Let's paint in downtown Ventura, on Main Street Moves! Meet at Oak & Main Street, then we can fan out from there to paint whatever grabs you.
Hopefully someone will choose to paint the National Register landmarks Franz House and Feraud General Merchandise Store to add to our landmarks collection. More nearby National Register landmarks are Ventura Theater and Mission San Buenaventura compound (the district includes the existing mission buildings, settling tank, holding reservoir, fragments of the aqueduct, and the foundations of numerous mission-period outbuildings), and VC Landmark No. 12 (Former County Courthouse) City Hall.
Or paint the streetscape and people enjoying the cafes while we still have Main Street Moves in place!
[Public restroom at Mission Park will hopefully be open. Or patronize a business with a purchase, to use theirs.]
LANDMARK INFO
Emmanuel Franz House
Description: The Emmanuel Franz House is the only remaining unaltered example of urban Italianate cottage style architecture from the 1870s in the City of Ventura. It is a remnant of the many fine residences that once stood in the original downtown section of Ventura.
Emmanuel Franz, from Austria, was one of the early immigrants who came to Ventura during the last quarter of the 19th century. Many Italian, French, German, Basque and Austrian families settled in Ventura. They operated small businesses on Main Street and built residences during the 1870s, the first building boom in Ventura. The Ventura Signal for April 3, 1875, reported that "in the last one hundred days over sixty new buildings were erected." Franz operated one of the first mercantile businesses on Main Street, one-half block from his home.
Location: 31 N Oak Street, Ventura, CA 93001
Feraud General Merchandise Store (now Paddy's Bar & Lounge)
Description: There are only two early 20th century commercial brick buildings in Ventura that are virtually unaltered. The Feraud building is one of them. Beginning in the 1870s, many French, Italians and Germans immigrated to Ventura and established businesses along Main Street. Jules Feraud, a native of France, was one of these new citizens. By 1903, Feraud owned one of the largest general merchandise stores in Ventura as well as a bakery known for its sourdough French bread. His success led him to replace the woodframe building with this larger, more impressive brick structure.
Location: 2 and 12 W Main Street, Ventura, CA 93001
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