List of City of Long Beach historic landmarks facts for kids

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Long Beach is a city in California that has many special buildings and places. These places are called historic landmarks because they are important to the city's history and architecture. The city council of Long Beach officially names these landmarks. There are 114 historic landmarks in Long Beach!

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Cool Places to See in Long Beach

Long Beach has many amazing historic landmarks. Here are some of the most interesting ones:

Villa Riviera

The beautiful Villa Riviera building.

The Villa Riviera is a tall, 15-story apartment building. It was built in 1929. When it was first built, it was the second tallest building in all of Southern California! Today, it has been changed into condominiums.

First Congregational Church

The First Congregational Church.

The First Congregational Church is a beautiful red brick church. It was built in 1914. The church is designed in an Italian Romanesque Revival style. It also has pretty Gothic rose windows.

Rancho Los Alamitos

The historic adobe house at Rancho Los Alamitos.

Rancho Los Alamitos is home to an old adobe house. This house was built around 1806. It is one of the oldest houses in Southern California! This site is also important because it was once the Puvunga Village. This was a village for Native American people.

Rancho Los Cerritos

The Rancho Los Cerritos adobe structure.

The Rancho Los Cerritos is another old adobe building. It sits on a 4.7-acre property. The city now runs it as a historic site. Long ago, it was the center of a huge 27,000-acre ranch!

Cooper Arms Apartments

The Cooper Arms Apartments building.

The Cooper Arms Apartments is a twelve-story apartment building. It was built in 1923. The building is designed in a Renaissance Revival style.

Long Beach Community Hospital

The Long Beach Community Hospital.

The Long Beach Community Hospital was built between 1922 and 1924. It is designed in the Spanish Colonial Revival style. It has a lovely courtyard patio with a fountain. You enter through an arcade.

Scottish Rite Cathedral

The Scottish Rite Cathedral.

The Scottish Rite Cathedral is a building for the Scottish Rite Freemasonry group. It was designed in an Italian Renaissance-Romanesque Revival style.

Recreation Park Golf Course Clubhouse

The Recreation Park Golf Course Clubhouse.

The Recreation Park Golf Course Clubhouse is a recreation building. It was built in the 1920s. It also features the Spanish Colonial Revival style.

Bembridge House

The ornate Bembridge House.

The Bembridge House is also known as the Green-Rankin-Bembridge House. It is a very fancy Queen Anne Victorian house. It was built in 1906. It even has its original carriage house and a gazebo!

Cherry Avenue Lifeguard Station

The Cherry Avenue Lifeguard Station.

The Cherry Avenue Lifeguard Station is a three-story building. It has a cool hexagonal lookout tower. It was built in 1938 as a WPA project. The WPA was a government program that created jobs during the Great Depression. The station was moved to Cherry Avenue in 1961.

Dr. Rowan Building

The Dr. Rowan Building with its terra cotta designs.

The Dr. Rowan Building is a commercial building. It was built in 1930. It has special Art Deco designs made from terra cotta.

Long Beach Municipal Auditorium Mural

The Long Beach Municipal Auditorium Mural.

The Long Beach Municipal Auditorium Mural is a mosaic artwork. It shows people having fun at the beach. It was made between 1936 and 1938. Artists Stanton MacDonald-Wright, Henry Nord, and Albert Henry King created it. It used to be on the Municipal Auditorium. In 1982, it was moved to be a freestanding piece at the Promenade and Long Beach Plaza.

St. Regis Building

The St. Regis Building.

The St. Regis Building was a fancy apartment hotel. It was built in the 1920s. It mixes Greek Revival and Renaissance Revival styles.

Fire Maintenance Station No. 10

Fire Maintenance Station No. 10.

Fire Maintenance Station No. 10 is the oldest fire station in Long Beach. It was built in 1925. It has a tall, stepped roof design. In recent years, it has been used as the Long Beach Firefighter’s Museum.

Leonie Pray House

The Leonie Pray House.

The Leonie Pray House is an English Tudor Revival style house. It was built in 1927. It is also known as the Dawson-Pray House.

Skinny House

The very narrow Skinny House.

The Skinny House is famous for being very narrow. It's a unique and interesting home!

First National Bank of Long Beach

The First National Bank of Long Beach building.

