Olive Through the Ages: Tour Section A

Olive Through the Ages

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Clement Lumber Company: Located here at 203 Railroad Street (also known as Canyon Way at that time, or Orange-Olive Road today) in 1925. Last at this location circa 1940. (See 1928 Sanborn Map.)

Olive Motel (and Apartments): First listed in the directory in 1940. In 1947, listed at 8582 Santa Ana Canyon, and in 1961, listed at 8620 Santa Ana Canyon Road. (See 1947 USGS aerial map.)

José Antonio Yorba's first adobe: Built on the hill circa 1812. The home ceased to exist prior to the 1880s. (See 1801 Grijalva Map.)

Olive Grammar School: Built here on the hill as a white, two-story, wooden structure in 1895, at the address listed as 209 Olive Avenue circa 1928, and 3038 N. Magnolia Avenue today. First rebuilt in 1919. Renamed Olive Elementary School in 1953. Closed June 1984; re-opened September 7, 1999. (See 1912 image, 1915 image, 1927 image, and a recent image.)

Olive Civic Center: Built in the Spanish-Colonial style to the rear of the school in 1939. Known as the Olive Community Center and Assembly Hall, and the Olive Grammar School's Gymnasium and Auditorium. Located at 3030 N. Magnolia Avenue, this structure is still in use today. (See recent image.)

Schorn Mansion: Victorian style mansion built here circa 1889 by Louis Schorn, one of the owners of the Olive Flour Mill. The home still stands today on the southeastern corner of 8571 Ocean View Avenue at Bixby. (See recent image.)

NOTES: Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe (A.T. & S.F.) Railroad was built in 1885. The railroad is named B.N.S.F. today following Santa Fe Pacific Corporation's merger with Burlington Northern Incorporated in 1995. (See 1912 image, and a recent image showing the section of the railroad tracks in this area.)

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