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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Glendale, California
Location of Glendale, California
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| | Built in 1936. French revival-style design adapted by
local architect Merrill Baird and featured
as the “Home of the Month” in the
September 1936 issue of McCall's magazine. — — Map (db m173521) HM |
| | Built in 1931. Excellent example of Spanish Colonial Revival style architecture due to its
outstanding design and retention of character-defining features. — — Map (db m174062) HM |
| | Built in 1936 by Richfield Oil Corporation. Rare surviving example of a
streamline moderne gas station, significant for its association with
the development of Southern California car culture. — — Map (db m140830) HM |
| | Alex Theatre has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior.
1925 Theatre Building — Arthur G. Lindley & Charles R. Selkirk, architects.
1940 Marquee & Tower — S. . . . — — Map (db m145347) HM |
| | Built in 1922 by Mattison Boyd Jones, businessman, politician, and community leader. Home and gardens frequently used as background for motion pictures, television, and commercial filming. — — Map (db m163467) HM |
| | Built in 1949. Designed by Paul Burkhard, Jr. Modern style home
built for former mayor
Paul Burkhard, Sr. — — Map (db m173519) HM |
| | Built by Tomás and Maria Sanchez, 1865-1871. Restored by the City of Glendale, 1932. California Historical Landmark No. 235. — — Map (db m145352) HM |
| | Built in 1925. Exemplary Spanish Colonial Revival home
with elements of Moorish and Pueblo Revival styles. Built for local businessman Robert Jensen.
Named for Mrs. Carmen Issai Ovanesian, noted
local philanthropist for children's causes. — — Map (db m173515) HM |
| | The Doctors’ House, a Glendale Landmark, is named for the three prominent physicians Dr. G.V. Bogue, Dr. D.W. Hunt, and Dr. A.L. Bryant, and for Dr. L.H. Hurtt, chemist, who made it their home. One of the few remaining residences of Queen Anne . . . — — Map (db m156338) HM |
| | Known as Brand's Castle
Home of L.C. Brand-Pioneer and
Prominent developer in Glendale
Design by Nathaniel Dryden
Historical "City of Glendale California" Landmark — — Map (db m56191) HM |
| | The General Andres Pico Oak Tree once stood in Rancho San Rafael in an area that later became part of the City of Glendale. This tree played a significant role in the history of California. On January 11, 1847, representatives of Los Estados Unidos . . . — — Map (db m128302) HM |
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Built in the 1880’s. One of the last remaining examples of Queen Anne-Eastlake architectural style in Glendale. Home of Ed Goode, 1897-1917. Outstanding community leader. — — Map (db m143602) HM |
| | Grand Central Air Terminal is an intact example of an early airport
passenger terminal and serves as a physical record of pivotal events that helped shape the development of air travel and the aviation industry in Southern California.
The air . . . — — Map (db m137664) HM |
| | Mansion built by W. F. Markham, developer and inventor of the Markham Air Rifle at Plymouth, Michigan in 1886. Gardens formerly used as bird sanctuary. — — Map (db m137558) HM |
| | In Memory of more than 200,000 Asian and Dutch women who were removed from their homes in Korea, China, Taiwan, Japan, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, East Timor, and Indonesia, to be coerced into sexual slavery by the Imperial Armed . . . — — Map (db m138945) HM WM |
| | Built in 1927. Excellent example of Mediterranean Revival architecture. Residence of world heavyweight wrestling champion Ed “Strangler” Lewis between 1933 and 1940. — — Map (db m137362) HM |
| | Miss American Green Cross was originally dedicated on May 4, 1928 to represent the American Green Cross Society. The early environmental organization was dedicated to the "saving of American's greatest asset-trees". The first chapter of the Society . . . — — Map (db m56198) HM |
| | Originally known as the Victory Boulevard bridge, the Riverside Drive bridge was constructed in 1938 to improve a bottleneck caused by an earlier wooden bridge. It was partially funded by President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Works Progress . . . — — Map (db m129133) HM |
| | San Rafael Rancho, first granted to José Maria Verdugo, Oct. 20, 1784.
Catalina Adobe built about 1828.
And, General Andres Pico oak tree camp site, before he surrendered to General John C. Fremont, 1847. — — Map (db m128201) HM WM |
| | Site of Glendale Depot of the
Los Angeles Interurban Railway, 1904-1923,
first six-story building in the city.
Constructed by Security Trust
and Savings Bank in 1923.
Original property occupied by
First Savings Bank of Glendale. — — Map (db m158123) HM |
| | Site of Somerset Farm, home of John Calvin Sherer from 1882 to 1949,
an early settler and a founder of Glendale, California. — — Map (db m138929) HM |
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