Founded in a Downtown Fullerton

It was restored and serves as professional offices today.

36. California Bungalow Court (314 N. Pomona Avenue) This Craftsman style bungalow court epitomized resi- dential development during World War I. Designed by local architect Frank Benchley and built in 1922, the court is enhanced by the pergola that spans the front. There are ten units, all balanced by a two-story structure in the rear. The court has remained unaltered except for A Downtown Fullerton minor cosmetic changes.

* National Historic Register Founded in began the successful designation a i 1887 and incor- development of the † Local Landmark designation porated on February W LKNg Fullerton town site. Plummer Auditorium 14, 1904, the City of ou Today, Fullerton Fullerton is a com- is a prosperous com- The church is distinguished from other 35. Nenno House (Cherami Spanish Colonial Revival buildings by House — 321 N. Pomona Avenue) munity proud of its munity of more its Churrigueresque relief decoration. Originally built as a private residence Although built in 1920, it was not heritage and its vision T R than 130,000 people in the early 1920s, this rare example of dedicated until 1929, when a $35,000 Colonial Revival architecture in Fullerton for the future. Unlike and is home to five debt had been repaid, in keeping with was purchased by the YWCA following many Orange County cities, Fullerton has maintained colleges and universities (California State University, Christian Science values. The entry was a fund-raising campaign begun in 1946. recently remodeled to provide handi- It served as headquarters of the YWCA’s its historic landmarks which serve to remind visitors and Fullerton; Hope International University; Fullerton capped access. program until its sale in the late 1990s. residents of the many changes that have taken place over College; Western State University College of Law; and the the years. The preservation of its rich heritage has helped Southern California College of Optometry) and myriad make Fullerton the very special place it is today. businesses and industries. When city founders George and Edward Amerige first Redevelopment activities in recent years have focused Docent-led walking tours for came to the area, there was little more than acres of wild renewed interest on the downtown area. The rehabilita- groups may be arranged Fullerton by calling Fullerton Heritage at mustard. Although the brothers owned land in Sierra tion of existing buildings and key new businesses mov- (714) 740-3051. Madre, both were impressed with the plentiful orchards ing into the area underline the desire of the community Visit Fullerton Heritage on the He r i t a g e World Wide Web at and ranches that could be found in the Placentia area to to build on the foundation of its prosperous past. The www.fullertonheritage.org the east, and around the small town of Anaheim to the downtown area, part of the original townsite, continues to This Walking Tour brochure is a joint effort of south. The two brothers soon sold their Sierra Madre reflect the character of our fine city. Fullerton Heritage and the Fullerton Museum Center Additional copies of this brochure are available from the Fullerton Museum Center, holdings and their grain business in Massachusetts. On We invite you to share this heritage by exploring his- (714) 738-6545 May 14, 1887, they received title to 430 acres of land and toric downtown Fullerton. Design & Layout by Jim Powell, Fullerton Heritage / Revised 7/14/08 1. Fullerton Public School† (Wilshire School of served as a hospital until 1956 when it was ing” pictures. Foundation and is part of the Fox restora- Library†(Fullerton Museum Center Continuing Education Center and converted to other uses. Six painted tion effort. — 301 N. Pomona Avenue) Designed by Auditorium — 315 E. Wilshire Avenue) murals inside architect Harry Vaughn and built in 1941 The destruction of Wilshire Junior High 6. Dr. G. Wendell Olson the theater 32. Fullerton Union † as a Works Progress Administration (WPA) School by the 1933 earthquake resulted Medical Office (Rutabegorz depicting the High School — Science project, this outstanding building was the in the construction of a new Wilshire Restaurant — 211 N. Pomona Avenue) discoveries of Buildings I & II and † city’s second library at this location—the School by the WPA in 1936. The new The front façade of this building—actually, America and Historic Walkway (201 first was a Carnegie Library built in 1907. school included the existing auditorium an addition to the structure behind it—has California, East Chapman Avenue) The raised walk The Spanish Colonial Revival style library and classroom buildings facing Wilshire been given a Spanish look and is a differ- originally and colonnade behind the library were built was constructed on land originally sold Avenue. Known as the Wilshire Junior ent style from the original buildings on the done by the in 1919. Built prior to other buildings on to the city for $10 by Mr. and Mrs. E.L. High School from the mid-1950s through property. In the 1930s, two separate small noted firm of campus, its height accommodates a tunnel Benchley and Mrs. C.S. Walton. (The sell- the early 1980s, it is now owned by the buildings were used for doctors’ offices; Anthony T. which contained the school’s utility pipes ers stipulated that the land be used for a North Orange County Community College later the buildings were tied together with Heinsbergen and wiring. To its north were sunken locker public library; that no barn, stable or out- District, which restored the buildings to additions or alterations, and in 1972, the Alician Court Theatre and Co., were rooms and restrooms. A series of bronze house be built within 75 feet of Pomona their current condition. With a Moderne building was converted to its present res- painted over plaques commemorating each graduat- Avenue and 35 feet of Wilshire Avenue; and style popular at the time of their construc- taurant use. This property is directly tied to traditional Mission styling, which gener- during the theater’s 1955 remodeling. The ing class is mounted on the walkway. The that no liquor be allowed on the premises.) tion, the Auditorium is the most significant the origins of the preservation movement in