While many neighboring streets have some historic homes this is the only area that is unchanged and still has the spirit and feeling of the original turn-of-the-century city of Oxnard.

"[2] The district was developed in part by a number of Jewish immigrants from Alsace, France, whose families built businesses in Hueneme and then also in Oxnard.

These include Moise L. Wolff, Paul Lehmann (an owner of Lehman Brothers), Samuel Weill, and brothers-in-law Achille and Henry Levy.

Swartz Residence on 5th Street is among the finer examples of the Spanish Colonial Revival style among homes in the downtown core.

This article about a property in Ventura County, California on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub.