California Points of Historical Interest are sites, buildings, features, or events that are of local (city or county) significance and have anthropological, cultural, military, political, architectural, economic, scientific or technical, religious, experimental, or other value. By contrast, ''

California Historical Landmark A California Historical Landmark (CHL) is a building, structure, site, or place in California that has been determined to have statewide historical landmark significance. Criteria Historical significance is determined by meeting at least one of ...

s'' are buildings, structures, sites, or places in California with ''statewide'' historical significance that meet certain criteria. Points of Historical Interest designated after December 1997 and recommended by the State Historical Resources Commission are listed in the

California Register of Historical Resources The California Register of Historical Resources is a California state government program for use by state and local agencies, private groups, and citizens to identify, evaluate, register and protect California's historical resources. The register i ...

. No historical resource may be designated as both a Landmark and a Point. If a Point is subsequently granted status as a Landmark, the Point designation will be retired.

Criteria

To be eligible for designation as a Point of Historical Interest, a resource must meet at least one of the following criteria: # The first, last, only, or most significant of its type within the local geographic region (City or County); # Associated with an individual or group having a profound influence on the history of the local area; or # A prototype of, or an outstanding example of, a period, style, architectural movement or construction or is one of the more notable works or the best surviving work in the local region of a pioneer architect, designer or master builder.

Selected points

Bob's Big Boy Restaurant of Burbank, California Bob's Big Boy is a restaurant chain founded by Bob Wian in Southern California in 1936, originally named Bob's Pantry. It is now part of Big Boy Restaurant Group, the current primary trademark owner and franchisor of the Big Boy system. At its ...

(est. 1949, designated 1993)Bob's Big Boy of Burbank menu, January 2007. *

Confusion Hill Confusion Hill is a roadside attraction in Piercy, California. The attraction, which opened in 1949, includes what is dubbed as a "gravity house", a structure built to give the interior visitors tilt-induced optical illusions, similar to the per ...

(est. 1949, designated 2010) *

Forest Theater The Forest Theater is an historic amphitheater in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. Founded in 1910, it is one of the oldest outdoor theaters west of the Rockies. Actor/director Herbert Heron is generally cited as the founder and driving force, an ...

(est. 1910) *

Golden Bough Playhouse The Golden Bough Playhouse is a historic two-story theatre in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California on Monte Verde St., between 8th and 9th Avenues. The playhouse occupies the site of the former Carmel Arts and Crafts Club, Carmel's first cultural center a ...

(est. 1952) * Highland Springs Ranch & Inn (est. 1884) *

Moss Beach Distillery Moss Beach Distillery is a restaurant in Moss Beach, California, located on a cliff which overlooks the Pacific Ocean. It is officially designated as a California Point of Historical Interest. Originally established in 1927 as a speakeasy, it conv ...

(est. 1927) *

Old Santa Susana Stage Road The Old Santa Susana Stage Road, or Santa Susana Wagon Road, is a route taken by early travelers between the San Fernando Valley and Simi Valley near Chatsworth, California, via the Santa Susana Pass. The main route climbs through what is now the ...

Virginia Robinson Gardens The Virginia Robinson Gardens are the period landscape, historic mansion, and botanical gardens located at the Virginia Robinson Estate () in Beverly Hills, California, United States. History The Virginia Robinson Gardens is the earliest estate i ...

References

External links

Official websiteCalifornia Historical Resources, including Points of Historical Interest
{{DEFAULTSORT:California Points Of Historical Interest Point of Historical Interest Point of Historical Interest

Criteria

Selected points

See also

References

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