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Downtown Historic District

The National Register district of about one block bounded by First, San Fernando, Third and Santa Clara streets, the city’s densest group of older commercial buildings.

It holds buildings in Italianate, Romanesque Revival, Victorian, Edwardian, Neoclassical, Mission Revival and Spanish Colonial Revival styles, among them the Knox-Goodrich Building of 1889, the Letitia Building of 1890 and the Bank of Italy Building of 1926.

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Questions people ask

Where is the Downtown Historic District?

Between First and Third streets and Santa Clara and San Fernando streets.

What is its oldest building?

The La Rosa Pharmacy building of 1870 is the earliest listed.

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