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Historic Landmarks Commission sends Canon Perdido hotel concept back for redesign

Santa Barbara Historic Landmarks Commission · December 18, 2025
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An applicant seeking to convert 16–20 W. Canon Perdido into a nine‑room hotel received generally positive feedback Thursday but was asked to return with more EPV‑appropriate detailing, security plans, and a coordinated landscape proposal; the commission voted to continue the item indefinitely.

The Santa Barbara Historic Landmarks Commission on Dec. 17 sent a proposal to convert an existing downtown office building at 16–20 West Canon Perdido into a nine‑unit hotel back to the applicant for additional design work.

The project team from Anacapa Architecture, represented by Jessie Finnicom Schwartz, presented plans showing storefront revisions, an open‑air paseo adjacent to a city planter, replacement of storefronts…

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