ally features smaller, recessed windows. The theater was originally named after builder Science Buildings I & II on Pomona Avenue The fine molding over the doorways and of the buildings, due primarily to its interior Fullerton. Local residents successfully saved entrance steps are 24 feet above sea level—a C. Stanley Chapman’s wife Alice, but over were built in 1949 and 1953 to replace the stained glass windows exemplify some of the detailing. the building from demolition in 1974, fact certified by the benchmark placed there the years had several names, including old 1923 single story buildings. detailing associated with this historic build- sparking an interest to identify and preserve by a U.S. Geological Survey Team in 1932. the Mission Court Theatre, the Universal ing. Of special interest is the small cupola 5. Fullerton General the city’s landmark structures. Mission Court Theatre, the Fox Mission 33. Plummer †* with the mosaic tile band at its base. Hospital (201 E. Amerige Avenue) 29. Barber Shop (State Farm Theatre, and, finally, the Fox Fullerton Auditorium (201 E. Chapman This was Fullerton’s second general hospital, 7. Original Methodist Insurance — 509 N. Harbor Boulevard) Theatre. Fox West Coast Theatres pur- Avenue) Named for Louis E. Plummer, †* 2. Dewella built in 1913 in an unusual combination of Church (Church of Religious This tiny Streamline Moderne building was chased the theater in the 1930s. A grassroots superintendent of Fullerton’s High School Apartments† (234-236 E. Mission Revival and Craftsman bungalow Science — 117 N. Pomona Avenue) constructed in 1946, for Orrin Adams as community effort initiated by Fullerton and Junior College District from 1919 to Wilshire Avenue) Built for $11,000 in styles. The Mission style is evident in the Rapidly constructed in seven months in a barber shop. Mr. Adams was a member Heritage resulted in the establishment of 1941, the auditorium is a creative variation 1929, the eight-unit development is the cupola with its arches and copper dome; 1909, this stately and impressive structure of the Masonic Lodge immediately to the the Fullerton Historic Theatre Foundation, of a cathedral design with Spanish Colonial only apartment court or garden court apart- the Craftsman elements are apparent in is Fullerton’s oldest continuous church south, and it has been suggested that the which purchased the theater in 2005 with styling. The façade is highlighted by rich ment constructed in Fullerton. Two banks the bungalow court plan with single-story and only one of two buildings in the city Masons allowed him to build on their prop- private donations and help from the City relief decoration around the entrance, and of Spanish Colonial Revival Apartments wings extending from the two-story central designed in the Gothic Revival style. Gothic erty, and then later sold him the land. Redevelopment Agency. The foundation is the clock tower in the northwest corner are arranged around a central garden. Two structure. This blend of styles can be seen style elements include a pitched gable roof, proceeding with restoration. has brilliant glazed tile ornamentation in a semicircular staircases with stucco balus- elsewhere in the city, 30. Alician Court Moorish design. The auditorium houses a †* trades lead to the second floor apartments. but in this building Theatre (Fox Fullerton — 510 31. Roy Lyon Service rare Wurlitzer theater organ. The west wall †* The property’s Dewella sign is the oldest the Craftsman influ- N. Harbor Boulevard) Construction on the Station (Retail shops — 500 N. facing Fullerton High school was decorated neon sign in Fullerton. ence is exceptionally Fox Theatre, now closed, began in 1924, Harbor Boulevard) This L-shaped Spanish with a WPA fresco mural created by noted strong. This hospi- and was completed in 1925. An Italian Colonial Revival building was designed in artist Charles Kassler. The fresco, which 3. First Lutheran tal, which replaced Renaissance-inspired design by noted theater 1929 by the noted firm of Morgan, Walls, depicted early California scenes, was painted Church† (215 N. Lemon Street) This the original wood builders Meyer and Holler (also responsible and Clements of Los Angeles, and was one over shortly after its completion because of U-shaped complex was designed as a whole, two-story structure for Grauman’s --now Mann’s-- Chinese of a series of Spanish-style commercial struc- public discontent over its “grotesque figures but the church sanctuary was built first in built in 1903, was Theatre and the Egyptian Theatre in tures built by the firm throughout Southern and weird colors.” One of the only frescoes 1942—one of the first nonpublic buildings designed to accom- Hollywood), it was originally a movie and California. This is a now rare example of an in the Western United States, it was restored constructed in the 1940s—by the member- modate the general stage theater, complete with theater pipe early motor court, an innovation pioneered and rededicated in 1997. ship at a cost of $11,500 for materials. The hospital as well as and echo organs. It was the Orange County by the firm. Previously, buildings were built parish hall and education building at the a nursing school. destination for Hollywood premiers and all the way out to the sidewalk, with no 34. Christian Science rear were constructed in 1955-57. The com- Fullerton found- hosted the likes of Douglas Fairbanks, Mary on-site parking. It was built for Charles C. Church (Self-Realization Fellowship plex features Mission Revival architecture ing father George Pickford, Janet Gaynor, Harold Lloyd, and Chapman, Fullerton’s first mayor, and used — 142 E. Chapman Avenue) The corner with elements of Romanesque detailing. Amerige died in this Buster Keaton, and boasted live performanc- for a variety of automotive services, includ- site of this Spanish Colonial Revival build- hospital in 1946. es by Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney. On ing Firestone Tires, until 1978, when it was ing is an important part of the building’s 4. Wilshire Junior High The current building Library dedication February 17, 1929, the Fox became the first converted into retail stores. It is currently dramatic effect. The wings seem to theater in Orange County to feature “talk- owned by the Fullerton Historic Theatre embrace the corner, welcoming visitors. (1,1) -3- final Walking_Tour_2010_update.indd 4/20/2010 3:40:03 PM

