Plaza de la Guerra Reconsidered Symposium (1999) Now Available Online
Plaza de la Guerra is once again at the forefront of community conversations about Santa Barbara’s downtown revitalization. On December...
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Dec 15, 20203 min read
The Pandemic Painting Project by Claudia Hoag McGarry
The Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation is pleased to offer a series of notecards by local artist Claudia Hoag McGarry based on...
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Oct 9, 20202 min read
SBTHP’s Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
by Anne Petersen The Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation (SBTHP) is committed to following best practices in our field in our...
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Sep 11, 20202 min read
The Interesting Life of 914 Santa Barbara Street
by Anne Petersen The white, wooden building at 914 Santa Barbara Street in El Presidio de Santa Barbara State Historic Park (SHP) has had...
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Aug 6, 20203 min read
Major Repairs to a Small Gem in the Presidio Neighborhood
by Anne Petersen In Fall of 2019 the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation began repair work on a 1928 commercial building at...
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Jul 30, 20202 min read
A Brief History of the Presidio Chapel Bells
by Tim Aceves 11,000 miles. Presidio Chapel bell, dedicated San Pascual Bailon, present-day. Image by Tim Aceves. That’s how many miles...
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Jul 24, 20202 min read
Meet Unita Ahdifard, SBTHP’s 2020 Public Humanities Graduate Student Intern
by Kevin McGarry In 2019, UC Santa Barbara’s Interdisciplinary Humanities Center (IHC) offered its first Public Humanities Graduate...
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Jul 17, 20202 min read
A Sneak Peek of our new Exhibit at the Pickle Room
Jimmy’s Oriental Gardens, the last Chinese family-owned and operated business in Santa Barbara’s Chinatown, was a longtime favorite for...
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Jul 7, 20203 min read
SBTHP Receives Grant from National Endowment for the Humanities
Just recently, The Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation was awarded a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities...
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Jun 11, 202016 min read
The Santa Barbara County Courthouse: A Community and Global Icon
by Robert L. Ooley and Rodney Baker Robert L. Ooley, FAIA, is the Santa Barbara County Architect. His office is located in the courthouse...
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Jun 3, 20203 min read
Choosing Our Community’s Historic Resources: St. Paul’s AME Church at 502 Olive St.
On Sunday May 31, the Santa Barbara Chapter of Black Lives Matter and Juneteenth Santa Barbara issued a list of demands for action that...
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Apr 5, 20203 min read
Replacing the Presidio Chapel Doors
by Michael H. Imwalle The project to lovingly restore the Santa Barbara Presidio Chapel doors is complete. The process entailed the...
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Feb 25, 20203 min read
A Sneak Peak inside the 1871 Cota-Knox House at El Presidio de Santa Bárbara State Historic Park
by Anne Petersen The Cota-Knox House, present day. Photo by Tim Aceves. In November 2019, the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic...
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Feb 21, 20202 min read
California Missions Foundation Continues to Support Preservation Efforts at the Santa Inés Mission M
by Michael H. Imwalle South side grist mill after repair. Photo by Michael H. Imwalle. In December 2018 the California Missions...
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Jan 31, 20207 min read
Exploring Historic Planning and Architecture to Inform the Future
By Anthony Grumbine and Nicole Hernandez On June 7, 2019 the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation, Harrison Design, the City of...
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Nov 1, 20192 min read
2019 United Way Day of Caring
by Michael H. Imwalle Koji Tanaka and volunteers from the Santa Barbara School of Squash working around the Presidio Research Center....
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Oct 25, 20193 min read
Imagining a new life for the Cota-Knox House
by Anne Petersen In Spring of 2019 the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation contacted our friend Thomas Van Stein, a talented...
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Sep 24, 20192 min read
SBTHP to Welcome Santa Barbara Junior High School 7th Graders
The History and Relevancy Project is a collaborative effort by California State Parks, UC Santa Barbara and the Santa Barbara Trust for...
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Sep 19, 201911 min read
Santa Barbara: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
Santa Barbara’s “Street in Spain” located in the El Paseo. Photo by Dennis P. Doordan. On June 7, 2019 the Santa Barbara Trust for...
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Sep 13, 20194 min read
A Q+A with our summer intern, Emma John
Emma John is a second-year PhD student in History at UC Santa Barbara interested in public history and nineteenth-century U.S. history...
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