1918 – 1925: Non-Residential Development In this period the City experienced new commercial construction with major buildings that largely define the Central Business District today. Spadra Road (Harbor Boulevard) was the focus of much of this construction, but less important industrial and service structures filled the side streets, in particular West Santa Fe Avenue.The brick commercial structures dominate by the end of this period, and a few major public buildings date to these years as well, designed in the preferred Spanish Colonial Revival style. However, the city’s premiere commercial structure that was built at this time, the Chapman Building, does not reflect a Spanish design but an architectural style typically used for high-rise buildings in business districts of large cities. Pacific Electric Depot, 1918 Ellingson Building, 1920 Masonic Temple, 1920 Christian Science Church, 1920 125 West Santa Fe Ave Building, 1921 Fullerton Dye Works Building, 1922 California Hotel, 1922 Fullerton High School, 1922 Farmers & Merchants Bank, 1922 Chapman Building, 1923 Union Pacific Depot, 1923 De Luxe Hotel, 1923 719-723 South Harbor Blvd Building, 1923 Alician Court Theatre, 1924 Elephant Packing House, 1924 Amerige Block, 1925 Grumwald's Tin Shop, 1925
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