Huntington Beach Municipal Pier, Pacific Coast Highway at Main Street, Huntington Beach, Orange County, CA

Significance: The Huntington Beach Municipal Pier is locally important because it was constructed for the express purpose of establishing the city of Huntington Beach as a West Coast resort community. As such, it was a catalyst for tourist-oriented economic development in the community. The pier is also significant because it embodies elements of architectural design and engineering that were advanced for its period of construction, and it is a rare surviving example of early 20th century reinforced concrete marine structures in the United States. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

Survey number: HAER CA-80

Building/structure dates: 1913- 1914 Initial Construction

Building/structure dates: 1930- 1931 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1940 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1943 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1970 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1985 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1949 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1968 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1973 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1983 Subsequent Work

National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 89001203

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1969 - 1980

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