Bullock's Santa Ana was inaugurated, as part of a mall-wide grand opening, in September 1958. The 4-level mercantile covered 336,000 square feet and featured the upscale Estrella Room restaurant.
Photo from Los Angeles Public Library / Herald-Examiner Collection / Robert Lindsey
Graphic from Bullock's, Incorporated


Desmond's, a Los Angeles-based clothier, anchored the north end of  BULLOCK'S FASHION SQUARE. Desmond's Santa Ana encompassed 2 levels and 20,000 square feet and was the chain's ninth location.
Drawing from Desmond's


BULLOCK'S FASHION SQUARE was the second shopping mall built in Orange County, with Anaheim's BROADWAY ORANGE COUNTY CENTER being the first. The open-air FASHION SQUARE encompassed approximately 560,000 leasable square feet and thirty-two stores and services. Free parking was provided for 3,300 autos.

BULLOCK'S FASHION SQUARE TENANTS 1958:

BULLOCK'S SANTA ANA (with the Estrella Room restaurant, the Sweet Shop and beauty salon) / I. MAGNIN / DESMOND'S / HAGGARTY'S / Atkinson's men's wear / Bob's Camera Mart / C.H. Baker Shoes / Dedrick's "The Tux" Shops / Draper's ladies' wear / Doctors Harris & McKeehan, Optometrists / Gene Burton's Carrousel ladies' wear / House of Harmony radio, TV & records / J. Herbert Hall Jewelers / Jurgensen's Gourmet / Kelly, Harrigan & Meeks interior decorators / Mandel's of California ladies' wear / Mary Millerick ladies' wear / Mr. Tom ladies' wear / Pickwick ladies' wear / Pictorial House photography / Plummer's home furnishings & gifts / Ressel's apparel / Security First National Bank / See's Candies (outparcel) / Swanberger's apparel / The Jolly Roger restaurant / The Magic Mirror beauty salon / Van Deusen's Jewelers / Wetherby-Kayser Shoes / Wilkinson's Drug / William's Stationery / Young Maternity Shops