arched windows and doorways, a battlement line of electric instruments. Fender’s instru- reserved the second floor for their secret and tower, stained glass, and engaged buttresses. ments, such as the Telecaster, Stratocaster, exclusive use while leasing and renting out The church’s designer is famed Los Angeles and Precision Bass, are the most popular the first floor for office and retail space and architect Albert R. Walker, who along with (and widely copied) guitars in the world. the third floor to dozens of local patriotic, his partner Percy A. Eisen designed hundreds Due in large part to Leo Fender, the elec- fraternal, and women’s organizations. In the of buildings throughout the Southland. The tric guitar is now the world’s most popular 1920s and 1930s, Fullerton veterans of the building’s bricks, noted for their hardness instrument. Fender’s original 1946 factory Civil and Spanish American Wars used the and reddish brown color, were handmade by site (9a) is now home to a mural dedicated facility for their meetings. The third floor the Simons Brick Company in Los Angeles. in his honor. housed a speakeasy during Prohibition. The Stunning original opalescent art glass win- plain box building has been enhanced by dows, unique to Fullerton, are featured on 10. Pacific Electric pale pink and blue terra-cotta tile, seemingly the north and west sides of the building. The Depot† (Spadra Restaurant — 128 in imitation of marble, and three copper parsonage, built before the church in 1905, E. Commonwealth Avenue) While World turbans capping the parapet. The focal point and adjacent to the church on the west side, War I was raging, the headlines in Fullerton of the interior is the large second and third is considered to be one of the finest examples read “All Aboard Tomorrow!” and “New floor halls, which feature a stage, built-in of the Colonial Revival architecture in Railroad Open!” The first “big red” Pacific tiered seating on the sides, and high, arched Orange County. Electric trolley cars came to town and linked windows. Fullerton residents and their celebrated 8. U .S. Post Office (202 E. Valencia orange crops with Los Angeles, 12. Santa Fe Depot†* Commonwealth Avenue) Dedicated on operating from February 1, 1918, until (Amtrak/Metrolink Station — 120 E. Santa October 28, 1939, the post office was, and January 1948. The building has also served Fe Avenue) The present Amtrak Depot still is, the only federal building in the city. as a Greyhound bus depot and an American replaced the original 1888 Victorian-style The Spanish Colonial Revival Building is an Express office. The depot’s simple Mission depot built following successful negotia- example of the "starved classicism" architec- Revival styling is contrasted by the decora- tions between the Amerige brothers and ture favored by the Treasury Department's tive brackets supporting the protective over- George Fullerton, agent for the Pacific Land Office of the Supervising Architect, which hangs and parapet. Improvement Company. Those negotia- eschewed ornament and embellishment for tions brought the railroad to town, and unadorned, simply-styled buildings. The 11. Odd Fellows the Amerige brothers named the city after interior houses a mural ("Orange Pickers") Hall†* (Williams Building — 114 E. Fullerton. The current depot was built in painted by notable Southern California Commonwealth Avenue) One of Fullerton’s 1930 and exemplifies the Spanish Colonial artist Paul Julian (1914-1995), who was most outstanding brick commercial struc- Revival style of architecture. Restored in the commissioned by the Section of Fine Arts tures, the Odd Fellows Temple was con- 1990s, the depot today provides facilities in 1941. Julian would go on to have a bril- structed in 1927-28 for one of the city’s old- for Metrolink service between Los Angeles liant career in film animation, making him a est fraternal organizations, the Independent and San Diego and also serves Amtrak pas- seminal influence on later filmmakers. Order of Odd Fellows Lodge 9a. & 9b. Sites of Leo Number 103 Fender’s Original (1901-81). Factory & Radio Designed as a Service Shop (9a; Parking profit-making Garage — 100-block S. Pomona Avenue venture, the & 9b; Retail Shops — 107 S. Harbor building was Boulevard) A music revolution began here constructed to in 1938, when Leo Fender, creator of the provide space Fender guitar, established his first service for Odd Fellows shop. From his shops, Fender fixed radios, meetings as well record changers, and musical instruments. as to generate Most significantly, Fender also started to rental income design and build his own instruments, and for the lodge. soon after moved into manufacturing a full Lodge members Santa Fe Depot sengers. The Fullerton station is currently the Revival roof line. The exposed brick building dedicated as the City Hall in July, 1942. An 16th busiest station in the United States. at 125 W. Santa Fe Avenue was restored in exceptionally fine example of the Spanish 2002, as part of its adapted reuse to a 5,000 Colonial Revival style applied to civic archi- 13. Union Pacific Depot†* square-foot restaurant. tecture, the building was one of the commu- (Old Spaghetti Factory — 110 E. Santa Fe nity’s WPA projects. The building also has Avenue) Union Pacific was the last of three 16. Sanitary Laundry a WPA mural painted by the well-known railroads that came to Fullerton. Work was Building† (Retail Shops/Offices — muralist Helen Lundeberg. The building’s N begun on the depot in 1916, suspended 221-225 W. Santa Fe Avenue) This structure balanced design, enclosing the sunken patio during World War I, and resumed again in was originally used as a commercial laundry on two sides, is complemented by fine detail 1922. The building was finally completed (1928-1940), owned by W. A. Cleaver, who work that is particularly apparent in the cen- in 1923, and opened at its original site west constructed the imposing residence at 519 W. tral corner tower. The Police Department has of Harbor Boulevard and south of the exist- Fern Drive, also a local historic landmark. Of occupied the building since construction of ing railroad