Hollyhock House, as part of the 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright, has been inscribed on the World Heritage List.
Inscription on this List confirms that this property deserves protection for the benefit of all humanity because . . . — — Map (db m154492) HM
Aimee Semple McPherson (1890-1944) founded the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel and was a well-known figure in Los Angeles. After her founding of the Angelus Temple in 1923, the population of the Echo Park neighborhood greatly . . . — — Map (db m122445) HM
An Early Artists’ Enclave
In the late 19th century, the communities
along the Arroyo Seco were a haven for
craftsmen and artists, and at the turn of the
century, a strong spirit of activism also grew
in the region. Through the . . . — — Map (db m228455) HM
A Bustling Town
Central Highland Park is home to
art galleries, coffeehouses, a cinema,
a farmer's market, a bicycle shop,
and other businesses which, in
many cases, occupy buildings
constructed more than a century
ago when the . . . — — Map (db m228895) HM
Westcoast Prairie style, built in 1913.
Sumner P. Hunt and Silas Burns, architects.
1938 addition designed by Sidney Clifton.
Historic-Cultural Monument No. 284,
August 29, 1984.
City of Los Angeles,
Cultural Heritage Commission, Cultural . . . — — Map (db m175867) HM
Dedicated to the truly great heroines of this war…the millions of Mrs. Minivers in every democratic nation…the mothers, the wives, and the sweethearts of the men fighting for freedom, liberty and justice, not alone for one people, but for all. . . . — — Map (db m204748) HM WM
Spanish Colonial revival style.
Jesse R. Castendyck & Milton J. Black,
architects.
Built 1927. Declared 2021,
Historic-Cultural
Monument No. 1242,
Cultural Heritage Commission,
City of Los Angeles. — — Map (db m230353) HM
Mediterranean Revival style.
Architect - Julia Morgan.
Built 1926. Declared 1977,
Historic-Cultural Monument No. 175,
City of Los Angeles,
Cultural Heritage Commission,
Cultural Affairs Department. — — Map (db m175069) HM
Amelia Earhart and the Valley Skies
North Hollywood and aviation go way back, and no flyer won local hearts like Amelia Earhart.
"Lady Lindy," as the press nicknamed her, after pioneering aviator Charles Lindbergh, began flying . . . — — Map (db m116360) HM
Born: July 24, 1898.
Died: July 2, 1937.
Flew Atlantic Ocean solo May 20-21, 1932.
First to fly Pacific Ocean,
Honolulu to California, solo
January 11-12, 1935.
Most famous and one of the most
beloved women fliers in history
of American . . . — — Map (db m231695) HM
Forever loved pioneer aviator Bobbi (Evelyn) Trout, 1906 - 2003.
1st: ·Test pilot - Golden Eagle ·All night solo flight ·In flight refueling ·Electrically heated suit ·Female recipient of the Howard Hughes Memorial Award & Gathering of . . . — — Map (db m237789) HM
Born August 10, 1890.
Died January 11, 1977.
A pioneer parachute jumper and pilot, 1914.
In the year 1916 she was the first lady pilot to fly
an aeroplane out of the bean patch that later became the
L.A. International Airport, her passenger was . . . — — Map (db m232580) HM
The half mile long mural on the history of California depicting
prehistory to the 1950's is a work in progress.
The mural is a landmark to the history of America and California and a monument to inter-racial harmony created between the . . . — — Map (db m155522) HM
This historic 8-acre site was once part of Marwyck Ranch, a famous 130-acre
Thoroughbred breeding farm, co-owned by actors Barbara Stanwyck and Zeppo
Marx. The mansion visible atop the hill was built for Stanwyck in 1937.
Comedian Jack Oakie . . . — — Map (db m151044) HM
Canfield-Moreno Estate,
later Canfield Home for Girls.
Built 1923,
Robert D. Farquhar - architect.