The First National Bank of Long Beach building is also known as the Enloe Building.

Moore House and Olan Hafley House

The Moore House.

The Olan Hafley House.

The Moore House and the Olan Hafley House are special. They were both designed by a famous architect named Richard Neutra.

The Willmore

The Willmore building.

The Willmore is another historic building in Long Beach.

Lafayette Complex

The Lafayette Complex.

The Lafayette Complex is located in the East Village area of Long Beach.

Home Market Building

The Home Market Building.

The Home Market Building is a historic site.

Farmers and Merchants Bank Office Tower

The Farmers and Merchants Bank Office Tower.

The Farmers and Merchants Bank Office Tower is another important building in the city's history.

Breakers Hotel

The historic Breakers Hotel.

The Breakers Hotel is a well-known historic hotel.

Ocean Center Building

The Ocean Center Building.

The Ocean Center Building was designed in 1929 by Raymond M. Kennedy.

Californian Apartments

The Californian Apartments.

The Californian Apartments are another historic apartment building.

Crest Apartments

The Crest Apartments.

The Crest Apartments are also a historic landmark.

Blackstone Hotel

The Blackstone Hotel.

The Blackstone Hotel is a historic hotel building.

The Sovereign

The Sovereign apartment building.

The Sovereign (Long Beach) was built in 1922. It was designed as an "own-your-own" apartment building. It has features that make the most of its ocean location. It also has a historic tattoo studio that opened in 1927!

Lord Mayor's Inn (Windham House)

The Lord Mayor's Inn.

The Lord Mayor's Inn (Windham House) is a historic house.

Security Pacific National Bank Building

The Security Pacific National Bank Building.

The Security Pacific National Bank Building is another important historic building.

First United Presbyterian Church

The First United Presbyterian Church.

The First United Presbyterian Church is a historic church building.

Walker's Department Store

The Walker's Department Store building.

Walker's Department Store is a historic commercial building.

Engine Company No. 8

Engine Company No. 8.

Engine Company No. 8 is a historic fire station.

Residence at 453 Cedar Avenue

The residence at 453 Cedar Avenue.

The Residence at 453 Cedar Avenue is a historic home.

Recreation Park Bandshell

The Recreation Park bandshell.

The Recreation Park bandshell is a historic outdoor stage.

Koffee Pot Cafe

The Koffee Pot Cafe.

The Koffee Pot Cafe, formerly Hot Cha Cafe.

The Koffee Pot Cafe is a unique building. It has a hexagonal shape and a large coffee pot on its roof! It used to be called the Hot Cha Cafe. It was originally a Victorian house and was changed into its current fun shape around 1932.

Flossie Lewis House

The Flossie Lewis House.

The Flossie Lewis House is another historic residence in Long Beach.

Other Important Long Beach Sites

Besides the landmarks listed above, Long Beach has other important historic places. Some of these are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This is a list of places important to the history of the whole country!

RMS Queen Mary

The famous Queen Mary ship.

The RMS Queen Mary is a huge, beautiful ship. It was built in 1936 in Scotland. It was a very fast luxury ocean liner. From 1936 to 1952, it was the fastest ocean liner in the world! Long Beach bought the ship in 1967. Now, it is a hotel, museum, and convention center.

US Post Office-Long Beach Main

The U.S. Post Office in Long Beach.

The US Post Office-Long Beach Main building was built between 1933 and 1934. It was part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). This was a government program that helped people find jobs during the Great Depression. The building has a modern Art Deco style.

Jennie A. Reeve House

The Jennie A. Reeve House.

The Jennie A. Reeve House is a Craftsman style house. It was designed by famous architects Greene & Greene.

Puvunga Indian Village Sites

The Puvunga Indian Village Sites are very important. This is where a Native American village once stood. It is a protected historic site.

