The first building in the new community was a print shop that had the first rotogravure presses west of Chicago . The architectural centerpiece of the town was the city hall and museum , an Italian Renaissance – style building built of local-clay bricks that was damaged in the 2003 San Simeon earthquake . It is no. 958 on the list of California Historical Landmarks
2003 San Simeon earthquake
2003 San Simeon earthquake
Edward Gardner Lewis