tracks. In 1980, the Fullerton brick construction, the building features an the new City Hall in 1963. Redevelopment Agency moved the aban- unusually complex 116-foot long façade. doned historic depot in two sections to its 19. Amerige Block (Retail present site, losing not a single tile during the Fullerton Dye Works Shops — 109-123 E. Commonwealth move. The former depot is one of the major Building† (Commercial — 227 W. Avenue) Built between 1919 and 1920, by examples of Mission Revival architecture in Santa Fe Avenue) Built in 1922 for $4,500, Fullerton co-founder George Amerige, this Fullerton. The building features a Zigzag this one-story brick building originally single-story brick commercial block is typical Moderne design over the entrance, an octag- housed a cleaning and dyer business, and of business buildings of the 1920s. The most onal dome topped by a small round cupola, continued to serve as a dry cleaning opera- striking features are the glazed tile façades, parapet gable ends, an arched arcade, and a tion until 1936. which carry a different design at each store- mission tile roof. front. The Ameriges lived upstairs in the cor- 17. Amerige Brothers’ ner building until the late 1930s. 14. Crystal Ice House† Realty Office† (300 Block (112 E. Walnut Avenue) Built in 1910, of W. Commonwealth Avenue) Originally 20. Stedman’s Clock† this building is probably the fourth-oldest located at the northeast corner of Harbor (109 N. Harbor Boulevard) Moved from remaining brick building in Fullerton. First Boulevard and Commonwealth Avenue, and its original location at 118 N. Harbor known as the Fullerton Ice Company, the later moved to Amerige Park in 1920, this Boulevard and installed by William Stedman business played a major role in the growth of small frame 1887 building housed the realty of Stedman Jewelers, the cast iron clock’s Fullerton by providing block ice for the citrus offices of Fullerton founders George and single Corinthian column, double face, and 1. Fullerton Public Library† (Fullerton Museum Factory — 110 E. Santa Fe Ave.) 27. California Hotel† (Villa del Sol — 305 N. industry to transport fruit to regional mar- Edward Amerige. After being sold by the pink and blue neon illumination at night Center — 301 N. Pomona Ave.) 14. Crystal Ice House† (112 E. Walnut Ave.) Harbor Blvd.) kets. The building was used for ice making Amerige brothers, the building, which is the make the clock a distinctive element along 2. Dewella Apartments† (232-252 Wilshire Ave.) 15. Brick Commercial Buildings (Ellingson 28. Masonic Temple†* (Spring Field Banquet 3. First Lutheran Church† (215 N. Lemon St.) Building† — 119 W. Santa Fe Ave.) (Heroes— and Conference Center— 501 N. Harbor until 1986 as the Crystal Ice Company. It is a oldest commer- 4. Wilshire Junior High School† (Wilshire 125 W. Santa Fe Ave.) Blvd.) good example of the “brick vernacular” style cial structure in School of Continuing Education Center and 16. Sanitary Laundry Building† (Retail Shops/ 29. Barber Shop (State Farm Insurance — 509 common during the 1880s to late 1920s and Fullerton, served Auditorium — 315 E. Wilshire Ave.) Offices — 221-225 W. Santa Fe Ave.) N. Harbor Blvd.) 5. Fullerton General Hospital (201 E. Amerige Fullerton Dye Works Building† (Commercial 30. Alician Court Theatre†* (Fox Fullerton was rehabilitated in the 1980s for its current as a law office, a Ave.) — 227 W. Santa Fe Ave.) — 510 N. Harbor Blvd.) use as a church. barbershop, and a 6. Dr. G. Wendell Olson Medical Office† 17. Amerige Brothers’ Realty Office† (300 Blk of 31. Roy Lyon Service Station†* (Mini-mall tool shed. (Rutabegorz Restaurant — 211 N. Pomona W. Commonwealth Ave.) — 500 N. Harbor Blvd.) Ave.) 18. City Hall†* (Fullerton Police Department 32. Fullerton Union High School Science 15. Brick Commercial 7. Original Methodist Church†* (Church of — 237 W. Commonwealth Ave.) Buildings I & II and Historic Walkway† (201 E. Buildings (Ellingson Building† 18. City Religious Science — 117 N. Pomona Ave.) 19. Amerige Block (Retail Shops — 109-123 E. Chapman Ave.) 33. Plummer Auditorium†* — 119 W. Santa Fe Avenue) (Heroes — 125 Hall†* 8. U.S. Post Office (202 E. Commonwealth Commonwealth Ave.) (201 E. Chapman Ave.) 20. Stedman’s Clock† (109 N. Harbor Blvd.) Ave.) W. Santa Fe Avenue) These buildings were (Fullerton Police 9a. Site of Leo Fender’s Original Factory (100 21. The Dean Block† (Retail Shops — 111-133 34. Christian Science Church (Self-Realization originally designed for use as an automotive Department block, S. Pomona Av.) N. Harbor Blvd.) Fellowship — 142 E. Chapman Ave.) 35. Nenno House dealership/garage and blacksmith shop, and — 237 W. 9b. Site of Leo Fender’s Radio Service Shop 22. Original Farmers and Merchants Bank†* (Cherami House — 321 N. (107 S. Harbor Blvd. (Retail Shops/Offices — 122 N. Harbor Blvd.) Pomona Ave.) were typical of brick commercial structures Commonwealth 10. Pacific Electric Depot† (Spadra Restaurant 23. Original Masonic Temple† (Retail Shops 36. California Bungalow Court (314 N. Pomona built in Fullerton in the early 1920s. The Avenue) The — 128 E. Commonwealth Ave.) — 201 N. Harbor Blvd.) Ave.) building at 119 W. Santa Fe Avenue retains present Fullerton 11. Odd Fellows Hall†* (Williams Company 24. Rialto Theatre (Retail/Office Space — 219 — 114 E. Commonwealth Ave.) N. Harbor Blvd.) *National Historic Register designation its original storefront, which is a blending of Police facility 12. Santa Fe Depot†* (Amtrak/Metrolink 25. Schumacher Building† (212-216 N. Harbor †Local Landmark designation the typical storefront format and a Mission was originally City Hall Station — 120 E. Santa Fe Ave.) Blvd.) 13. Union Pacific Depot†* (Old Spaghetti 26. Chapman Building†* (110 E. Wilshire Ave.) Harbor Boulevard. The clock was restored 23. Original Masonic 26. Chapman Building†* arched windows and doorways, a battle- line of electric instruments. Fender’s instru- reserved the second floor for their secret and and rededicated in 1997. The clock was Temple† (Retail Shops — 201 N. (110 E. Wilshire Avenue) Built and owned ment tower, stained glass, and engaged ments, such as the Telecaster, Stratocaster, exclusive use while leasing and renting out damaged by a windstorm in 2007, and was Harbor Boulevard) Built in 1901, as the first