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The Jergins Trust Building, now demolished.
Pacific Coast Club.jpg

The Pacific Coast Club, now demolished.
William Benjamin Dearborn Simmons Tracker Pipe Organ.jpg

The William Benjamin Dearborn Simmons Tracker Pipe Organ.
Heartwell-Lowe House.jpg

The Heartwell-Lowe House.
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The Masonic Temple.
Matlock House.jpg

The Matlock House.
Termo Company Building.jpg

The Termo Company Building.
Bixby Ranch House.jpg

The Bixby Ranch House.
The Houser Building.jpg

The Houser Building.
Harriman-Jones Clinic.jpg

The Harriman-Jones Clinic.
Adelaide M. Tichenor.jpg

The Adelaide M. Tichenor House.
Barker Brothers Building.jpg

The Barker Brothers Building.
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The Buffums Autoport.
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The American Hotel, built in 1905.
Art Deco Building at 312-316 Elm Avenue.jpg

The Art Deco Building at 312-316 Elm Avenue.
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The Golden House.
Pacific Tower (Long Beach, California).jpg

The Pacific Tower.
St. Anthony's Church (Long Beach, California).jpg

St. Anthony's Church.
St. Luke's Episcopal Church (Palm Beach, California).jpg

St. Luke's Episcopal Church.
First Church of Christ, Scientist (Long Beach, California).jpg

First Church of Christ, Scientist (later First Christian Church).
Famous Department Store.jpg

The Famous Department Store (later Rite-Aid).
Residence at 629 Atlantic Avenue.jpg

The Residence at 629 Atlantic Avenue.
Christian Outreach Appeal Building.jpg

The Christian Outreach Appeal Building (formerly First Methodist Episcopal Church).
Long Beach Airport.jpg

The Long Beach Airport Terminal.
Long Beach Museum of Art.jpg

The Long Beach Museum of Art.
Harnett House.jpg

The Harnett House.
Acres of Books.jpg

Acres of Books.
Cambridge Building.jpg

The Cambridge Building.
Hancock Motors Building.jpg

The Hancock Motors Building.
Cheney-Delaney Residence.jpg

The Cheney-Delaney Residence.
James E. Porter Residence.jpg

The James E. Porter Residence.
Meeker Building.jpg

The Meeker Building.
Long Beach Skating Palace.jpg

The Long Beach Skating Palace.
Chancellor Apartments.jpg

The Chancellor Apartments.
Kress Building (Long Beach, California).jpg

The Kress Building.
Gaytonia Apartment Building.jpg

The Gaytonia Apartment Building.
Masonic Hall Commercial Building.jpg

The Masonic Hall Commercial Building.
Art Theater Building.jpg

The Art Theater Building.
Ambassador Apartment Building.jpg

The Ambassador Apartment Building.
Merrill Building.jpg

The Merrill Building.
Pressburg Residence.jpg

The Pressburg Residence.
El Cordova Apartments (Rose Towers).jpg

The El Cordova Apartments (Rose Towers).
Bank of Belmont Shore.jpg

The Bank of Belmont Shore.
Castle Croydon.jpg

Castle Croydon.
Ernest and Lillian McBride Home.jpg

The Ernest and Lillian McBride Home.
Dolly Varden Hotel Rooftop Sign.jpg

The Dolly Varden Hotel Rooftop Sign.
Le Grande Apartments.jpg

The Le Grande Apartments.
Silver Bow Apartments.jpg

The Silver Bow Apartments.
Casa Aitken.jpg

Casa Aitken.
St. John's Missionary Baptist Church.jpg

St. John's Missionary Baptist Church.
James C. Beer Residence.jpg

The James C. Beer Residence.
Garvey House.jpg

The Garvey House.
Bay Hotel.jpg

The Bay Hotel.
Ringheim-Wells House.jpg

The Ringheim-Wells House.
Kale House.jpg

The Kale House.
Foster & Kleiser Building.jpg

The Foster & Kleiser Building.
Anna R. Brown Residence.jpg

The Anna R. Brown Residence.
Butler Residence.jpg

The Butler Residence.
Long Beach Unity Church.jpg

The Long Beach Unity Church.
Packard Motors Building.jpg

The Packard Motors Building.
American Legion Post No. 560 (Long Beach, California).jpg

The American Legion Post No. 560 (Houghton Post).
Phillips House (Long Beach, California).jpg

The Phillips House.
1163 Appleton Street House.jpg

The 1163 Appleton Street House.
1169-75 Appleton Street House.jpg

The 1169-75 Appleton Street House.
Parsonage (Long Beach, California).jpg

The Parsonage.
Esser House.jpg

The Esser House.
Sunnyside Cemetery.jpg

Sunnyside Cemetery.