Roughly along Pacific Coast from Malibu Pier to the western boundary of Malibu Lagoon State Beach, Malibu, California. County/parish: Los Angeles.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places January 29, 2018. NRIS 100002022.
3 contributing sites. 1 contributing structure.Also known as:
The Malibu Historic District is a 160-acre (65 ha) area that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Los Angeles County, California on January 29, 2018. The approximate area of the district is along the Pacific Coast Highway from east of the Malibu Pier to the Malibu Colony privacy fence. Malibu was ground zero for California's surf culture, and was designated the first World Surfing Reserve by the Save the Whales Coalition in 2010. For its role in the cultural popularity of the surfing sport, and its subsequent technological influence on the surfboard evolution and efficiency, the period of the NRHP designation significance is 1945–1959.
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