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Ventura County Library is a free public library system of 12 community libraries and a museum library in Ventura County, California, organized in 1916. [1] At the time of its centennial in 2016, the system provided access to 412,715 physical volumes and more than 500,000 virtual items to its nearly 300,000 card holders.
The Evelyn and Howard Boroughs Library of Ventura College, dedicated in 2005, serves the students, faculty and staff of the college as well as the general public of Ventura County. [79] The Research Library of the Museum of Ventura County holds books and archival materials related to the history of the county and surrounding regions. Its ...
Neoclassical courthouse built in 1912, designed by Albert C. Martin Sr.; became Ventura City Hall in 1972; terra cotta exterior decorations, friars' heads, and copper-sheathed dome; listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971 (first site in City of Ventura to be so designated) and designated as California Historical Landmark No ...
History of Ventura County, California; Subcategories. This category has the following 10 subcategories, out of 10 total. B. Burials in Ventura County, California (1 C ...
The Camarillo Branch of the Ventura County Free Library opened on January 6, 1919, with a collection of 75 books. It was located in Mr. Israel Hernandez's Camarillo Mercantile Company until 1920, when it moved to a room in the Conejo Inn, owned by Mr. & Mrs. F.B. Merrill who welcomed borrowers anytime.
Location of Ventura County in California. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Ventura County, California. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Ventura County, California, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are ...
Designated as Ventura County Historical Landmark No. 11 in December 1970. [14] Five Trees. Five blue gum eucalyptus trees on the hilltop overlooking Ventura were designated in 1987 as Ventura County Historical Landmark No. 110. Joseph Sexton planted a row of 13 trees in 1898, but a 1903 fire destroyed all but five of the trees.
His "History of Ventura County, California" was published in 1926. [7] He also wrote children's books, including "Billy Vanilla: A Story of the Snowbird Country" (Lothrop, Lee & Shepard 1919), [ 8 ] "The Typhoon's Secret" (Doubleday, Page & Company 1920), [ 9 ] and "The Little Spotted Seal" (Harper & Brothers 1929).