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Location
201 Monterey Avenue, Capitola, CA 95010
Notable Dates
1880's -1930

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The oldest building in Capitola is the Superintendent's Office.  This was the headquarters of Camp Capitola, a resort area that later became a city.  Since then, it has been leased to different shops and a restaurant.  There is a plaque on the side of the building designating the building as California Registered Historical Landmark number 860.

The plaque reads:

CAMP CAPITOLA
SPUERINTENDENT'S OFFICE
cALIFORNIA'S FIRST SEASIDE RESORT COMMUNITY WAS
ESTABLISHED HERE IN 1869 BY MR. F.A.HIHN. THE
GRAND OPENING WAS HELD ON JULY 4, 1874, FOR THE
15 ACRE RESORT.  LOCATED BY THE PRESENT VILLAGE
AND DEPOT HILL AREAS, THE SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE,
BUILT FROM LOCAL REDWOOD IN THE 1880'S SERVED
AS THE HEADQUARTERS FOR CAMP CAPITOLA UNTIL 1930.

CALIFORNIA REGISTERED
HISTORICAL LANDMARK NO. 860

PLAQUE PLACED BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF THE PARKS
AND RECREATION IN COOPERATION WITH THE CAPITOLA
HISTORICAL SOCIETY, JULY 28, 1973.

There is another plaque below that from the US Department of the Interior that reads:

THIS PROPERTY
SUPERINTENDENT'S
OFFICE
HAS BEEN PLACED ON THE
NATIONAL REGISTER
OF HISTORIC PLACES
BY THE UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

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