Historic-Cultural Monument No. 391,
declared October 4, 1988,
City of Los Angeles,
Cultural Heritage Commission,
Cultural Affairs . . . — — Map (db m250355) HM
Olympian.
International Olympic Committee member.
Sport Administrator.
Anita L. DeFrantz was a vice president of the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee, the group
that staged the highly successful 1984 Olympic Games. The . . . — — Map (db m237937) HM
Site of the former home of
Jessie Benton Fremont
(1824-1902),
wife of
General John Charles Fremont,
Pathfinder of the American West.
The women of California
presented the property as a gift
to her and as a memorial to the general
in . . . — — Map (db m292706) HM
Joan Benoit Samuelson made history at the 1984 Olympic Games by winning the first Olympic Women's
Marathon, Benoit Samuelson finished the race before a standing, cheering, capacity crowd,
on August 5, 1984, in the Los Angeles Memorial . . . — — Map (db m237903) HM
Crenshaw Rising
The Crenshaw/LAX light rail line, the fifth line built by Metro, is a public transportation milestone in that it finally connects light rail riders to the city's major airport. But it is also significant because it . . . — — Map (db m235244) HM
Founded in 1904 as the Women's Club of USC, Town and Gown of USC is the oldest and largest women's support organization at the University of Southern California. For over a century, Town and Gown has been committed to supporting the University and . . . — — Map (db m189644) HM
Marge Feinberg’s 1974 Master’s Thesis envisioning a wilderness trail encircling the San Fernando, La Crescenta and Simi Valleys and adjacent mountain ranges led to a California law establishing the Rim of the Valley Trail Corridor in the Santa . . . — — Map (db m139166) HM
Official historical site honoring Laura C. Scudder, 1881-1959.
Nurse · Mother · Attorney · Pioneer Businesswoman.
This is the original site of Laura Scudder's Food Products, November 1926. — — Map (db m227010) HM
On July 10, 1999, the U.S. women’s soccer team secured a win for the ages at the Rose Bowl. On a sweltering day before
a sellout crowd of 90,185 — the
largest ever to watch a
women’s-only event — the U.S.
posted a 5-4 shootout . . . — — Map (db m136525) HM
Constructed in 1923. This building is one of many in Pasadena
connected with prominent owner, B.O. Kendall, and served as
the office of Kendall Automotive Company. In 1980 Alyce A.
Doney acquired the property and built a successful . . . — — Map (db m160756) HM
The Edmund Blinn House - 1905,
The Women's City Club of Pasadena
since 1945,
has been placed on the
National Register of Historic Places
by the United States Department of the Interior. — — Map (db m302708) HM
Slessor Hall
Historic name: Judson Carpenter House
Built: 1906
Architect: C. W. Buchanan
Builder: W. C. Crowell
Named for Mary Slessor, missionary to Nigeria (then Calabar), this building served as
the first women's . . . — — Map (db m304723) HM
The Santa Monica Bay Woman's Club, an
excellent example of the Classical Revival
style, was built in 1914 from a design by
local architect Henry Hollwedel. Club
members featured prominently in community
life, providing public services such as . . . — — Map (db m287773) HM
Commemorates the XXIII Olympiad and marathons run through Santa Monica, August 5, 1984 and August 12, 1984, including the first women’s marathon in Olympiad history. — — Map (db m119673) HM
Since the nineteenth century, Black women's groups have helped bring about social, educational, and political change throughout the country.
In Santa Monica, Black women embraced civil rights activism during California's Jim Crow era . . . — — Map (db m287776) HM
To honor George T. Hastings, author of “Trees of Santa Monica,” October 10, 1963—his 88th birthday—in appreciation of his dedication in sharing his knowledge and love of trees, flowers and birds.
To honor Grace L. . . . — — Map (db m130429) HM
This two-story, clapboard structure, known as the Burdell Frame House, was built in 1874 for Mary Burdell’s cousin, Mary Joynsen.
