Venetian Court, also known as the Venetian Court Apartments, is a residential seaside resort located in

Capitola, California Capitola is a small seaside town in Santa Cruz County, California. Capitola is located on the northern shores of Monterey Bay, on the Central Coast of California. The city had a population of 9,938 at the 2020 census. Capitola is a popular tour ...

. Construction of Venetian Court, in the

Mediterranean Revival Mediterranean Revival is an architectural style introduced in the United States, Canada, and certain other countries in the 19th century. It incorporated references from Spanish Renaissance, Spanish Colonial, Italian Renaissance, French Colonia ...

Spanish Colonial Revival The Spanish Colonial Revival Style ( es, Arquitectura neocolonial española) is an architectural stylistic movement arising in the early 20th century based on the Spanish Colonial architecture of the Spanish colonization of the Americas. In the ...

, and

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styles, began in 1924 and continued for several years.

History

On April 2, 1987, Venetian Court was listed as site 87000574 on the

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as one of the first

condominium A condominium (or condo for short) is an ownership structure whereby a building is divided into several units that are each separately owned, surrounded by common areas that are jointly owned. The term can be applied to the building or complex ...

seaside developments in California, and is in a United States Historic District. The two rows of colorful units nearest to the beach, as shown in the picture below, are privately owned condos (many of which are available as vacation rentals by owner). The large brown building in the back row (nearest to the street) is now operated as the "Capitola Venetian Hotel".

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History of Santa Cruz County, California History of the Monterey Bay Area Hotel buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in California Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in California Buildings and structures in Santa Cruz County, California Mediterranean Revival architecture in California Mission Revival architecture in California Spanish Colonial Revival architecture in California National Register of Historic Places in Santa Cruz County, California {{SantaCruzCountyCA-NRHP-stub