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Coordinates: 36°58′29″N 122°1′29″W / 36.97472°N 122.02472°W / 36.97472; -122.02472
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Octagon Building
Octagon Building (Santa Cruz, California) is located in California
Octagon Building (Santa Cruz, California)
Octagon Building (Santa Cruz, California) is located in the United States
Octagon Building (Santa Cruz, California)
LocationCorner of Front and Cooper Sts., Santa Cruz, California
Coordinates36°58′29″N 122°1′29″W / 36.97472°N 122.02472°W / 36.97472; -122.02472
Built1882
ArchitectJ. W. Newcum[2]
Architectural styleOctagon Mode
NRHP reference No.71000193 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 24, 1971

Known informally as the Octagon Building, the redbrick octagonal building at 118 Cooper Street (at the corner of Front Street) in Santa Cruz, California was built in 1882, adjacent to the first (1866) County Court House, to serve as the County Hall of Records. In 1894, a major fire destroyed most of the nearby buildings, including the adjacent courthouse, but the brick Octagon survived.

In 1968, the records were moved to a new County Government Center. Many historic brick buildings at the nearby Pacific Garden Mall were damaged during the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, but again the Octagon survived.[3] On March 24, 1971, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.[1][4]

Still owned by Santa Cruz County and administered by Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History (MAH), for a number of years the Octagon was used as the Museum Store. When an expansion of the museum was completed in 1993, the store was moved into the new entry atrium of the museum. The Octagon was then leased for a few years for use as a coffeehouse. At the end of 2024, the building is used by two food vendors as an extension of the adjacent Abbot Square Marketplace.

  • Downtown Santa Cruz, ca. 1890, Octagon Building at left rear
    Downtown Santa Cruz, ca. 1890, Octagon Building at left rear

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ John Chase; Judith Steen; Daniel Platt Gregory (2005). The Sidewalk Companion to Santa Cruz Architecture (3rd ed.). Santa Cruz, Calif.: Museum of Art & History. pp. 179–180. ISBN 978-0-940283-14-5.
  3. ^ Paul Whitfield; Jeff Dickey; Mark Ellwood; Nick Edwards (2003). The Rough Guide to California (7th ed.). Rough Guides. p. 495. ISBN 978-1-84353-049-7.
  4. ^ "Waymarking listing for the Octagon Building". waymarking.com. Retrieved 2008-10-31.
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