Built 1887
107 S. Fair Oaks Ave.
Historically significant to the Old Pasadena Historic District
City of Pasadena
Mills Act Program — — Map (db m262759) HM
1141 North Chester Avenue, built 1914.
This property is listed in the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior. — — Map (db m296147) HM
Year & model: 1909 Seagrave buckboard-type fire apparatus; placed
in service on September 23, 1909.
Original cost: $14,950, restored in 1966 for $3,600. Most of the work
was done by firefighters.
Motor power: 45 horsepower 6-cylinder . . . — — Map (db m162120) HM
The 1942 Rose Bowl was the 28th Rose Bowl Game. Originally scheduled to be played in the
Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena,
California, it was moved to Durham, North Carolina, due to the fears of an attack on the West Coast of the United States . . . — — Map (db m128107) HM
On this site in 1942, the Aerojet Engineering Company founded the
first manufacturing facility for the production of rocket propulsion
systems. This was done under the leadership of Aerojet's first
president, Dr. Theodore von Kármán, . . . — — Map (db m151793) HM
Ambassador Auditorium, the final and most elaborate
structure of the building program begun in 1964 by
Ambassador College (see nearby marker) opened with
an inaugural concert on April 7, 1974. Designed by
the architectural firm of Daniel, Mann, . . . — — Map (db m151823) HM
An event ticket does much more than provide a transactional receipt to purchase entrance to an event experience: It connects the fans with the moments.
Tickets enable fans to gain access to the emotional memories and history associated with . . . — — Map (db m300295) HM
Pomegranate Amphitheater
This amphitheater is built from split concrete urbanite and sandstone
recovered from the Durand House mansion that stood on this site
from 1905 until the mid-1960s. The stained glass window in the . . . — — Map (db m216174) HM
Beginning in the late 1800s, generations of African Americans, Japanese Americans, Mexican Americans, and other residents lived in this neighborhood. They raised families, ran businesses, built churches, and shaped Pasadena's social fabric while . . . — — Map (db m288026) HM
Named for John Hamilton Baker, one of
four advance men sent west to select a
site for the Indiana Colony in 1873 and
one of the twenty-seven original settlers
in Pasadena. His house, at the southwest
corner of Fair Oaks Avenue and . . . — — Map (db m161853) HM
Arnold O. Beckman developed the first commercially successful
electronic pH meter while a member of the faculty of the
California Institute of Technology. This rugged and portable
“acidimeter,” which had all necessary components housed in . . . — — Map (db m124162) HM
Before freeways bisected this neighborhood, the comer of Lincoln and Fair Oaks – called by locals “the Point” or “the Triangle” – was a busy shopping hub, with Lincoln Market, a shoe repair place, a drug store, and a Winchell's Donut House nearby. . . . — — Map (db m287862) HM
Glasser Hall
Historic name: Behlow House
Built: 1904
Architect: Charles E. Driscoll
Builders: E. W. Dobbins/Wopschall Brothers
Glasser Hall is dedicated to the memory of John Emil Glasser (1886-1975.) Best known
for his . . . — — Map (db m304726) 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
Named for Perry P. Bonham, a plumber who occupied 45 West Colorado Boulevard in the Hugus and Bonham Block. Today, the late nineteenth-century masonry buildings are grouped behind a two-story Spanish Colonial facade. Bonham served as a police . . . — — Map (db m151953) HM
Named for J.C. Brainard who was a partner in the development of Prospect Park, one of Pasadena's first prestigious residential subdivisions. He was the first President of the Pasadena Board of Realtors (1908) and was an officer of the Home Telephone . . . — — Map (db m72644) HM
Built in 1906 for Edgar R. Braley, an influential figure in early Pasadena. Braley was a well-respected businessman who also served as a park, fire, and police commissioner. The Braley Building at 35 South Raymond Avenue was the former site of two . . . — — Map (db m71231) HM
Freeways connect cities yet divide communities. Pasadena is no exception.
It built the nation's first freeway to connect to downtown Los Angeles and also cut itself in half to ease access to the suburbs.
In the late 1960s and 1970s, thousands . . . — — Map (db m287861) HM
On this site stood the private residence of
William Henry Harrison, 1882-1955,
and the office of Harrison Realty Company.