by Charles C. Chapman, the first mayor of buttresses. The church’s designer is famed and Precision Bass, are the most popular the first floor for office and retail space and subsequently repaired in 2008. Masonic Temple in Fullerton, this building Fullerton and the “father” of the Valencia Los Angeles architect Albert R. Walker, (and widely copied) guitars in the world. the third floor to dozens of local patriotic, was the earliest meeting hall for lodges in orange industry, the Chapman Building was who along with his partner Percy A. Eisen Due in large part to Leo Fender, the elec- fraternal, and women’s organizations. In the † 21. The Dean Block (Retail the city. Beneath the stucco coating some home to the Chapman/Wickett Department designed hundreds of buildings through- tric guitar is now the world’s most popular 1920s and 1930s, Fullerton veterans of the Shops — 111-133 N. Harbor Boulevard) of the detailing of this semi-classical brick Store and was Orange County’s tallest build- out the Southland. The building’s bricks, instrument. Fender’s original 1946 factory Civil and Spanish American Wars used the The Dean Block, the oldest downtown building can still be seen. The Masons used ing when it was constructed in 1923. Upper noted for their hardness and reddish brown site (9a) is now home to a mural dedicated facility for their meetings. The third floor commercial block in Fullerton, was con- the second floor for their meetings until floors housed law and medical offices. color, were handmade by the Simons Brick in his honor. housed a speakeasy during Prohibition. The structed in three phases between 1899 and they moved to their new location in 1919. Designed by architect Eugene Durfee in Company in Los Angeles. Stunning origi- plain box building has been enhanced by 1901, for the Dean Hardware Company. This building was also the site of the post a style reminiscent of the Chicago School nal opalescent art glass windows, unique 10. Pacific Electric pale pink and blue terra-cotta tile, seemingly † The arched brick windows, decorative cor- office, the Harris Drug Store, and Sully’s of Architecture, and built with the best to Fullerton, are featured on the north and Depot (Spadra Restaurant — 128 in imitation of marble, and three copper nice line, and second story pilasters belong Lunch Counter. materials available, the building remains the west sides of the building. The parsonage, E. Commonwealth Avenue) While World turbans capping the parapet. The focal point to the original construction. cornerstone of historic downtown Fullerton. built before the church in 1905, and adja- War I was raging, the headlines in Fullerton of the interior is the large second and third 24. Rialto Theatre (Retail/ Highlights include the cornice along the cent to the church on the west side, is con- read “All Aboard Tomorrow!” and “New floor halls, which feature a stage, built-in 22. Original Farmers Office Space — 219 N. Harbor Boulevard) top of the five-story structure and the thick sidered to be one of the finest examples of Railroad Open!” The first “big red” Pacific tiered seating on the sides, and high, arched †* and Merchants Bank The Rialto Theatre was built in 1905, and glass blocks in the sidewalk that illuminate the Colonial Revival architecture in Orange Electric trolley cars came to town and linked windows. (Retail Shops/Offices — 122 N. Harbor remodeled as a fine example of Zigzag the full basement below. The building was County. Fullerton residents and their celebrated †* Boulevard) This structure was built in 1904 Moderne in 1930 when it was transformed renovated and restored at a cost of $3 mil- Valencia orange crops with Los Angeles, 12. Santa Fe Depot for the Farmers and Merchants Bank. The into the National Trust Bank. Shallow but- lion in 1983. At that time, a new terra cotta 8. U .S. Post Office (202 E. operating from February 1, 1918, until (Amtrak/Metrolink Station — 120 E. Santa Bank of Italy (now known as the Bank of tresses have emphasized the northern and entrance was crafted in Northern California Commonwealth Avenue) Dedicated on January 1948. The building has also served Fe Avenue) The present Amtrak Depot America) later occupied the building. This southern sides of the façade. Of special to duplicate the original that had been jack- November 1, 1938, the post office was, and as a Greyhound bus depot and an American replaced the original 1888 Victorian-style building is one of the few pre-1920 com- interest are the applied grooves and flame hammered out during a 1950s remodeling. still is, the only federal building in the city. Express office. The depot’s simple Mission depot built following successful negotia- mercial buildings still standing in Fullerton. patterns, which add to the novelty of this It is one of many fine examples of Fullerton’s Revival styling is contrasted by the decora- tions between the Amerige brothers and The current façade was applied in 1922, fine structure. 27. California Hotel† public buildings built by President tive brackets supporting the protective over- George Fullerton, agent for the Pacific Land with the help of local architect Frank (Villa del Sol — 305 N. Harbor Boulevard) Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Works Progress hangs and parapet. Improvement Company. Those negotia- Benchley. The original brick construction 25. Schumacher Once the elegant California Hotel, this Administration (WPA). Of Spanish Colonial tions brought the railroad to town, and is easily visible at the back of the building. Building† (212-216 N. Harbor building was designed in 1922, by local Revival design, the post office houses a WPA 11. Odd Fellows the Amerige brothers named the city after †* Rehabilitated in 1989, the Farmers and Boulevard) Constructed in 1905, this architects Frank Benchley and Eugene mural depicting students picking Valencia Hall (Williams Building — 114 E. Fullerton. The current depot was built in Merchants Bank is the only Beaux-Arts two-story masonry structure has ground Durfee. This Spanish Colonial Revival hotel oranges, oil derricks and the Fullerton air- Commonwealth Avenue) One of Fullerton’s 1930 and exemplifies the Spanish Colonial building surviving in downtown Fullerton. level commercial storefronts and a second boasted 121 rooms, 