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Historic Courthouses in Long Beach, CA

County courthouses on the register near you, usually the grandest building in town and the center of its history.

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Long Beach is one of the cities the Los Angeles–Long Beach–Anaheim, CA metro area is officially named after. The list below comes straight from the published records, with the distance from the center of Long Beach, CA and the source for each site.

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On the record near Long Beach, CA

The 12 nearest

12 listed sites on the record match historic courthouses within 300 miles of Long Beach, CA, out of 415 listed sites of every kind within 25 miles.

  1. Orange County Courthouse19 miles from the center of Long Beach · Building · Santa Ana · listed 1977National Register of Historic Places
  2. San Bernardino County Court House57 miles from the center of Long Beach · Building · San Bernardino · listed 1998National Register of Historic Places
  3. Ventura County Courthouse72 miles from the center of Long Beach · Building · Ventura · listed 1971National Register of Historic Places
  4. U.S. Courthouse94 miles from the center of Long Beach · Building · San Diego · listed 1975National Register of Historic Places
  5. Kings County Courthouse195 miles from the center of Long Beach · Building · Hanford · listed 1978National Register of Historic Places
  6. Inyo County Courthouse210 miles from the center of Long Beach · Building · Independence · listed 1998National Register of Historic Places
  7. Yuma County Courthouse219 miles from the center of Long Beach · Building · Yuma · listed 1982National Register of Historic Places
  8. U.S. Post Office and Courthouse240 miles from the center of Long Beach · Building · Las Vegas · listed 1983National Register of Historic Places
  9. Madera County Courthouse244 miles from the center of Long Beach · Building · Madera · listed 1971National Register of Historic Places
  10. Mohave County Courthouse and Jail255 miles from the center of Long Beach · Building · Kingman · listed 1983National Register of Historic Places
  11. Mariposa County Courthouse276 miles from the center of Long Beach · Building · Mariposa · listed 1977National Register of Historic Places
  12. Monterey County Court House280 miles from the center of Long Beach · Building · Salinas · listed 2009National Register of Historic Places

Distances are straight-line from the center of Long Beach, CA. Many sites are private property or working buildings - view them from the public way. See them on the map.

Historic Courthouses in Long Beach, step by step

  1. 1

    See every listed site of this kind in the area

  2. 2

    Sort by distance and pick the closest few

  3. 3

    Read the record for the year, the builder and the use

  4. 4

    View from the public way and note what has changed

  5. 5

    Collect the set and move on to the next county

What people in Long Beach, CA ask first

How much does it cost to visit these sites in Long Beach, CA?

Most listed sites can be seen from a public road or sidewalk at no cost, and the app is free to use. Some sites are private homes, working churches or museums with their own hours and fees. The record for each one says what it is, so you know before you go.

Where does the information on these sites come from?

From published records: the National Register of Historic Places, the Recorded Texas Historic Landmark program, and the Georgia Historical Society and Georgia Department of Natural Resources marker program. Every site on the page names its source.

Are these buildings open to the public?

Some are, many are not. Churches, courthouses and libraries usually keep regular hours. Houses, barns and mills are often private and best seen from the road. The record for each site tells you which kind it is.

What does it mean when a site is on the National Register?

It means the property was documented and accepted as historically significant. Listing honors the site, it does not open it to visitors or stop an owner from using it.

How a visit works in Long Beach

  1. Step 1

    Find the place

    Every stop starts as a pin with real coordinates. In Long Beach, CA the map shows what is listed around you and how far each one is, so the first decision is where to go, and it takes a few seconds.

  2. Step 2

    Read the story

    The record behind each marker is kept whole: what happened there, when, who was involved, and why it was worth a sign. You read it standing where it happened, which is the part a textbook cannot give you.

  3. Step 3

    Get there under your own power

    Walk it, run it, hike it, ride it or drive it. Stops in Long Beach, CA are chained into routes that fit the way you move, so a lunch break, a long run or a Saturday drive can all pass through history.

  4. Step 4

    Collect it and come back

    Each stop you reach counts toward a badge, and a photo or a correction you send makes the record better for the next person. The map remembers where you have been, so the next trip starts where the last one ended.

The rules that make it work

The record comes first

Every site on these pages comes from a published register or marker program, with its source named. Nothing is listed that is not on the record.

Read the whole story

A marker is a few lines on a post. The story behind it is longer, and it includes the hard parts. Both are worth the stop.

Movement makes it stick

People remember the places they walked to. A route through five markers teaches more than fifty marker pages read on a couch.

Local beats famous

The marker two streets over usually has a better story than the one in the guidebook, and nobody else is standing in front of it.

Respect the ground

Many sites are private homes, working churches or cemeteries. View from the public way, follow posted hours, and leave it as you found it.

Every visitor can improve it

Markers go missing, get moved, or carry mistakes. A photo or a location fix from the person standing there is how the record stays right.

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