14988 Sand Canyon Ave
Irvine, CA 92618
Bldg I - Historic Warehouse · Property For Lease

Old Town Irvine was designated a California Historic Landmark in 1991. The town of Irvine started as a train stop for the Santa Fe Railroad in 1889, where a barley warehouse was built. The town had a school, general store, blacksmith shop, diner, and a hotel for seasonal workers, all around Central Avenue (now Sand Canyon Avenue) and the train station. Irvine incorporated as a city in 1971. Old Town Irvine stands today as a testament to the rich agricultural past of what has become one of California's most heavily urban counties. Founded in 1887 as the distribution and storage center of the 125,000-acre Irvine ranch, Old Town Irvine was to develop over the years a bean and grain storage warehouse (1895) and granary (1947) known as the Irvine Bean and Grain Grower's Building, a blacksmith's shop (1916), a hotel (1913), a general store (1911), and an employees' bungalow (1915). All of these structures have been rehabilitated for commercial uses and their exteriors have been painstakingly maintained.