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The Knights Opera House was located on Park Street (later called Union). It cost $4,200 to build and opened on November 23, 1877, with a performance of the Bohemian Girl. "Nothing is lacking which is found in the first-class houses of the metropolis.…
Robert Howden's Castle, overlooking the San Lorenzo River, was completed in 1926. Since 1937, it has been sold and renovated many times, but always managed to keep its appearance unaltered.
Pacific Avenue storefronts, with the Rittenhouse Building in the center. Stores on the ground level: General Appliance, Dora Swink Dress Shop, Rittenhouse Bros. Men's Wear, Mode O'Day Frocks, and Rexall Drugs. On the second floor: Rittenhouse Lawyers…
The junction of Pacific Avenue (r.) and Front Street (l.). In the center is the Flatiron, built by Hugo Hihn in 1860. The first occupant of the ground floor was I. Blum's general merchandise store and later Tanner's drug store. The upper floor housed…
Front Street and Pacific Avenue (on the left with horsecar tracks). The Flatiron building is in the center.
View down Front Street which was called Main Street until 1866 and which was the city's principal business street at the time. Pacific Avenue is to the right, at an angle. The Flatiron is the building in the center between the two streets.
Cooper House in perspective. It served Santa Cruz as its County Courthouse. The land for the Courthouse was donated by the Moores and the Coopers, on condition that the entrance would be on Cooper Street. It was built in 1894. Designed by N.A.…
The Soquel Avenue Bridge was built in 1874 and was one of the three major crossings over the San Lorenzo River. In 1921, it was dismantled and replaced with a concrete bridge.
Buildings in Chittenden. The community was named after Nathaniel W. Chittenden, a San Francisco lawyer who settled in the area.
Lodtman Hall, built in 1889, was located on Soquel Avenue. It was designed by John Williams for Justus Lodtman. The ground floor was used by Lodtman for the manufacture of soft drinks. The upper floor was a social hall. Later it housed Santa Cruz's…