California Points of Historical Interest explained

California Points of Historical Interest are sites, buildings, features, or events that are of local significance to a county or city's history.

Points of Historical Interest designated after December 1997 are listed in the California Register of Historical Resources.

Criteria

To be eligible for designation as a Point of Historical Interest, a resource must meet at least one of the following criteria:

1. The first, last, only, or most significant of its type in a region;
2. Relating to people or groups that have influenced local history; or
3. A significant work in the local region of a pioneer architect, designer or master builder.

Selected points

• Bob's Big Boy Restaurant of Burbank, California (est. 1949, designated 1993)^[1]
• Confusion Hill (est. 1949, designated 2010)
• Forest Theater (est. 1910)
• Golden Bough Playhouse (est. 1952)
• Highland Springs Ranch & Inn (est. 1884)
• Moss Beach Distillery (est. 1927)^[2]
• Old Santa Susana Stage Road^[3]
• Virginia Robinson Gardens^[4]

See also

• California Historical Landmark
• List of California Historical Landmarks
• California Register of Historical Resources

References

• Book: Johnson, Marael . Why Stop? A Guide to California Roadside Historical Markers . 1995 . Gulf Publishing Company . Houston, TX . 9780884159230 . 32168093 . 213.

External links

• Official website
• California Historical Resources, including Points of Historical Interest

Notes and References

1. Bob's Big Boy of Burbank menu, January 2007.
2. Web site: California Historical Landmark, the Moss Beach Distillery . Mossbeachdistillery.com . 2014-06-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140819082916/http://www.mossbeachdistillery.com/our_story.html . 2014-08-19 . dead .
3. P227 . Santa Susana Stage Road.
4. Web site: Six Beverly Hills Properties Named Local Historic Landmarks . August 15, 2014 . Beverly Hills Courier . January 30, 2013 .