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In 1925, a powerful earthquake ruined much of Santa Barbara, California. Turning the disaster to their advantage, city officials seized the chance to rebuild Santa Barbara in a Spanish Revival style inspired by the town’s Spanish Colonial heritage. The county courthouse, designed by architect William Mooser III and completed in 1929, was the flagship of this effort; today it ranks among the grandest Spanish Revival public buildings in the United States. The street facade is dominated by El Mirador, a clock tower whose delicate wrought-iron balcony is suspended some eighty-five feet above the ground, affording a fine view of the Pacific Ocean. Below, a massive, sandstone-trimmed entrance arch leads through the structure to a park-like interior garden court.

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