Ontario in San Bernardino County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

College Park Historic District

Photographed by Levi Gonzalez, May 22, 2020

1. College Park Historic District Marker

Inscription. 115 - 431 East Fourth Street
116 - 224 East Harvard Place
116 - 328 East Princeton Street
1130 - 1158 North Columbia Avenue
1914 Lydia Belle Ford subdivided the College Park Tract into 48 lots on September 11, 1914. It was one of the first subdivisions to have underground telephone, water, gas and electrical lines, ornamental street lighting, and both paved and curbed streets and alleys. The Tract also included standards for livestock, thirty foot yard setbacks, and the prohibition of businesses. Several early residents were agricultural leaders in Ontario including C.C. Graber, of Graber Olive House, and Benton Ballou, the first president of San Antonio Growers Association. Many prominent people lived in the tract but the neighborhood was known mostly for the numerous teachers who lived there.

Erected 2000.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1914.

Location. 34° 4.72′ N, 117° 39.043′ W. Marker is in Ontario, California, in San Bernardino County. It is at the intersection of East Harvard Place and Euclid Avenue, on

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the right when traveling east on East Harvard Place. Marker is on stone column next to the sidewalk on Harvard Place. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1112 Euclid Avenue, Ontario CA 91762, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Greater Los Angeles,

in the Inland Empire,

in the Peninsular Ranges,

and specifically in the Transverse Ranges.

It is also in the American Southwest.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Ring of Fire,

in the Pacific Rim,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain

and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Rosewood Court Historic District (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Graber Olive House (approx. 0.2 miles away); Oakley House (approx. 0.2 miles away); Hitching Post (approx. 0.2 miles away); Armsley Square Historic District (approx. 0.4 miles away); El Morado Court Historic District (approx. 0.4 miles away); James A. Finley House (approx. half

Photographed by Craig Baker, June 12, 2020

2. College Park Historic District Marker

a mile away); Central School (approx. 0.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Ontario.

Credits. This page was last revised on June 18, 2020. It was originally submitted on June 8, 2020, by Levi Gonzalez of Rancho Cucamonga, California. This page has been viewed 633 times since then and 36 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on June 8, 2020, by Levi Gonzalez of Rancho Cucamonga, California. 2. submitted on June 12, 2020, by Craig Baker of Sylmar, California. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.