San Marcos Building, Santa Barbara, [1926-1928?]

Item Overview

Title

San Marcos Building, Santa Barbara, [1926-1928?]

Date Created

[1926-1928?]

Date

1926/1928

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Street view of San Marcos Building, reconstructed after 1925 earthquake, 2-story corner building with 5 arches on each side, decorated roofline, and tile roof, with intersection, pedestrians, and parked cars in foreground. Business signs include: San Marcos Boot Shop, W.G. Young Optometrist, The Hunt Mercantile, Crockery and Glassware, Sterling Drug Co., Western States Life, New York Life Insurance Company, Dr. L.A. Jacques, Chiropodist
Possibly related to the article “Wins Prize in Building Contest, Jury Makes Awards for Best Planned Structure at Santa Barbara,” Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 1928. ... The San Marcos Building and its court was adjudged the best building constructed during 1926. ...
The San Marcos building is located at the corner of State Street and Anapamu Street. The building was partially destroyed in the 1925 Santa Barbara earthquake. After the earthquake, the State street portion was demolished and the third story was removed from the Anapamu section

Caption

At upper left corner of negative: 4
Text from nitrate negative sleeve: California, Santa Barbara, buildings
Handwritten at edge of negative: San Marcos Bldg

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

San Marcos Building (Santa Barbara, Calif.)

Location

Santa Barbara (Calif.)

Longitude

34.423512

Latitude

-119.704393

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Commercial buildings--California--Santa Barbara