El Presidio de Santa Barbara State Historic Park (SHP)
United States / Santa Barbara, California
Location ID: #7581
This is the site of the oldest building in Santa Barbara and the second oldest in California. Visitors can step back and view this historic site surrounded by modern buildings. El Cuartel, the oldest existing building in Santa Barbara, is all that remains of the last of four Royal Presidios (Spanish military outposts) built in Alta California.
Location Category:
- CITIES, TOWNS & PUBLIC SPACES - *;
- CITIES, TOWNS & PUBLIC SPACES - Historic Districts;
- GOVERNMENTAL - *;
- GOVERNMENTAL - Government Buildings;
- INSTITUTIONAL - *;
- INSTITUTIONAL - California Missions;
- NATURAL LANDSCAPES / PARKS - *;
- NATURAL LANDSCAPES / PARKS - State Parks