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Order Number	00079522
Title	Balboa Pavilion, circa 1906
Collection ID	Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Location/Accession	Newport Harbor-Balboa-Buildings.; A-006-250 4x5
Date	Circa 1906
Physical Description	1 photographic print :b&w ;8 x 11 cm.
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger.
Historical Data	The Balboa Pavilion, built as a Victorian bathhouse and terminal for the Pacific Electric Red Car, is one of California's last surviving examples of waterfront recreational pavilions from the turn of the century and the unquestioned focal point of the Balboa Peninsula. The Pavilion was built in 1905 by the Newport Bay Investment Company, who hired freelance architect Fred R. Dorn. On July 1, 1906, the 65-foot-high Victorian style building was fully completed to coincide with the completion of the Pacific Electric Railway Red Car Line extension. The original building had a second story meeting room and a first story bathhouse. The Pavilion has also been home to the big bands of the 30s and 40s, a bingo parlor, an amusement arcade, a ten-lane bowling alley, sports fishing, harbor cruises, Catalina ferry service, seafood restaurant, shell museum, and the first home of the Newport Harbor Art Museum. In 1968, the Pavilion was named a California State Historic Landmark (CHL). In 1981, it was designated a California Point of Historic Interest. On December 15, 1983 it was added as State Historic Landmark #959. In 1984, it became National Historic Landmark (NHL) #84000914. On May 17, 1984 the property was listed in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP), which is the highest honor a historic building can receive. The Balboa Pavilion is located at 400 Main Street in Balboa..
Description	Balboa Pavilion, located at 400 Main Street in Newport Beach, as it looked in 1906. Two women can be seen at the entrance of the building, from the beach side. A cement walkway cuts through the sand.
Subject	Balboa Pavilion (Newport Beach, Calif.). Architecture, Victorian--California--Newport Beach. Pavilions--California--Newport Beach. Beaches--California--Newport Beach. Dorn, Fred R. Balboa (Newport Beach, Calif.). Newport Beach (Calif.). Newport Bay Investment Company.
Format	Photographic prints
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection