Historical Landmarks

The Evanston Inn, Pasadena’s only remaining wood-frame hotel from the 19th century, is an important reminder of the city’s historic economic development. Smaller and homier than large luxury hotels like the Raymond (1901) and Hotel Green (1899), the Evanston Inn provided a quiet retreat for its many winter visitors. The Inn opened in 1897, several years before many of Pasadena’s […]

The Bekins Storage Co. Roof Sign is locally significant for its associations with the historic context, “Influences of the Automobile on Other Businesses (1924-1944),” under Criterion A in the area of Commercial Advertising and Criterion C in the area of Commercial Signage as a locally significant example of early large roof signs and projecting signs in Pasadena

The Eagle Rock Branch Library is significant for its cultural role in the development of the Eagle Rock community, as part of the nation’s largest branch library system, and as a notable example of public architecture, designed by architects Henry C. Newton and Robert D. Murray. The library had its beginning in 1914, when a group of

Summary The Judson Studios was constructed as a school of art in 1901 and used as such until it became a stained glass studio in 1920, the use it retains to the present. The building is significant under Criterion A because it housed the College of Fine Arts of the University of Southern California, the first college of

The Highland Park Masonic Temple is significant in the area of social history under Criterion A as the first permanent home of one of the area’s influential civic organizations. The building is also significant in the architectural development of the area under Criterion C as a very good example of a mixed-use commercial building executed in a Mediterranean/Spanish

Summary The Glassell Park Elementary School building is a significant historic property in the neighborhood of Glassell Park and it meets Criteria A and C of the National Register of Historic Places at the local level of significance. The Glassell Park Elementary School building is eligible under Criteria A because of its association with the Reconstruction Program of

The Lincoln Heights Branch Library is an outstanding example of the Carnegie Grant Buildings built during the first phase of Branch construction between 1911 and 1916. Its striking appearance is due to a quatri-circular floor plan, with the concave curve of the facade oriented toward the intersection at the corner of the parcel. The shape and detail of the

The Los Angeles Railway Company was formed in 1895 “to succeed to the property and franchises” of the bankrupt Los Angeles Consolidated Railway. The new company began immediately the electrification of the earlier company’s cable lines. This was the beginning of the expansion and modernization of the system. Three years later the company was completely reorganized and enlarged

Summary Angels Flight, located on Bunker Hill in downtown Los Angeles, is a rare surviving example of an incline railway and is eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places under Criteria A and C, Consideration B, for significance in transportation and the unique representation of a rare property type. The property was first constructed

The Broadway Theater and Commercial District is a six-block thoroughfare containing the vestiges of the Los Angeles theater and commercial center developed from the early 1890 1 s to the early 1930’s. The area is significant not only for this activity, but also for the high concentration of important architectural creations which document the development of both commercial and