A Beach Pavilion with a Tunnel?
Dateline: February 1925
Santa Barbara architects Roland F. Sauter and E. Keith Lockard, were on a roll. They had recently designed the City Hall building and the Santa Barbara High School. Now they had designed a bathhouse and more for our East Beach, sort of.
The location for the building was a bit unusual. "The building will be situated on the landward side of East Boulevard [Cabrillo Boulevard], and connected with the beach by a tunnel under the pavement." (Not sure how that was supposed to work during high tides.)
"The hope was expressed through the architects that the pavilion would prove the nucleus of a number of recreation buildings on the oceanfront, which 'eventually would make one of the most attractive beaches in the world for the use and entertainment of the people of Santa Barbara.'"