The Esslinger Building, at 31866 Camino Capistrano in
San Juan Capistrano, California
San Juan Capistrano (Spanish for "St. John of Capistrano") is a city in Orange County, California, located along the Orange Coast. The population was 34,593 at the 2010 census.
San Juan Capistrano was founded by the Spanish in 1776, when St. ...
, was built in 1938. It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 1988.
[
It is a one-story ]streamline moderne
Streamline Moderne is an international style of Art Deco architecture and design that emerged in the 1930s. Inspired by aerodynamic design, it emphasized curving forms, long horizontal lines, and sometimes nautical elements. In industrial design ...
style office building. It was designed by the architect Alexander Law for Dr. Paul H. Esslinger to serve as a medical clinic. A second contributing building
In the law regulating historic districts in the United States, a contributing property or contributing resource is any building, object, or structure which adds to the historical integrity or architectural qualities that make the historic distric ...
is a garage behind, with an upstairs apartment unit, which was connected to the main building by a roof added in 1982.[ With ]
References
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National Register of Historic Places in Orange County, California
Streamline Moderne architecture in California
Buildings and structures completed in 1938
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