Mr. Harrison was Pasadena's first black real estate broker and
was a pioneer in eliminating segregation and . . . — — Map (db m260075) HM
This site was the location of the Chihuahuita School, which served the residents of the Chihuahuita Barrio, a predominantly Mexican and Mexican-American neighborhood. Most of the residents were immigrants from the Mexican state of . . . — — Map (db m255611) HM
Named for the family that founded the Penn Oil and Supply Company in 1903, the First Independent Firestone and Union Oil Dealership on the West Coast. In the early 1930s, G.C. Christensen opened the largest and most modern automotive service . . . — — Map (db m151952) HM
In 1895, banker, hotelier, railroad builder and real estate
developer Edward Fay Claypool (1832-1911) of
Indianapolis built what was described as "a magnificent
Moorish structure.” In 1901, the home was sold to
millionaire Eldridge M. . . . — — Map (db m151946) HM
Waddell & Harrington of Kansas City, Missouri, designed the
Colorado Street Bridge in 1912. J.D.Mercereau Construction of Los
Angeles was the contractor. Dedicated and opened to traffic on
December 13, 1913. Designated as a Historic Civil . . . — — Map (db m161949) HM
Charles & Henry Greene, architects,
designed in 1911,
has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior. — — Map (db m231910) HM
This property is listed in the National Register of Historic Places
by the United States Department of the Interior.
The Craig Adobe, c. 1869.
The Hermitage, James Craig Adobe, ranch house.
City of Pasadena Cultural Heritage . . . — — Map (db m210449) HM
The Don Carlos Court has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior. — — Map (db m254210) HM
Taylor Hall
Historic name: Warren K. and Belle R. Dunn House
Built: 1904
Architect: C.W. Buchanan
Builder: D.T. Reed
This building is named for Herbert J. Taylor, a close friend and counselor of Charles
and Grace Fuller . . . — — Map (db m304728) HM
Why is Eaton Canyon Closed?
Safety First
In January 2025, the Eaton Fire swept through the canyon, followed by dangerous debris flows in February and
March. These forces dramatically altered the terrain, creating uneven . . . — — Map (db m274002) HM
The Van Halen family emigrated from the Netherlands to Pasadena in 1962.
Alex and Eddie Van Halen attended schools in Pasadena and began playing
music together with Eddie on guitar and Alex on drums. Years later, the brothers
formed the band . . . — — Map (db m247168) HM
Named for General Edwin Ward, a major real estate investor and owner of the Ward Block and the Grand Hotel at the southwest corner of Colorado Boulevard and Fair Oaks Avenue originally named "Grimes Alley" after Charles Grimes whose restaurant and . . . — — Map (db m151950) HM
Named for the Pacific Electric Railway Company. The now-vanished Pacific Alley Intersected Electric Alley at mid-block. Owned by Henry E. Huntingon, the Pacific Electric System was the largest electric railway in the world, covering Southern . . . — — Map (db m72682) HM
Built from 1897 to 1898, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior.
"The Evanston Inn, Pasadena's only remaining wood-frame hotel
from the 19th century, is an important reminder . . . — — Map (db m210456) HM
Named for the "Exchange Block Building" at 13-27 East Colorado Boulevard whose most important business was the Carlton Hotel, a first-class business hotel established in 1886. On the first floor were Harper & Reynolds Hardware Company and Alexander . . . — — Map (db m71145) HM
“Well, the first thing to hit me [after returning to Pasadena in the early 1970s] was physical. I didn't know that you had freeways bisecting the city. Of course, you know, I have feelings about that. I know that freeways always . . . — — Map (db m287860) HM
Fenyes Estate, built 1905, has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior. — — Map (db m74140) HM
Near this site, in August 1932, Carl David Anderson photographed the track of a cosmic ray particle in his cloud chamber. He identified this particle as the positron — the first known antiparticle.
Historic Physics Site, Register of . . . — — Map (db m124150) 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
Named for Dr. J. Carvasso Fraser, Physician for the Raymond Hotel in the 1890s. The Raymond Hotel, perhaps the finest of Pasadena's early grand resort hotels, was located on South Raymond Avenue on Raymond Hill, two miles south of Colorado . . . — — Map (db m151947) HM
The Freeman House, built 1913, has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior. — — Map (db m254208) HM
Friendship Baptist Church has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior.