22 apartments, and port. The artistic license taken by artist Paul most outstanding brick commercial struc- Revival style of architecture. Restored in the story façade of rough surfaced stone. As an elevator. It was in 1921, that a group of Julian has created some controversy because tures, the Odd Fellows Temple was con- 1990s, the depot today provides facilities one of the oldest commercial buildings in citizens, headed by Charles C. Chapman, the ladder depicted is not the right type for structed in 1927-28 for one of the city’s old- for Metrolink service between Los Angeles Fullerton, it is remarkable formed a corporation for the sole purpose picking oranges, and oranges were never est fraternal organizations, the Independent and San Diego and also serves Amtrak pas- for its stone and concrete of constructing a first-class hotel in the city. packed in boxes in the field. Order of Odd block construction—a There was an open courtyard facing Harbor Fellows Lodge departure from the com- Boulevard until 1964, when the front por- 9a. & 9b. Sites of Leo Number 103 monly used unreinforced tion was added during the building’s renova- Fender’s Original (1901-81). brick. The original tion and conversion to a commercial center. Factory & Radio Designed as a owner, P. A. Schumacher, Service Shop (9a; Parking profit-making designed part of the sec- 28. Masonic Temple†* Garage — 100-block S. Pomona Avenue venture, the ond story specifically for (Spring Field Banquet and Conference & 9b; Retail Shops — 107 S. Harbor building was his residence—a large Center — 501 N. Harbor Boulevard) The Boulevard) A music revolution began here constructed to six-room flat with modern Masons moved from 201 N. Harbor to in 1938, when Leo Fender, creator of the provide space improvements for its time. this modified Mission Revival building in Fender guitar, established his first service for Odd Fellows In 1993, an extensive 1919. The interior fireplace and tile fram- shop. From his shops, Fender fixed radios, meetings as well rehabilitation returned ing the front entrance are believed to be record changers, and musical instruments. as to generate the building to its original Batchelder tile. The most striking feature Most significantly, Fender also started to rental income mixed-use. of the Masonic Temple is its large windows design and build his own instruments, and for the lodge. Chapman Building that distinguish the building from more soon after moved into manufacturing a full Lodge members Santa Fe Depot sengers. The Fullerton station is currently the Revival roof line. The exposed brick building dedicated as the City Hall in July, 1942. An 16th busiest station in the United States. at 125 W. Santa Fe Avenue was restored in exceptionally fine example of the Spanish 2002, as part of its adapted reuse to a 5,000 Colonial Revival style applied to civic archi- 13. Union Pacific Depot†* square-foot restaurant. tecture, the building was one of the commu- (Old Spaghetti Factory — 110 E. Santa Fe nity’s WPA projects. The building also has Avenue) Union Pacific was the last of three 16. Sanitary Laundry a WPA mural painted by the well-known railroads that came to Fullerton. Work was Building† (Retail Shops/Offices — muralist Helen Lundeberg. The building’s N begun on the depot in 1916, suspended 221-225 W. Santa Fe Avenue) This structure balanced design, enclosing the sunken patio during World War I, and resumed again in was originally used as a commercial laundry on two sides, is complemented by fine detail 1922. The building was finally completed (1928-1940), owned by W. A. Cleaver, who work that is particularly apparent in the cen- in 1923, and opened at its original site west constructed the imposing residence at 519 W. tral corner tower. The Police Department has of Harbor Boulevard and south of the exist- Fern Drive, also a local historic landmark. Of occupied the building since construction of ing railroad tracks. In 1980, the Fullerton brick construction, the building features an the new City Hall in 1963. Redevelopment Agency moved the aban- unusually complex 116-foot long façade. doned historic depot in two sections to its 19. Amerige Block (Retail present site, losing not a single tile during the Fullerton Dye Works Shops — 109-123 E. Commonwealth move. The former depot is one of the major Building† (Commercial — 227 W. Avenue) Built between 1919 and 1920, by examples of Mission Revival architecture in Santa Fe Avenue) Built in 1922 for $4,500, Fullerton co-founder George Amerige, this Fullerton. The building features a Zigzag this one-story brick building originally single-story brick commercial block is typical Moderne design over the entrance, an octag- housed a cleaning and dyer business, and of business buildings of the 1920s. The most onal dome topped by a small round cupola, continued to serve as a dry cleaning opera- striking features are the glazed tile façades, parapet gable ends, an arched arcade, and a tion until 1936. which carry a different design at each store- mission tile roof. front. The Ameriges lived upstairs in the cor- 17. Amerige Brothers’ ner building until the late 1930s. 14. Crystal Ice House† Realty Office† (300 Block (112 E. Walnut Avenue) Built in 1910, of W. Commonwealth Avenue) Originally 20. Stedman’s Clock† this building is probably the fourth-oldest located at the northeast corner of Harbor (109 N. Harbor Boulevard) Moved from remaining brick building in Fullerton. First Boulevard and Commonwealth Avenue, and its original location at 118 N. Harbor known as the Fullerton Ice Company, the later moved to Amerige Park in 1920, this Boulevard and installed by William Stedman business played a major role in the growth of small frame 1887 building housed the realty of Stedman Jewelers, the cast iron clock’s Fullerton by providing block ice for the citrus offices of Fullerton founders George and single Corinthian column, double face, and 1. Fullerton Public Library† (Fullerton Museum Factory — 110 E. Santa Fe Ave.) 27. California Hotel† (Villa del Sol — 305 N. industry to transport fruit to regional mar- Edward Amerige. After being sold by the pink and blue neon illumination at night Center — 301 N. Pomona Ave.) 14. Crystal Ice House† (112 E. Walnut Ave.) Harbor Blvd.) kets. The building was used for