL NO. 4 - EBELL CLUB

AKA - Santa Paula Women’s Club, Santa Paula Theater Center

125 South Seventh Street (CDP 86-80) - 1917

This building was designed by the well known Los Angeles firm of Hunt and Burns in 1917. The bulding with its park setting is an outstanding example of the Shingle style with Craftsman influences. Mrs. C.H. McKevett donated the land and erected the building in memory of her husband C.H. McKevett. The Ebell Club was formed as a study club on November 10, 1913. Before the club was erected, the structure on that property was used as a movie company and was one of the first movie companies in California. (J. Triem)

SPCL NO. 5 - GLEN TAVERN HOTEL (INN)

134 North Mill Street (CDP 87-13) - 1910

Built to accommodate the increasing number of businessmen, tourists, and the ailing who came seeking the curative waters of Sulphur Mountain Hot Springs. Trains running between San Francisco and Los Angeles stopped four times daily. Site selected because of its close proximity to the Depot and Main Street. Designed with 32 rooms, all outside and with hot and cold running water, electricity and steam heat; 22 rooms had adjoining bathrooms. Spacious dining room, modern kitchen, cold storage and chef's quarters; servants quarters were separate in a house moved to the back (since destroyed). (C. Swift, M.A.O. Henderson)

SPCL NO. 6 - THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD DEPOT

AKA - The Depot

963 East Santa Barbara Street (CDP 87-13) - 1887

One of the few depots in Ventura County that remains unaltered and in its original site. The depot forms part of a historic district that includes the Main Street commercial area; the Glen Tavern, the Mill, the California Walnut Growers Warehouse, and the First Christian Church. All of these structures are within a six block radius and are important visual reminders of Santa Paula's early growth and development. (C. Swift, J. Triem)

SPCL NO. 7 - MCKEVETT SCHOOL

AKA - North Grammar School

955 East Pleasant Street (CDP 87-24) - 1910

McKevett School, built in 1911 by local contractor Wm. Hudson, was designed by the firm of Withey and Davis. Originally called North Grammar School, it won a national award as one of the best planned schools in the country. Built around a courtyard, this U-shaped Mission Revival style building was landscaped with native California plants and trees. The building is a single story stucco with red tile roof and has a Mission parapet and arched entrance. (J. Triem)

spcl no. 8 - odd fellows’ town clock

68 East Main Street (CDP No. 87-25) - 1905 (Installed)

The clock tower on the IOOF Building is a prominent Santa Paula landmark. The clock was installed in 1905 and was electrified in 1952. The building was constructed soon after the disastrous Petrolia Fire of December, 1903, which destroyed the first wood frame structure where the IOOF met. Billy Stein raised the funds for the four-faced clock and helped maintain it for 45 years. Stein had worked for the Seth Thomas Clock Co. in Thomasville, Conn., from which the clock came. (J. Triem)

spcl no. 9 - first christian church

829 Railroad Avenue (CDP No. 87-25) - 1900

The church is important as an early visual landmark in the City that has remained unaltered since the turn of the century. It is at the head of Ninth Street as you face north on Main Street and becomes a part of a district including the Main Street commercial area, the Depot, and the Mill. It is also a good example of a modest Carpenter Gothic church with its main feature being the open belfry. (Shilton/Blanchard, C. Swift, J. Triem)

spcl no. 10 - the sheldon house

701 East Santa Paula Street (CDP No. 87-59) - 1900

Built for Mr. Charles L. Sheldon, a Secretary-Manager of the Santa Paula Citrus Association (1926) and his wife Nellie ca 1900, this Neo-Classic Row House maintains its original integrity. The L-shaped 1 1/2 story house with narrow clapboard siding rests on a stone foundation. The medium pitched hip roof of patterned composition shingles has a flared hipped dormer window and ornamental brackets under eaves. On the west side of the house is a gabled slanted bay window and there is an original brick chimney. A slanted bay on west side of facade contains diamond patterned windows on upper portion. The east facade has an open porch with Doric columns. Of special interest are the out buildings - twin water tanks on tile brick walk-in base and summer kitchen. (J. Triem)

spcl no. 11 - the rice house

928-930 Yale Street (CDP No. 87-133) - 1880’s

The house was built for the James C. Rice family in the late 1880's. Mr. Rice owned Rice & Peck Men's furnishings on Main Street. The house was moved from the corner of Main and 7th Streets where it had served as a parsonage for St. Paul's Episcopal Church. The house is one of the more elaborate houses from the early period with few alterations. (J. Triem, D. Dundore)

spcl no. 12 - familia diaz cafe (site)

245 South 10th Street (CDP No. 90-52) - 1919, 1928

The original cantina, Las Quince Leteras, opened in 1936 and shared a wall with the owner’s family home. When the sale of the restaurant was announced, it was believed to be the oldest continuously operated family business in Ventura County.

spcl no. 13 - santa paula citrus fruit assoc. bldg.

500 E. Santa Barbara Street (CDP No. 91-48)

This two-story stucco office building has red tile medium pitched hipped roof with exposed rafters under the eaves. The building has a classical feeling with the formal entrance using large Doric columns supporting a portico which contains the name of the company. The strictly symmetrical facade is characteristic of the Neo Colonial Revival of the 1920's. This was the office of the Santa Paula Citrus Fruit Association which at one time had the largest packing house in the world. The association began about the turn-of-the-century and handled lemons. (J. Triem)

spcl no. 14 - (olive mann) isbell school

221 S. 4th Street (CDP No. 91-59) - 1926

This facility (1926) replaced South Grammar School, which was converted into city hall. Built to accommodate the students south of Main Street from kindergarten through eighth grade, the older children experienced a departmentalized program in preparation for high school. The construction of the two new schools (Canyon & Isbell) required bonds of nearly $50,000, and Roy Wilson Sr. designed both. Now only a middle school, the campus remains at 221 South Fourth Street. (M.A.O. Henderson)

spcl no. 15 - barbara webster school

1150 Saticoy Street (CDP No. 91-60) - 1925

Canyon Shool, 1925. Due to the dramatic increase of agricultural workers from Mexico, attention was given to non-English speaking students with this school built in Spanish Town. At this time, students were segregated by fluency in English. For their parents, special classes in Spanish were offered in health, homemaking, and citizenship. Becoming Barbara Webster School in honor of the long-time principal, the facility femains at 1150 Saticoy Street. (M.A.O. Henderson)

spcl no. 16 - peoples lumber co.

216 N. 8th Street (CDP No. 96-13) - 1890 (approx.)

People's Lumber Company office built ca 1924 on original site of first office built ca 1892. Brick commercial building with cement trim on cornice with leaf relief design radiating arched brick windows on sides of long rectangular building. The site is significant because it is the People's Lumber Yard which once covered a very large area and was instrumental in the growth of the city. Designed by local architect, Roy C. Wilson, in 1924. (J. Triem)

spcl no. 17 - county fire station

735 E. Santa Barbara Street (CDP No. 95-16)

Ventura County's first fire station was built adjoining the County Agricultural Commissioner's office at the corner of Santa Barbara and Eighth Streets. Within a few years, other county-operated stations appeared throughout the county.