Santa Barbara County Courthouse #1 by photosynthesis
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From Wikipedia:
"The Spanish Colonial Revival style building was designed by William Mooser III and completed in 1929. Architect Charles Willard Moore called it the "grandest Spanish Colonial Revival structure ever built," and the prime example of Santa Barbara's adoption of Spanish Colonial as its civic style. The building replaced a smaller Greek Revival courthouse built at the same location in 1872–88 and badly damaged in an earthquake on June 29, 1925.
The courthouse is composed of four buildings, totaling 150,000 square feet (14,000 m2). It includes a Jail Wing, which is no longer used to hold prisoners. Visitors may take elevators to the summit of the 85 ft (26 m) "El Mirador" clock tower, which has labeled photographs that show what the viewer is looking at in all directions.
Occupying an entire city block, the grounds contain a collection of palms and specimen trees from more than 25 countries. The courthouse hosts many events, particularly at the Sunken Garden, site of the 1872 courthouse."
This is a beautiful & impressive building & we spent a considerable amount of time exploring it. I recommend it highly if you're in the area. A few more photos to follow...
Comments (12)
Faemike55
Very cool photo and information thanks for sharing look forward to the next set of photos
giulband
beautiful emphasizing of the colors!
bebopdlx
Been there many times, a beautiful place.
mtdana
Impressive!!!
GARAGELAND
I sometimes get rather jealous of those members who live in sunny climates, Sun light on-tap everyday !!!!!!, no wasting time trying to compensate for bad light because its dull, foggy or raining. PERFECT POV:
mmitchell_houston
Very impressive building, and you did a nice job of capturing it on film. I must admit, though, that I half expected to see Shawn and Gun hiding somewhere in the background. Of course, I'm kidding -- I don't mean to Psych you out in the end!
photosynthesis
I had no idea who Shawn & Gun were, so I googled them & found they were characters in a TV series called Psych (which I've never seen). Sounds interesting & I may check it out - thanks.
SunriseGirl
thanks for sharing...and now I add another place to my bucket list. :) In San diego there was a lovely park "Balboa Park" I always loved the grounds and architecture of the buildings there as well. I have not been back to that area in 20 years or so.
ichtvan
A very beautiful place .I must go there. The colors of the capture are sublime.
auntietk Online Now!
I do like your color and saturation sensibilities. This is gorgeous!
moochagoo
I never have been there :)
MrsRatbag
Lovely photo; one of my favourite architectural styles. The blue sky really sets it off nicely!
danapommet
A spectacular building, nice photo and an excellent sky for contrast!