c. 1925
Friendship Baptist Church
City of Pasadena Cultural Heritage Landmark
Architect: Norman . . . — — Map (db m287858) HM
Built in 1908, the David B. Gamble House is a tribute to the genius of architects Charles Sumner Greene and Henry Mather Greene. Its design represents a unique California lifestyle and is a masterpiece of American craftsmanship. In 1966 it was made . . . — — Map (db m59811) HM
Dedicated to George Ellery Hale, 1868-1938. First Director of this Observatory. Discoverer of solar magnetism. Founder of the Yerkes, Mount Wilson, and
Palomar Observatories, the Astrophysical Journal,
the California Institute of . . . — — Map (db m152855) HM
Artists: Victor Ving & Lisa Beggs @greetingstour
Production Assistants:
Ray Abary, Swank SH
The Greetings Tour is a nationwide public art project by muralist
Victor Ving & photographer Lisa Beggs. Since 2014, they . . . — — Map (db m273361) HM
Hale Solar Laboratory has been designated a National Historic Landmark. This property possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America. — — Map (db m152145) HM
For over a century, this site has been home to a series of campus hubs that have provided the
Caltech community with a central gathering space. The first such hub was known as the Old
Dorm. Built in 1910 as a dormitory for the Throop Polytechnic . . . — — Map (db m160768) HM
Named for Orrin Henry Hayes, an early Pasadena Hay and Feed Merchant. His father, W.F. Hayes, opened a family grocery store on South Fair Oaks Avenue in 1881, one of the community's earliest business enterprises. — — Map (db m72678) HM
The property and landscape surrounding you
was historically the territory of the Hahamongna
Tribe of Native Americans, who lived in small
villages along the banks of the Arroyo Seco. It
later became part of the vast lands of the San
Gabriel . . . — — Map (db m151819) HM
In Commemoration
Former Residence (1980-1981)
The Honorable Barack H. Obama
44th President of the United States of America
253 East Glenarm Street
Pasadena, California — — Map (db m160726) HM
Named for Casper T. Hopkins, a major proponent for the establishment of a Public Library in Pasadena. In 1880, he purchased the eighty acre "Olivewood Tract" that fronted Colorado Boulevard between El Molino and Lake Avenues. Hopkins served as . . . — — Map (db m72685) HM
Named for John W. Hugus (1836 - 1901), a wealthy and prominent rancher, businessman, and philanthropist who shared ownership in the Hugus and Bonham Block (45 West Colorado Boulevard) with Perry Bonham. — — Map (db m189647) HM
On this site in 1924, sixteen year-old Lionel Sternberger first put cheese on a hamburger and served it to a customer, thereby inventing the cheeseburger. The 'Aristocratic Burger' at the Rite Spot is the first instance of a hamburger with cheese . . . — — Map (db m156407) HM
In memory of Alfred Henry Sturtevant, Geneticist and Naturalist, Professor of Biology at the California Institute of Technology from 1928 to 1970.
These iris resulted from genetic studies he made between 1952 and 1969. — — Map (db m124155) HM
Humble Beginnings of Matthew "Mack" and Jack "Jackie" Robinson
The Robinson family resided at 121 Pepper Street from 1922 to 1946. Four years
apart, brothers Matthew "Mack" and Jack "Jackie" attended the same schools in
Pasadena . . . — — Map (db m160735) HM
On October 31, 1936 at a site approximately 400 yards to the southeast, in the Arroyo Seco River Bed, a group of students and co-workers from the Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory, California Institute of Technology (GALCIT), with the . . . — — Map (db m118834) HM
John Grosse House
Built: 1905
Architect: Unknown
Builder: Peter Hall
The John Grosse House combines elements of the Dutch
Colonial Revival and Shingle styles of architecture. More sedate
than its exuberant neighbors, the . . . — — Map (db m304727) 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 lower part of this building was constructed as a
hydrodynamics laboratory in 1944 and for 16 years made
many distinguished contributions to knowledge in its
field. In 1960, Aerojet-General Corporation provided
funds for the reconstruction . . . — — Map (db m160767) HM
Nearly a half-dozen churches anchored this neighborhood's communities: Scott Methodist Church on Mary Street (close to where you're standing), Japanese Union Church on Kensington Place, First AME on Vernon, Friendship Baptist on Dayton, and St. . . . — — Map (db m287863) HM
Named for Bela Otis Kendall, a well-known businessman in Pasadena. During the boom of 1886, he built the B.O. Kendall Company, located at 35 North Raymond Avenue, into a thriving real estate business. Among the noteworthy buildings erected by the . . . — — Map (db m72675) HM
This property is listed in the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior.
John K. Van De Kamp Bridge, formerly known as La Loma Bridge is an open-spandrel-arch reinforced concrete bridge . . . — — Map (db m235281) HM
Named for Charles Legge, a real estate man who came to Pasadena from Iowa in 1875. He donated land for the community's First Public Library, which was built in Memorial Park in 1887. Legge was a director of the First National Bank of Pasadena . . . — — Map (db m72642) HM
Dedicated this twenty-seventh day
of October Nineteen Hundred and
Fifty by the citizens of the City of
Pasadena in honor of the
brave
members of the United States
Air Force living and dead who
answer the call of service to
God and Country to . . . — — Map (db m160765) WM
Native Presence
Eaton Canyon has been home to and/or
utilized by many diverse people since the
original Hokan speaking peoples inhabited
the area pre-7000 BCE. Displacing the
Hokan people, the Uto-Aztecan people,
now known as . . . — — Map (db m248995) HM
Neighborhoods, public schools, jobs, restaurants, movie theaters, swimming pools: little escaped the color barrier in mid-1900s Pasadena. In response, civil rights advocates used the legal system to push Pasadena toward equity for all citizens.
