Welcome to the beautiful historic Santa Barbara Courthouse
This is the website of the Courthouse Docent Council. We provide tours and historic information.
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Tours to enhance your experience.
Things to know before you arrive.
Many visitors are surprised to learn that the building is a working Courthouse, and also a National Historic Landmark and community treasure. Completed in 1929 after a 1925 earthquake damaged much of the city, including an earlier Courthouse on the same block, the Spanish Colonial Revival style helped define Santa Barbara's look as the city rebuilt.