North Central in Pasadena in Los Angeles County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

Pasadena Motorcycle Club Quonset Hut

Pasadena Historic Landmark

Photographed by Tatiana Zavala, April 6, 2024

1. Pasadena Motorcycle Club Quonset Hut Marker

Inscription. The Pasadena Motorcycle Club (PMC) clubhouse is the best remaining example of a Quonset Hut in Pasadena that retains it architectural integrity and most significant character-defining features. It is a highly important building type related to both the military architecture of WWII and the architecture of the early-postwar era. Established May 20th, 1907, the PMC is the world's third oldest continually active motorcycle club. The club acquired this Quonset Hut in 1948 to serve as its permanent home and has resided here every since.

Designated a Pasadena Historic Landmark MMXV.
This marker donated MMXX by Eric Dhall

Erected 2020 by Eric Dhall.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Roads & Vehicles. A significant historical year for this entry is 1948.

Location. 34° 10.359′ N, 118° 9.016′ W. Marker is in Pasadena, California, in Los Angeles County. It is in North Central. It is on Howard Street east of Fair Oaks Avenue, on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 21 E Howard Street, Pasadena CA 91103, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Greater Los Angeles

and in the Transverse Ranges.

It is also on the American Pacific Coast.

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 one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies: La Pintoresca Library (approx. ¼ mile away); Grace United Methodist Church (approx. ¼ mile away);

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Jackie and Mack Robinson (approx. 0.4 miles away); Business Park of Pasadena (approx. 0.6 miles away); The Washington Square Neighborhood (approx. 0.9 miles away); Washington Park (approx. 0.9 miles away); First Lutheran Church (approx. one mile away); Christmas Tree Lane (approx. one mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Pasadena.

Also see . . . Our History (Pasadena Motorcycle Club).

Excerpt: Formed on Monday, May 20, 1907, in Pasadena, California, the Pasadena Motorcycle Club (PMC) is the third oldest motorcycle club in the United States and the oldest in Southern California. The older clubs are the Yonkers Motorcycle Club (est. 1903) in Yonkers, NY and California’s San Francisco Motorcycle Club (est. 1904).

The club's first home was on Green Street in Old Town Pasadena in the first decades of the 1900's. After World War I the club then moved in adjacent to a shipping warehouse in central Pasadena. The club's current clubhouse, a Pasadena Historic Landmark, is a World War II era Quonset Hut and was purchased by the PMC in 1948.

The Pasadena Motorcycle Club has had a prominent impact on the
Photographed by Tatiana Zavala, April 6, 2024

2. Pasadena Motorcycle Club Quonset Hut and Marker
motorcycling community in Southern California and is a American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) Historic Charter, being the fourteenth chartered by the AMA. The club is proud to have seven (7) members inducted in the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame in Pickerington, Ohio.

(Submitted on April 7, 2024.)

Credits. This page was last revised on May 7, 2024. It was originally submitted on April 7, 2024, by Tatiana Zavala of Orange County, California. This page has been viewed 403 times since then and 39 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 7, 2024, by Tatiana Zavala of Orange County, California. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.