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Santa Barbara County Courthouse : ウィキペディア英語版 | Santa Barbara County Courthouse
The Santa Barbara County Courthouse is located at 1100 Anacapa Street, in downtown Santa Barbara, California. The Spanish Colonial Revival style building was designed by William Mooser III〔(The Historic Santa Barbara County Courthouse ). Superior Court of California: Santa Barbara County.〕 and completed in 1929. Architect Charles Willard Moore called it the "grandest Spanish Colonial Revival structure ever built," and the prime example of Santa Barbara's adoption of Spanish Colonial as its civic style.〔 The building replaced a smaller Greek Revival courthouse built at the same location in 1872–88 and badly damaged in an earthquake on June 29, 1925.〔(Santa Barbara County Courthouse Official Website )〕〔(Santa Barbara County Courthouse ). National Historic Landmark nomination. 2004.〕 ==Description== The courthouse is composed of four buildings, totaling . It includes a Jail Wing, which is no longer used to hold prisoners. Visitors may take elevators to the summit of the "El Mirador" clock tower, which has labeled photographs that show what the viewer is looking at in all directions.〔 Currently, the Santa Barbara County Courthouse is undergoing several restoration projects in the various wings, and just finished restoring the disintegrating fountain in the front.〔 In the past two years $150,000 was spent in maintenance and improvements. Occupying an entire city block, the grounds contain a collection of palms and specimen trees from more than 25 countries.〔 The courthouse hosts many events, particularly at the Sunken Garden, site of the 1872 courthouse. As of 2015, almost 7,000 visitors from 60 countries came to visit in the past year.
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