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We are thrilled to announce that the Santa Barbara Courthouse Legacy Foundation (CLF) has started the next phase of the Great Arch Conservation Project! This important work will start on Monday, April 3rd, and is expected to be completed by June 2023.

Critical Conservation Project of the Santa Barbara Courthouse has started
Expert conservationists will remove white coating causing deterioration

Thank you Santa Barbara Independent for this amazing article about our organization.

We are thrilled to announce that our 8th annual Fiesta party is sold out! Thank you to our generous sponsors!

One of our most important projects to date is our work on the Great Arch. The beautiful arch needs our attention and we are actively working on an Analysis Report that will inform us about the condition of the arch and what's needed to preserve it

Every year, thousands of visitors flock to the Santa Barbara County Courthouse to admire the elaborate Spanish/Moorish Colonial Revival architecture and enjoy the expansive city views from the tower of this historic building. Not only is the Santa Barbara Courthouse considered one of the most beautiful courthouses in the country, but it's also listed on the National Register of Historical Places. Along with the draw of lush gardens and interesting architecture, the interior of the building houses one of its most fascinating attractions, what is known as the "Mural Room". Here, enormous paintings depicting Santa Barbara's early history adorn the walls, painted by California artist Dan Sayre Groesbeck (1878-1950) in 1929, the same year the courthouse was completed.

At the 7th Annual Courthouse Legacy Foundation’s Fiesta Party on Friday, August 5, members and other supporters mingled and dined in the Courthouse and watched Noches de Ronda being performed in the Sunken Gardens below. This fundraising event helps support the Foundation’s mission of preserving and restoring the Courthouse.

For the first time in the history of the Central Coast Wine Classic Archie McLaren, founder and chairman, decided to tie-in Santa Barbara for the last three days of events during his annual wine classic, now its 31st year. It was three days of amazing wine, cuisine, music, art and lifestyle that was thoroughly enjoyed by devotees of the event as well as local Santa Barbara residents attending for the first time.