The Culver City Historical Society’s Winter General Membership Dinner-Meeting will be held on Wednesday, January 18th at 6:30 pm in the Dining Room of the historic Culver Studios in downtown Culver City at 9336 West Washington Boulevard.

This will be the Installation of President-Elect Louise Coffey-Webb and her Board as well as a thank you to outgoing President Stu Freeman. (more…)

The Culver City Historical Society (CCHS) will designate the Veterans Memorial Building as Historic Site #13 at 10 a.m. on Saturday, December 10, 2011. The building, located at Culver Boulevard and Overland Avenue, (4117 Overland Avenue) one of the most often-used structures in the city, has had a vibrant history, which is noted on the bronze plaque that will be unveiled →

The Culver City Police Department’s (CCPD) Public Information Officer, Lieutenant Ronald Iizuka is the featured speaker at the Culver City Historical Society’s general meeting on Wednesday, October 19, 2011, at 7 p.m. in the Veterans Memorial Building’s Multipurpose Room, 4117 Overland Avenue, Culver City, 90230. Lt. Iizuka will give a history of the department with a PowerPoint presentation and descriptions of the evolution of the →

In 1925, Dr. Foster Hull, the city’s second health officer (after Dr. W.S. Mortensen), built Culver City’s first hospital. The Hull Building, where it was located, still stands at 9543 Culver Boulevard, where it meets Watseka Avenue in downtown Culver City. Louis Freeman, the owner of nearby Freeman’s Grocery Store bought the Hull Building in the 1930s, and today it is →

The next membership meeting program for the Culver City Historical Society will take place October 19, 2011. The topic will be The History of the Culver City Police Department. Check back for more information.

More than 80 people, many dressed to the nines in 1920s finery, filled the lobby of the Culver Hotel to celebrate Culver City’s 94th anniversary at the Culver City Historical Society’s Doozy of a Do fundraising event on Sunday, September 18. Setting the mood with sentimental tunes, Doozy, a band playing sounds of the 1920s and 1930s kept guests entertained with →

Made in Culver City, a free film program presented by the City of Culver City, will feature Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde starring Spencer Tracy on September 17, 2011 at 7:30pm in Culver City’s City Hall Courtyard. Culver City City Hall is located at 9770 Culver Boulevard and parking and dining are available in Downtown Culver City. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde →

The Culver City Historical Society (CCHS) will present a celebration of the city’s 94-year history that promises to be a real doozy at the newly-renovated Historic Culver Hotel at 9400 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, on Sunday, September 18, from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Festivities will include music and dancing to the music of “Doozy,” a band specializing in “prohibition pop, depression →

This weekend, August 26, 27, & 28, come out and celebrate Culver City's annual Fiesta La Ballona. Browse through the booths, taste the food, hang out in the beer garden, listen to the bands, watch the presentations, go on the carnival rides, and have some fun! Also come by and check out the Archives & Resource Center (ARC), →

Culver City’s City Hall – located at 9770 Culver Boulevard – was dedicated in 1928. The building was demolished in the early 1990s to make way for the new Civic Center, and the current façade [see photo after the jump] is a reconstruction of the 1928 original. The facade opens onto Heritage Park, which occupies the old City Hall footprint. Culver City →