Share Your Ventura — Ventura Historic Context Statement & Survey

We would love to hear from you about people, places, and stories that are important in Ventura. We are particularly interested in the lesser-known places that might have shaped your community.

These places may be important for a broad range of reasons, including architecture or landscape design; association with an important person; social, cultural and/or ethnic heritage; residential development, commerce, or industry.

The Historic Context Statement and Survey project will include properties and development trends dating from 1980 or earlier. All information received from the community will be considered by the project team and reviewed using professional standards for evaluation.

Tell Us about people, places, and stories important to Ventura’s history!

Name of Person/Place/Story

Address or Approximate Location (if applicable)

For neighborhoods, or historic districts, describe the boundaries of the area

Type of Information

e.g. important person, gathering place, residential neighborhood, park, house, school, commercial building, business district, street, natural feature, etc.

Period of time represented

Date of construction for a building or structure; general period of time for a story, person, neighborhood, or commercial area (e.g. early 20th century, 1940s, etc.)

Why is this significant?

e.g. architecture and design qualities, association with an important person, association with an important event, association with cultural group, etc.

Where can we find more information?

e.g. people, organizations, other sources

The City of Ventura may publish

By completing this form, you are giving the City of Ventura Community Development Department and their contracted historic context statement project team permission to publish your comments on the website and in other educational materials. We will not publish your contact information.

Yes, you have my permission to publish my name to highlight the connection between people and places.

No, please consider the resource(s) described above, but do not share my name.

Name

First Name

Last Name

Address

Address 1

Address 2

City

State/Province

Zip/Postal Code

Country

Phone

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Email Address

How should I decide what to identify?

In considering which people, places, or stories to identify, think about the following questions:

What are the neighborhoods, commercial areas, and landscapes that have distinctive architectural or cultural characteristics, or reflect important aspects of social history or planning and development? What qualities of these places make them important or unique?
What sites or buildings have traditionally served as gathering places or focal points in your community?
Which buildings and districts may have been associated with important architects, builders, designers, developers, or engineers whose work helped define the character of Ventura?
What people or places shaped social movements or the cultural evolution of your community?
Who are the important people in Ventura’s history? Where did they live and work?

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Banner photograph: Aqueduct, no date.
Source: Ventura County Museum