ice making Amerige brothers, the building, which is the make the clock a distinctive element along 2. Dewella Apartments† (232-252 Wilshire Ave.) 15. Brick Commercial Buildings (Ellingson 28. Masonic Temple†* (Spring Field Banquet 3. First Lutheran Church† (215 N. Lemon St.) Building† — 119 W. Santa Fe Ave.) (Heroes— and Conference Center— 501 N. Harbor until 1986 as the Crystal Ice Company. It is a oldest commer- 4. Wilshire Junior High School† (Wilshire 125 W. Santa Fe Ave.) Blvd.) good example of the “brick vernacular” style cial structure in School of Continuing Education Center and 16. Sanitary Laundry Building† (Retail Shops/ 29. Barber Shop (State Farm Insurance — 509 common during the 1880s to late 1920s and Fullerton, served Auditorium — 315 E. Wilshire Ave.) Offices — 221-225 W. Santa Fe Ave.) N. Harbor Blvd.) 5. Fullerton General Hospital (201 E. Amerige Fullerton Dye Works Building† (Commercial 30. Alician Court Theatre†* (Fox Fullerton was rehabilitated in the 1980s for its current as a law office, a Ave.) — 227 W. Santa Fe Ave.) — 510 N. Harbor Blvd.) use as a church. barbershop, and a 6. Dr. G. Wendell Olson Medical Office† 17. Amerige Brothers’ Realty Office† (300 Blk of 31. Roy Lyon Service Station†* (Mini-mall tool shed. (Rutabegorz Restaurant — 211 N. Pomona W. Commonwealth Ave.) — 500 N. Harbor Blvd.) Ave.) 18. City Hall†* (Fullerton Police Department 32. Fullerton Union High School Science 15. Brick Commercial 7. Original Methodist Church†* (Church of — 237 W. Commonwealth Ave.) Buildings I & II and Historic Walkway† (201 E. Buildings (Ellingson Building† 18. City Religious Science — 117 N. Pomona Ave.) 19. Amerige Block (Retail Shops — 109-123 E. Chapman Ave.) 33. Plummer Auditorium†* — 119 W. Santa Fe Avenue) (Heroes — 125 Hall†* 8. U.S. Post Office (202 E. Commonwealth Commonwealth Ave.) (201 E. Chapman Ave.) 20. Stedman’s Clock† (109 N. Harbor Blvd.) Ave.) W. Santa Fe Avenue) These buildings were (Fullerton Police 9a. Site of Leo Fender’s Original Factory (100 21. The Dean Block† (Retail Shops — 111-133 34. Christian Science Church (Self-Realization originally designed for use as an automotive Department block, S. Pomona Av.) N. Harbor Blvd.) Fellowship — 142 E. Chapman Ave.) 35. Nenno House dealership/garage and blacksmith shop, and — 237 W. 9b. Site of Leo Fender’s Radio Service Shop 22. Original Farmers and Merchants Bank†* (Cherami House — 321 N. (107 S. Harbor Blvd. (Retail Shops/Offices — 122 N. Harbor Blvd.) Pomona Ave.) were typical of brick commercial structures Commonwealth 10. Pacific Electric Depot† (Spadra Restaurant 23. Original Masonic Temple† (Retail Shops 36. California Bungalow Court (314 N. Pomona built in Fullerton in the early 1920s. The Avenue) The — 128 E. Commonwealth Ave.) — 201 N. Harbor Blvd.) Ave.) building at 119 W. Santa Fe Avenue retains present Fullerton 11. Odd Fellows Hall†* (Williams Company 24. Rialto Theatre (Retail/Office Space — 219 — 114 E. Commonwealth Ave.) N. Harbor Blvd.) *National Historic Register designation its original storefront, which is a blending of Police facility 12. Santa Fe Depot†* (Amtrak/Metrolink 25. Schumacher Building† (212-216 N. Harbor †Local Landmark designation the typical storefront format and a Mission was originally City Hall Station — 120 E. Santa Fe Ave.) Blvd.) 13. Union Pacific Depot†* (Old Spaghetti 26. Chapman Building†* (110 E. Wilshire Ave.) 1. Fullerton Public School† (Wilshire School of served as a hospital until 1956 when it was ing” pictures. Foundation and is part of the Fox restora- Library†(Fullerton Museum Center Continuing Education Center and converted to other uses. Six painted tion effort. — 301 N. Pomona Avenue) Designed by Auditorium — 315 E. Wilshire Avenue) murals inside architect Harry Vaughn and built in 1941 The destruction of Wilshire Junior High 6. Dr. G. Wendell Olson the theater 32. Fullerton Union † as a Works Progress Administration (WPA) School by the 1933 earthquake resulted Medical Office (Rutabegorz depicting the High School — Science project, this outstanding building was the in the construction of a new Wilshire Restaurant — 211 N. Pomona Avenue) discoveries of Buildings I & II and † city’s second library at this location—the School by the WPA in 1936. The new The front façade of this building—actually, America and Historic Walkway (201 first was a Carnegie Library built in 1907. school included the existing auditorium an addition to the structure behind it—has California, East Chapman Avenue) The raised walk The Spanish Colonial Revival style library and classroom buildings facing Wilshire been given a Spanish look and is a differ- originally and colonnade behind the library were built was constructed on land originally sold Avenue. Known as the Wilshire Junior ent style from the original buildings on the done by the in 1919. Built prior to other buildings on to the city for $10 by Mr. and Mrs. E.L. High School from the mid-1950s through property. In the 1930s, two separate small noted firm of campus, its height accommodates a tunnel Benchley and Mrs. C.S. Walton. (The sell- the early 1980s, it is now owned by the buildings were used for doctors’ offices; Anthony T. which contained the school’s utility pipes ers stipulated that the land be used for a North Orange County Community College later the buildings were tied together with Heinsbergen and wiring. To its north were sunken locker public library; that no barn, stable or out- District, which restored the buildings to additions or alterations, and in 1972, the Alician Court Theatre and Co., were rooms and restrooms. A series of bronze house be built within 75 feet of Pomona their current condition. With a Moderne building was converted to its present res- painted over plaques commemorating each graduat- Avenue and 35 feet of Wilshire Avenue; and style popular at the time of their construc- taurant use. This property is directly tied to traditional Mission styling, which gener- during the theater’s 1955 remodeling. The ing class is mounted on the walkway. The that no liquor be allowed on the premises.) tion, the Auditorium is the most significant the origins of the preservation movement in ally features smaller, recessed windows. The theater was originally named after builder Science Buildings I & II on Pomona Avenue