City of Santa Ana, Santa Ana City Hall #2, Santa Ana, CA (1904)

Structure Type: built works - public buildings - city halls

Designers: Bither, A.S. Architect (firm); Alfred S. Bither (architect)

Dates: constructed 1904

2 stories

click to open gallery Postcard view of the Santa Ana City Hall #1, Santa Ana, c. 1890; from the author's collection, postcard by M. Rieder, Los Angeles, CA, Card #2791
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Building History

Maine-born Architect Alfred S. Bither (1824-1908) drew up proposed plans for a new Santa Ana City Hall in 01/1904. According to a contemporary news report: "The building will be modeled after the new municipal building just completed in Pasadena." (See Los Angeles Times, 01/03/1904, pt. V, p. 2 col. 1.)

Building Notes

This two-story, masonry building had a curious blend of Second Empire and Italianate features. Particularly French were the l'oeil de boeuf windows and the modified Mansard roof on one corner.

PCAD id: 14087

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