Originally a rectangle building, it has been modified with a projecting, two story addition on the end facing . . . — — Map (db m13246) HM
Angel Island has served many people and their needs for thousands of years. Its secluded harbors and sweeping vistas have provided food, protection, recreation, and even isolation.
Angel Island is alive with history. The island has . . . — — Map (db m316128) HM
Women’s and Children’s Dormitories
Women and children were separated from the men in their families and housed on the second floor of the Administration Building. During part of this time, World War I enemy aliens – German crewmen from . . . — — Map (db m203356) HM
In the woods across the road behind you lies the mausoleum of Minnie Stoddard Lilley, a homesteader, pioneer and teacher of early Mendocino County. From 1904 to 1936 Stoddard taught in a one room schoolhouse in the Andersonia/Percy area. For many . . . — — Map (db m102242) HM
Louisa Jane Cox was a member of the first party to come by ox team through the Pacheco Pass to Merced County. With her family she camped in this grove in 1850 and settled at Cox’s Ferry. She married James J. Stevinson in 1855 and resided in this . . . — — Map (db m213848) HM
A distinctive local landmark and nationally renowned tourist attraction. It was the creation of Nellie Bly O’Bryan (1893–1984), visionary, entrepreneur and long time resident of the Mono Basin.
Originally located along US-395 north of the . . . — — Map (db m10167) HM
Drawn to this wild, remote coast
Traveling the difficult route along the coast in October of 1869, Michael and Babara Pfeiffer were forced to winter in Big Sur and decided to stay. Their daughter, Julia, was just 11 months old at the time. . . . — — Map (db m68634) HM
The first U.S. Women's Open at Pebble Beach drew unprecedented attention to the most coveted championship in women's golf. Just two days after Michelle Wie West bid her competitive career a grand farewell, fellow Hawaiian Allisen Corpuz made six . . . — — Map (db m297384) HM
Future LPGA Founding Member and Hall of Famer Betty Jameson successfully defended her U.S. Women's Amateur title with a convincing 6-and-5 victory in the final. — — Map (db m297124) HM
The best player in women's amateur golf in 1948 was a 21-year-old named Grace Lenczyk, who won the U.S. Women's Amateur at Pebble Beach in addition to the Canadian Women's Amateur and the National Collegiate Women's Championship. — — Map (db m297125) HM
Kalisa Moore, known as "Queen of Cannery Row," was born in Latvia and came to America after WWII. She bridged the eras, opening her gourmet restaurant when most of the canneries had closed.
Over the years "Kalisa's" became a bohemian coffee . . . — — Map (db m81817) HM
Mary Corning Winslow Black, a noted Monterey artist designed and built this home in 1930.
This structure is an example of Spanish eclectic architecture and is included on the National Register of Historic Places. — — Map (db m63507) HM
This Monument pays tribute to the many diverse characters vital to the evolution of Cannery Row. Perched atop the rocky outcropping sits Nobel Prize winning author John Steinbeck, who immortalized Cannery Row with his novel of the same name. He . . . — — Map (db m81813) HM
Prior to World War II, only women were allowed to work on cannery lines (top). In some canneries, only “white American women” were allowed to pack fish. Working the lines was considered “women’s work.” Even if there were men . . . — — Map (db m55190) HM
In 1913 the Young Women's Christian Association founded Asilomar as its first permanent conference grounds for the western United States. Constructed during a time of progressive social and political change for women in California and the United . . . — — Map (db m92870) HM
You are in the center of what used to be one of the largest Chinese fishing villages on the West Coast. From 1853 to 1906, this was the region's Chinese cultural capital.
The village was unique among Chinese settlements of the time, because it . . . — — Map (db m165547) HM
Built by the Reverend Thomas J. Dalton and dedicated May 2, 1865 by Bishop Eugene O’Connell as Sacred Heart Convent and Holy Angels Orphanage. Under the Sisters of Mercy it served from 1866 to 1932 as the first orphanage of the Northern Mines. It . . . — — Map (db m12898) HM
To commemorate that ubiquitous segment of society who have been unacknowledged; who, though obscure, made an essential contribution to the settlement of the West. — — Map (db m126628) HM
Home of Ida Colley and niece, Winifred Mulloy, founders of Laurel Parlor #6 Native Daughters of the Golden West. Now Deer Creek Inn Bed & Breakfast. — — Map (db m229296) HM
In February, 1847, the first relief party from Sutter's Fort arrived. Two more relief parties came in March. These relief parties took 14 people from here out across the frozen Sierra. Only 11 survived (8 were children). Five people remained at . . . — — Map (db m146235) HM
History
Today each August hundreds of swimmers take to the 65º water of Donner Lake and swim its 2.7 mile long length. Each swimmer has lots of company.
On August 19 (sic, 18), 1935 though, it was a different story. On that day 17 . . . — — Map (db m129739) HM
This statue is the oldest public works of art project of its type in Orange County. Sponsored by the State Emergency Relief Administration, the Anaheim Rotary Club and the City of Anaheim, it was originally dedicated on September 15, 1935. . . . — — Map (db m51967) HM
This courtyard was dedicated September 17th 1999 in loving memory of Michelle Carew. Her spirited battle against leukemia raised awareness of the National Marrow Donor Program throughout this country. In the process, her legacy has saved countless . . . — — Map (db m311) HM
Since its establshment in a newly created Orange County (1889), the Buena Park Woman's Club has influenced the civic life of its community. The club helped establish a volunteer fire department in 1915, a library district in 1919, and the town's . . . — — Map (db m50036) HM
In 2022, Artemis I launched into space from the Kennedy Space Center carrying tree seeds that would journey 270,000 miles from Earth during its 25-day mission. Traveling in the Orion spacecraft, the seeds flew farther than any spacecraft designed . . . — — Map (db m291151) HM
This two-acre site is dedicated to preserving a visible link to early Garden Grove. Edward G. Ware settled here in 1876 becoming a prominent rancher. His daughter L. Agnes Ware Stanley, was an early school teacher. Deeded in 1970 to the Garden Grove . . . — — Map (db m49992) HM
Established in 1963 by Huntington Beach City Council to honor each Miss Huntington Beach Queen with the planting of a new rose every year. The first Miss Huntington Beach was crowned on July 4th, 1910 to represent the city in the annual Independence . . . — — Map (db m228029) HM
Lewis and Nellie Gail Moulton's daughters, Charlotte and Louise, circa 1918 in a wicker buggy at the Moulton Ranch House. Both the guggy and the Girls' beloved horse "Dicky" were purchased from the Pasadena Rose Parade. The hand-drawn, illustrated . . . — — Map (db m226414) HM
Nellie Gail Moulton with Charlotte in a buggy on Moulton Ranch with Saddleback Mountain in the distance, circa 1915.
A Moulton Ranch Roundup with teams roping and branding cattle near the corral with foreman "SI" Salustiano Sansinena on the . . . — — Map (db m226423) HM
Born on December 21, 1959, to Robert Griffith and Florence Deloris Griffith, Florence Delorez Joyner accomplished more in her thirty-eight years on this earth than many people could achieve in one hundred.
Known to millions as Flo-Jo, . . . — — Map (db m189687) HM
Florence Joyner Olympiad Park marks the 36th park to be built in the City of Mission Viejo. Dedicated to the memory of Florence Joyner, the 17-acre park reflects her flair for style and her cherished values and ideals, including love of family, . . . — — Map (db m189686) HM
The city of Mission Viejo honors Megan M. McClung who died December 6, 2006 during Operation Iraqi Freedom while serving in the United States Marine Corps, I Marine Expeditionary Forces Headquarters Group. She will be remembered as a hometown hero . . . — — Map (db m215665) HM WM
Artist Marilyn Brame designed the Mountain Wall in 2001, as part of the Terra Native/Celebration of the Native Land Earth Day event.
Constructed or concrete with an overlay of mosaic tiles, the Wall educates the community about the . . . — — Map (db m230933) HM
The Women's Individual Road Race was the first event of the 1984 Summer Olympics and the first time women's cycling event was included in the Olympic program. The race was held at 9:00 am on Sunday, July 29th 1984. Jeannis Longo-Ciprelli of France . . . — — Map (db m189684) HM
Women’s Club of Orange, established 1915.
Old Towne Preservation Association.
This property is within the Old Towne Orange Historic District, placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the . . . — — Map (db m241287) HM
On September 11, 2001 Rancho Santa Margarita resident Lisa Frost was a passenger on the ill fated United Airlines Flight 175. The flight from Boston to L.A. was hijacked and crashed by terrorists into the south tower at the World Trade Center . . . — — Map (db m189861) HM WM
(Circa 1929) Bolsa Avenue and Monroe
Midway City, California
Midway City Women's Club
Organized 1928 - Federated 1935 - Incorporated 1935
Primary purpose: To promote moral, educational, welfare and civic measures.
Donated to Westminster . . . — — Map (db m59907) HM
Depot was 100 yards N.E. of this spot. Built by John Flint Kidder between 1874-76. It ran 22 miles from Colfax to Nevada City via Grass Valley. Rails taken up on 1942. Sarah Kidder, widow of builder , world’s first woman railroad president 1901 . . . — — Map (db m14438) HM
Basketmaking is a tradition of the Washoe people of the Great Basin that dates back thousands of years. Different types of baskets were made for holding water and cooking, winnowing seeds and nuts, collecting and storing food, catching fish and . . . — — Map (db m233388) HM
This monument dedicated to the memory of
James P. Beckwourth
Born in Virginia, the son of a Southern planter and a negro slave, Beckwourth was a trapper, scout and mountain man. He explored the west with Jim Bridger, Kit Carson and Peter . . . — — Map (db m56409) HM
Charlotte (Lotta) Mignon Crabtree, born November 7, 1847, New York City. Moved to Grass Valley California in late spring of 1853. In the fall of 1854, the Crabtrees moved to Rabbit Creek (La Porte). Mart Taylor, a saloon owner with a small theater, . . . — — Map (db m56298) HM
Built in 1915, the Banning Woman's Club Clubhouse is a frame building in the classical revival style with a plain entablature, simple doric columns, and palladian windows, as well as providing a meeting place for the woman's club, the socal and . . . — — Map (db m50710) HM
This Craftsman Style building, based upon a Welsh church, was built in 1913. The all-volunteer organization was founded in 1899 to improve the community through numerous innovative service projects.
Architect: Thomas E. Preston
Contractor: . . . — — Map (db m268757) HM
Dr. June Robertson McCarroll was born June 30, 1867 in the Adirondacks and began her medical career in Chicago. She left a promising practice for Indio in 1904. Becoming the sole practicing physician for the entire Coachella Valley. She traveled by . . . — — Map (db m78540) HM
Lake Elsinore Library was opened September
25, 1908 by Altha Merrifield (1892-1982). The
library previously operated in her father's
store on Main Street. When that building
burned down, the library was relocated to
several other sites . . . — — Map (db m257353) HM
Built in 1890 on 1-1/2 acres of land donated by William
Snoddy, the 2-classroom school joined a general store and
blacksmith shop as the hub of the community. It served as
an elementary and high school by day and civic meeting place
at night . . . — — Map (db m176744) HM
Completed 1936
Architect: Richard Neutra
International Style Modern
A masterful interweaving of Neutra's interest in climate,
landscape and health with Miller's progressive attitudes regarding
the role of women in modern society and . . . — — Map (db m309759) HM
Originally constructed for the YWCA on land donated by Frank A. Miller. Designed in a Spanish
Revival style by architect Julia Morgan. Purchased by the Riverside Art Association in 1966. — — Map (db m176365) HM
Eliza Tibbets embodied the spirit of her beliefs as an abolitionist, a suffragist and a pioneer of the California Citrus industry. Her pioneering life gave fruition to the most important plant introduction in the history of the United States. In . . . — — Map (db m304319) HM
Architects Seehorn and Preston designed this French Normandy Revival style house for Lew and Stella Blanchard Irvine. The sixteen-room mansion was designed especially to hold the functions of the Women's Christian Temperance Union, of which Stella . . . — — Map (db m304352) HM
This campus is named in honor of Mary D. Nichols for her dedication and service to CARB, Californians, and the world.