. . . — — Map (db m287859) HM
Named for T.E. Martin who build The Webster Hotel in 1884 at the southwest corner of Colorado Boulevard and Fair Oaks Avenue. Later called The Grand Hotel, it was the scene of many social events in early Pasadena. — — Map (db m151948) HM
Named for E.L. McCormick, President of the American Bank & Trust Company from 1907-1910. The American Bank & Trust Company, organized in 1905, was located at the northeast corner of Colorado Street and Broadway at 135 East Colorado Street. A good . . . — — Map (db m151949) HM
This well-named service road ran behind some of the most important retail merchants that fronted Colorado Boulevard from 1887 to the end of the 19th century. Among the retailers in this block were Hertel's Dry Goods, J.W. Woods (The Druggist who . . . — — Map (db m71234) HM
This well-named service road ran behind some of the most important retail merchants that fronted Colorado Boulevard from 1887 to the end of the 19th century. Among the retailers in this block were Hertel's Dry Goods, J.W. Woods (The Druggist who . . . — — Map (db m151951) HM
Multimillionaire Hulett C. Merritt (1872-1956) began
construction of his home at 99 Terrace Drive in 1905. Also
known as Villa Merritt Ollivier, the home was designed by
architect W.F. Thompson based on interior and exterior
drawings supplied . . . — — Map (db m151944) HM
Believed to have been named for
Lester F. Miller (1840-1922) who came
to Pasadena for his health in 1884.
He stayed on to develop a
successful real estate business that
specialized in subdividing home
sites, small ranches and orange
groves . . . — — Map (db m160748) HM
Named for Alexander Fraser Mills, a nurseryman who planted a citrus grove on 7 1/2 acres at the northwest corner of Colorado Boulevard and Fair Oaks Avenue in 1878. Mills Place was originally named "Ward Alley." In 1885, a fire at this site . . . — — Map (db m151954) HM
Named for William Morgan, an
Englishman born in 1831 who
had worked as a miner and
lumberman. He built Pasadena's
first permanent post office and
the Morgan Block
at
44-48 South Raymond Avenue.
This historical marker was donated . . . — — Map (db m273366) HM
Completed in 1889, Pasadena's first firehouse has been home to Engine Company No. 1, a Prohibition-era speakeasy, military command headquarters, a post World War VFW hall, a produce market and a location for many Hollywood motion pictures and . . . — — Map (db m308032) HM
This official Olympic Flagpole
was used at Squaw Valley, California
in the pageantry ceremonies
of the VIII Olympic Winter Games
held in February 18 - 28, 1960.
Walt Disney, Chairman of Pageantry. — — Map (db m154852) HM
Named for the Pacific Electric Railway Company owned by Henry E. Huntington. The Pacific Electric System was the largest Electric Railway in the world, covering southern California with over 1,100 miles of track. By 1906, Pasadena was served by . . . — — Map (db m72684) HM
Grace Nicholson, a noted collector and authority on American Indian and Asian Art and artifacts, supervised the design of her combination gallery and museum which was completed in 1929. It has been called an outstanding example of 1920s revival . . . — — Map (db m59818) HM
Pasadena Central Library,
City of Pasadena Cultural Heritage Landmark.
Architects: Myron Hunt & H.C. Chambers, 1927.
Pasadena Central Library,
built 1927,
was given a National Preservation Honor Award
by The National Trust for Historic . . . — — Map (db m152835) HM
In 1902 Pasadena erected their first City Hall on this side, C.H. Brown designed the two story masonry building and the firm of Dawson & Eldridge constructed the building for $36,532. The building was dedicated on November 19, 1902 and remained . . . — — Map (db m71139) HM
In 1923, after years without a formal city hall building, the citizens of Pasadena funded construction of a visionary new city hall. "An official building of imposing beauty, massive yet graceful, and suited to a land of flowers and sunshine" is . . . — — Map (db m145663) HM
This memorial is dedicated in honor of the twenty-seven founders of the City of Pasadena. Near this spot on January 27, 1874 the original purchasers of land in the Rancho San Pasqual met and selected each his choice of lots
J. H. Baker ·
Col. J. . . . — — Map (db m162023) HM
To those Pasadena Police Officers and other law enforcement officers killed in pursuit of Peace and Justice in Pasadena
"Be just and fear not; let all the ends thou aimest at be thy country’s, thy God’s and truth’s."
W. Shakespeare . . . — — Map (db m160994) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m244475) HM
Erected by the California Highway Commission and Division of Highways of the Department of Public Works - named by resolution of the 1953 State Legislature and dedicated to all Pasadena Pioneers, especially the twenty seven who founded this city . . . — — Map (db m161000) HM
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