James W. Lunsford The Ocean and the Sunset, The Hills and the Clouds: Looking at Santa Monica, illustrated by Alice N. Lunsford, 1983, 1977, 1923, 1917, 1900, 1882, 1875
Ocean Park
25. Parkhurst Building, 185 Pier Avenue. A two-story ornate brick commercial building built in 1927 by C. Gordon Parkhurst, a prominent realtor and next-to-last mayor of Venice. The architect, Norman F. Marsh, also designed Windward Avenue in Venice. His firm, Marsh, Smith and Powell, designed Washington and Roosevelt Schools in Santa Monica. The structure was designated a Santa Monica City Landmark in 1977 and has also been placed on the National Register of Historical Places by the United States Department of the Interior.
35. Ocean Park Branch Library, 2601 Main Street, 1917. One of the few remaining Carnegie Foundation Libraries in Southern California. Built with a $12,500 Carnegie Grant and designed by architect Frank Kegly, the building was designated a Santa Monica City Landmark in 1977.
41. Former First Methodist Episcopal Church Building, 2621 Second Street. Now a private residence, the north portion of this building was originally built in 1875 at the southwest corner of Sixth and Arizona and may be the oldest standing wood-frame building in the city. In 1882 it was moved to the southwest corner of Fourth and Arizona, then in 1900 to Ocean Park, where it became the Ocean Park Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1923 the church built a new brick structure and the old church became a meeting hall known as Patriotic Hall. It was purchased by the Stephen Jackson Women's Relief Corps No. 124 of the Grand Army of the Republic Auxiliary and used as a meeting hall until 1971, when it was sold and became a residence. It was designated a Santa Monica City Landmark in 1977."