Mary D. Nichols devoted her life to protecting public health, reducing air pollution, and fighting against climate change. . . . — — Map (db m304026) HM
The Loraine Small Rose Garden is located in the Victoria Avenue median within walking distance of the Helen Hays Yeager Memorial Grove. In addition to operating a landscape nursery in Riverside for many years, Lorraine Small wrote a gardening column . . . — — Map (db m273880) HM
On July 28, 2012, Victoria Avenue Forever (VAF), the Riverside Bicycle Club and the City of Riverside celebrated the naming of the bicycle trail on Victoria Avenue for former Ward 4 Councilwoman (1971-78), founding board member and first . . . — — Map (db m273851) HM
This Spanish colonial revival house was originally home to two important Riverside citizens, Emerson and Mary Holt. Mr. Holt was vice president of the Riverside Title Company, chaplain of the Evergreen Masonic Lodge, and co-founder of the . . . — — Map (db m303134) HM
Henry Jekel designed this Spanish Colonial Revival house for Ernest and Louise Clarke; it was built in 1928. In 1896 Ernest became Editor of the Riverside Daily Press, a position he held for 37 years, and later the Head of the combined . . . — — Map (db m303638) HM
Patricia H. Birdsall (Pat) was known for her genuine love for Temecula, and for her countless hours of volunteer service for the benefit of the entire Temecula Valley.
Prior to the city's incorporation in 1989, Pat served for many years as a . . . — — Map (db m195086) HM
monument front:
Jacqueline Cochran
(1906-1980)
Woman Pilot, Record Setter, WASP, Ninety-Nine
First Woman to Break the Sound Barrier
Charter Member of the Coachella Valley Chapter of Ninety-Nines
Jackie Cochran . . . — — Map (db m114556) HM
This commemorative bell celebrates a combined century of service by the California Federation of Women’s Clubs and California State Automobile Association including the establishment of bell markers along the historical El Camino Real. — — Map (db m14819) HM
[A tree was planted in the memory of Jean Bell Kellogg. At the foot of the tree lies this marker] Charter member of Sumner Woman’s Relief Corps No.11, Auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic, Founded 1885. — — Map (db m15012) HM
This sculpture commemorates the 150th anniversary of the Sisters of Mercy caring for those in need to the greater Sacramento region. Mary Baptist Russell, California Foundress of the Sisters of Mercy, is depicted here as a woman of vision, courage . . . — — Map (db m14840) HM
Directory operators, each with a series of telephone directories in front of them bound in metal boxes and with their own scaled-down board, assisted customers in 1958. Operators worked a very large switchboard in the background. — — Map (db m266345) HM
A bisexual poet, journalist, and political activist. Among the first generation born free in the South after the Civil War and a daughter of a slave, she was one of the prominent African Americans involved in the artistic flourishing of the Harlem . . . — — Map (db m171821) HM
Charlotta Bass was an educator, newspaper publisher-editor, and activist. She also
focused on various other issues such as housing rights, voting rights, and labor rights, as
well as police brutality and harassment. In 1952, Bass became the first . . . — — Map (db m171824) HM
Clara Shortridge Foltz was the first American female lawyer on the West Coast and the
pioneer of the idea of the public defender. During a career that spanned 56 years, Foltz
almost single-handedly pushed a great deal of progressive legislation . . . — — Map (db m171852) HM
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