Ventura Historic Sites

Temporarily Closed. Watch an amazing 3,500 years of history unfold before your eyes at the fascinating Albinger Museum. Exhibits include stone rel...

Museum - Events Center & Gift Shop. Discover a Community's Roots at the Historic Camarillo Ranch. Operated by the Camarillo Ranch Foundation and...

Guided tours for groups...

In the early 1880’s, a flourishing Chinese settlement made up of merchants, laborers, and families settled in an area along Figueroa Street between Ma...

Built in 1892 by B.W. Dudley, the Dudley House depicts a Ventura County farmhouse and the lives of the Dudley family from 1892 to 1930. One of the few...

The El Jardin (Garden) Patio building was designed as one of the earliest outdoor malls in Southern California. The shopping court was very popular in...

Opened on January 1, 1902, by brothers Senator Thomas R. Bard and Dr. Cephas Little Bard as a memorial to their mother, the Elizabeth Bard Memorial Ho...

"Birthplace of Perry Mason"...

This bronze statue was designed by John Palo-Kanges and represents an idealized image of Father Junipero Serra, the founder of Mission San Buenaventur...

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A tribute to an earlier era of firefighting, the J. Comstock Fire Museum provides a window exhibit into the past, with displays of equipment and histo...

This house was built in 1894 for Judge Felix Ewing, then the only judge in Ventura County. It was built in the popular Queen Anne style. The large...

Landmark Number 7: Conklin Residence 608 E. Thompson Blvd. (Mitchell Block) Originally built in 1877 by Dr. Solomon Leander Stuart, a dentist, whos...

Fascinating exhibits, programs and special events. Especially notable are the George Stuart Historical Figures ®, quarter-life-size figures from hist...

Raymundo Olivas, recipient of a land-grant rancho from Mexican governor Juan Alvarado, built the Olivas Adobe. Once a social hub of the Santa Clara R...

The Ortega Adobe was built in 1857 and is know as the birthplace of Ortega Famous Green Chilies. The landmark adobe typifies homes that lined Main St...

Originally housed the Hobson Brother's Meat Packing Business, which was established in the 1870's. Currently owned and operated by Patagonia. ...

House located at the southwest corner of Figueroa and Santa Clara Streets. Built in 1897 by the Peirano family and in constant use by the family unt...

Located in the Post Office at 675 E. Santa Clara Street, the murals were painted by Gordon Grant in 1936-37. ...

Doric columns, marble floors, a domed stained-glass ceiling, a sweeping main stairway, and the faces of 24 terra cotta friars are just a few of the sp...

The Mission of the San Buenaventura Conservancy is to work through advocacy and outreach to recognize preserve and revitalize the irreplaceable histor...

Founded in 1782, Mission San Buenaventura, was the ninth of California's 21 missions and the last to be established by Father Junipero Serra. Destroye...

Pick up a complimentary Historic Walking Tour Guide at the Ventura Visitors & Convention Bureau, 101 S. California Street, Downtown Ventura....

Historic Landmarks: 46,50 & 62 #46 Selwyn Shaw House, 140 N. Ann Street The William Suyter house is one of three landmarks located in the Selwyn S...

Offers a spectacular view of the City, the Pacific Ocean and the Channel Islands. In 1782, Franciscan Father Junipero Serra raised a wooden cross on t...