Santa Barbara County Courthouse is located at 1100 Anacapa Street , in downtown Santa Barbara , California . The Spanish Colonial Revival style building was designed by William Mooser III and completed in 1929 . Architect Charles Willard Moore called it the " grandest Spanish Colonial Revival structure ever built , " and the prime example of Santa Barbara 's adoption of Spanish Colonial as its civic style . The building replaced a smaller Greek Revival courthouse built at the same location in 1872 – 88 and badly damaged in an earthquake on June 29 , 1925 . The complex was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2005 for its architecture
earthquake on June 29 , 1925
1925 Santa Barbara earthquake
Santa Barbara County Courthouse