Historic Resources in The Fullerton Plan

The most current list of Historic Resources and their designations are found in The Fullerton Plan sections linked below:

• Historic Preservation Tables and Exhibits - (starting on page 131) contains names, addresses and current designations of Historic Resources (properties) as well as maps.
• Historic Preservation - (starting on page 43) Chapter 3 of Master Element A describes the goals and policies of The Fullerton Plan in relation to historic preservation.

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Local History Room - Formerly "The Launer Room"

Information about the early history and development of Fullerton may be found in the materials kept in the Fullerton Library's Local History Room. 

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Fullerton Through The Years

This survey, completed in the early 2000's, contains color photographs and descriptive histories of many Fullerton buildings and features.  For up-to-date designations of Historic Resources, please see the documents listed in The Fullerton Plan (top of this page).

Entire Document (29MB, 173 pages)
Cover, Table of Contents, Introduction (pages I to V, File size: 0.4 MB)

Pre - 1900: Residential and Nonresidential Development (Download PDF pages 1 - 9, File size: 1.2 MB)

• Porter House, 1882
• Henry Hetebrink House, 1886
• Russell House, 1898
• Amerige Brothers' Realty Office, 1887
• Dr. George Clark House and Office, 1894
• Cusick House, 1895
• Espinoza Residence, 1895
  

1900 - 1917: Residential Development (Download PDF pages 10 - 31, File size: 3.4 MB)

• Davies Houses, 1900
• Noutary House, 1901
• Dauser House, 1902
• Chapman House and Ranch, 1903
• Ruddock House, 1905
• Methodist Parsonage, 1905
• Storts Residence, 1905
• Concoran House, 1906
• Klose House, 1906
• Fallert House, 1908
• Livingston House, 1908
• Hale House, 1908
• Pierotti House, 1909
• Jacob Yaeger House, 1910
• Gallemore House, 1913
• Fuller House, 1913
• Henry Kroeger House, 1913
• John Hetebrink House, 1914
• Edward Benchley House, 1915
• Burdorf House, 1915
• Song Residence, 1915
• Stuelke House, 1916
• Clarence Spencer House, 1917
• Mary Spencer House, 1917
  

1900 - 1917: Non-residential Development (Download PDF pages 32 - 40, File size: 1.0 MB)

• Dean Block, 1899-1901
• Masonic Temple, 1901
• Schumacher Building, 1905
• Methodist Church, 1909
• Crystal Ice House, 1910
• Stedman Jewelers' Clock, 1910
• Fullerton General Hospital, 1913
  

1918 - 1925: Residential Development (Download PDF pages 41 - 54, File size: 1.5 MB)

• Annin House, 1919
• C. Stanley Chapman House, 1919
• Bastanchury House, 1921
• Osborne House, 1922
• Pomona Bungalow Court, 1922
• Lyon House, 1922
• Kelley House, 1923
• Gardiner House, 1923
• Muckenthaler House, 1923
• Cooper House, 1923
• Sans Souci Court, 1924
• Grieves Apartments, 1924
• Clinton Smith House, 1924
• Royer House, 1925
• Otto House, 1925

1918 - 1925: Non-Residential Development (Download PDF pages 55 - 75, File size: 3.22 MB)

• Pacific Electric Depot, 1918
• Ellingson Building, 1920
• Masonic Temple, 1920
• Christian Science Church, 1920
• 125 West Santa Fe Avenue 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 Boulevard Building, 1923
• Alician Court Theatre, 1924
• Elephant Packing House, 1924
• Amerige Block, 1925
• Grumwald's Tin shop, 1925

1926 - 1930: Residential Development (Download PDF pages 76 - 93, File size: 2.3 MB)

• William Wintter House, 1926
• Lamhofer House, 1927
• Henry Kroeger House, 1927
• Model Home of 1927
• Gobar House, 1927
• Starbuck House, 1927
• Mahr House, 1928
• Nenno House, 1928
• Conley House, 1928
• Edgar Johnson House, 1928
• Mennis House, 1928
• Gowen House, 1928
• Mariola Apartments, 1929
• Abbott House, 1929
• Cleaver House, 1929
• Dewella Apartments, 1929
• Dunphy Apartments, 1929
• Foster House, 1929
• Thompson House, 1930
• 130 West Whiting Ave Apartments, 1930
• Hirigoyen House, 1930
• Russ House / Hunter House, 1930
  

1926 - 1930: Non-residential Development (Download PDF pages 94 - 110, File size: 1.4 MB)

• Dreyfus Building, 1926
• 213-215 W Commonwealth Ave Building, 1926
• 118 E Commonwealth Ave Building, 1927
• Odd Fellows Lodge, 1927
• Sanitary Laundry Building, 1928
• Firestone Tire Service Building, 1929
• Rialto Theatre, 1930 (remodeled)
• Rutabegorz Restaurant Building, 1930
• Loumagne's Market and Residence, 1930
• Santa Fe Depot, 1930
• Plummer Auditorium, 1930
• Street Light Standards, mid-1920s

1931 - 1946: Residential Development (pages 107 - 110, File size: 327KB)

• Mills House, 1937
• George Amerige House, 1938
• Gamble House, 1940
• Rawlins House, 1941

1931 - 1946: Non-residential Development (Download PDF pages 111 - 121, File size: 1.3 MB)

• Hillcrest Park, 1930s (improvements)
• Mutual Building & Loan Association, 1933 (remodeled)
• Pilasters at Amerige Park, 1934
• Wilshire Junior High School, 1934-36
• Fullerton College, 1935
• Fullerton Post Office, 1938
• Val Vita - Hunt Wesson Office, 1939
• Fullerton City Hall, 1939
• Fullerton Library, 1941
• First Lutheran Church, 1942
• Adams' Barbershop Building, 1946
  

Post WWII - Section Two: Potential Landmark Districts (Download PDF pages 122 - 150, File size: 4.0 MB)
A number of distinct neighborhoods emerged from the City's early roots. Sixteen such neighborhoods or districts are identified in this section and each is briefly described with text and photos of representative housing construction. Maps of the Districts are also included.

Section Three: Potential Significant Properties (Download PDF pages 151 - 158, File size: 1 MB) List of Properties:

• Residential Development
  • Richman House, 1897
  • Quine House and Office, 1903
  • Cooke House, 1908
  • Sitton House, 1920
  • Bridgford House, 1927
  • Lillian Yaeger House, 1928
  • Coroles House, 1940

• Non-residential Development
  • First United Methodist Church, 1929
  • Kohlenberger Building, 1930
  • Maple School, 1936
  • Beckman Instruments Building, 1953
  • Hunt Wesson Administrative Building, 1960

• Streetscape Features of Cultural Importance
  • Hitching post, 1907
  • Bells along El Camino Real, c. 1910
  • Flagstone bench, c. 1940
    

Index (pages 159 - 163, File size: 291 KB)