The fine molding over the doorways and of the buildings, due primarily to its interior Fullerton. Local residents successfully saved entrance steps are 24 feet above sea level—a C. Stanley Chapman’s wife Alice, but over were built in 1949 and 1953 to replace the stained glass windows exemplify some of the detailing. the building from demolition in 1974, fact certified by the benchmark placed there the years had several names, including old 1923 single story buildings. detailing associated with this historic build- sparking an interest to identify and preserve by a U.S. Geological Survey Team in 1932. the Mission Court Theatre, the Universal ing. Of special interest is the small cupola 5. Fullerton General the city’s landmark structures. Mission Court Theatre, the Fox Mission 33. Plummer †* with the mosaic tile band at its base. Hospital (201 E. Amerige Avenue) 29. Barber Shop (State Farm Theatre, and, finally, the Fox Fullerton Auditorium (201 E. Chapman This was Fullerton’s second general hospital, 7. Original Methodist Insurance — 509 N. Harbor Boulevard) Theatre. Fox West Coast Theatres pur- Avenue) Named for Louis E. Plummer, †* 2. Dewella built in 1913 in an unusual combination of Church (Church of Religious This tiny Streamline Moderne building was chased the theater in the 1930s. A grassroots superintendent of Fullerton’s High School Apartments† (234-236 E. Mission Revival and Craftsman bungalow Science — 117 N. Pomona Avenue) constructed in 1946, for Orrin Adams as community effort initiated by Fullerton and Junior College District from 1919 to Wilshire Avenue) Built for $11,000 in styles. The Mission style is evident in the Rapidly constructed in seven months in a barber shop. Mr. Adams was a member Heritage resulted in the establishment of 1941, the auditorium is a creative variation 1929, the eight-unit development is the cupola with its arches and copper dome; 1909, this stately and impressive structure of the Masonic Lodge immediately to the the Fullerton Historic Theatre Foundation, of a cathedral design with Spanish Colonial only apartment court or garden court apart- the Craftsman elements are apparent in is Fullerton’s oldest continuous church south, and it has been suggested that the which purchased the theater in 2005 with styling. The façade is highlighted by rich ment constructed in Fullerton. Two banks the bungalow court plan with single-story and only one of two buildings in the city Masons allowed him to build on their prop- private donations and help from the City relief decoration around the entrance, and of Spanish Colonial Revival Apartments wings extending from the two-story central designed in the Gothic Revival style. Gothic erty, and then later sold him the land. Redevelopment Agency. The foundation is the clock tower in the northwest corner are arranged around a central garden. Two structure. This blend of styles can be seen style elements include a pitched gable roof, proceeding with restoration. has brilliant glazed tile ornamentation in a semicircular staircases with stucco balus- elsewhere in the city, 30. Alician Court Moorish design. The auditorium houses a †* trades lead to the second floor apartments. but in this building Theatre (Fox Fullerton — 510 31. Roy Lyon Service rare Wurlitzer theater organ. The west wall †* The property’s Dewella sign is the oldest the Craftsman influ- N. Harbor Boulevard) Construction on the Station (Retail shops — 500 N. facing Fullerton High school was decorated neon sign in Fullerton. ence is exceptionally Fox Theatre, now closed, began in 1924, Harbor Boulevard) This L-shaped Spanish with a WPA fresco mural created by noted strong. This hospi- and was completed in 1925. An Italian Colonial Revival building was designed in artist Charles Kassler. The fresco, which 3. First Lutheran tal, which replaced Renaissance-inspired design by noted theater 1929 by the noted firm of Morgan, Walls, depicted early California scenes, was painted Church† (215 N. Lemon Street) This the original wood builders Meyer and Holler (also responsible and Clements of Los Angeles, and was one over shortly after its completion because of U-shaped complex was designed as a whole, two-story structure for Grauman’s --now Mann’s-- Chinese of a series of Spanish-style commercial struc- public discontent over its “grotesque figures but the church sanctuary was built first in built in 1903, was Theatre and the Egyptian Theatre in tures built by the firm throughout Southern and weird colors.” One of the only frescoes 1942—one of the first nonpublic buildings designed to accom- Hollywood), it was originally a movie and California. This is a now rare example of an in the Western United States, it was restored constructed in the 1940s—by the member- modate the general stage theater, complete with theater pipe early motor court, an innovation pioneered and rededicated in 1997. ship at a cost of $11,500 for materials. The hospital as well as and echo organs. It was the Orange County by the firm. Previously, buildings were built parish hall and education building at the a nursing school. destination for Hollywood premiers and all the way out to the sidewalk, with no 34. Christian Science rear were constructed in 1955-57. The com- Fullerton found- hosted the likes of Douglas Fairbanks, Mary on-site parking. It was built for Charles C. Church (Self-Realization Fellowship plex features Mission Revival architecture ing father George Pickford, Janet Gaynor, Harold Lloyd, and Chapman, Fullerton’s first mayor, and used — 142 E. Chapman Avenue) The corner with elements of Romanesque detailing. Amerige died in this Buster Keaton, and boasted live performanc- for a variety of automotive services, includ- site of this Spanish Colonial Revival build- hospital in 1946. es by Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney. On ing Firestone Tires, until 1978, when it was ing is an important part of the building’s 4. Wilshire Junior High The current building Library dedication February 17, 1929, the Fox became the first converted into retail stores. It is currently dramatic effect. The wings seem to theater in Orange County to feature “talk- owned by the Fullerton Historic Theatre embrace the corner, welcoming visitors. It was restored and serves as professional offices today.