The Sunken Garden is host to community-wide celebrations all year long. What is often mistaken about this magical place is its layout of stone walls—many are told it is the basement of the former courthouse prior to the 1925 earthquake. This is myth. The sandstone blocks that form the current day landscape were recycled from the older courthouse buildings after the 1925 earthquake.
Courthouse Legacy Society
Learn how the Courthouse Legacy Society plans to support general and future operations related to the preservation, restoration, documentaion and educational legacy of the Courthouse. On June 24, 2015, we officially celebrate our newly formed endowment fund, with a luncheon in the magnificently restored Mural Room. For additional details and information, please contact Jan Campbell, Senior Vice President of Philanthropic Services, Santa Barbara Foundation at 805-963-1873 or Linda Rosso, Executive Director, Courthouse Legacy Foundation at 805-770-7222.
We hope you will consider becoming part of Santa Barbara's future.
Read more about our Legacy Society in the Montecito Journal, Volume 21, Issue 29 on page 14.