Culver City Chronicles by Julie Lugo Cerra

Author:Julie Lugo Cerra
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Published: 2013-08-14T16:00:00+00:00

This rendering depicts the Citizen Building, which housed the publishers of the Citizen newspaper in downtown Culver City. Built in 1929 by the Donovan family, it was the first structure in Culver City to be placed on the National Register of Historic Places. Courtesy of the Donovan family.

Eugene Donovan learned printing and publishing in his native San Francisco. He was the managing editor of the Reno Gazette and was affiliated at various times with the Call, the Examiner and other San Francisco dailies before he moved to Southern California. Before he established his own newspaper in Culver City, Donovan was the publisher and managing editor of the Culver City Daily News.

Eugene and Catherine Donovan both died in 1948 and were survived by their son and grandson. The Citizen remained a family-owned business, with grandson Roy L. Donovan still active in the community until its sale in the late 1990s. Bound copies of the Citizen can be found at Loyola-Marymount University.

Josetta Sbeglia purchased and renovated the Citizen Building in the 1990s. As of 2012, the Citizen Building has new owners who also have respect for historic structures.

The Citizen Building was marked by the Culver City Historical Society as Historic Site No. 4 in 1984. In 1987, it became the first structure in Culver City to be placed on the National Register of Historic Places. It also carries local landmark status by action of the Culver City Council. The building is known for its fusion of Beaux Arts classical elements and Art Deco. Other examples of this type of architecture in the downtown area, like the 1928 City Hall and Fire Station No. 1, were demolished.

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