Adolph and Kate Crane Gartz built a spectacular $25,000 house on the northwest corner of Mariposa and Santa Rosa in 1908. (The house was razed in 1953. Today the property is a Girl Scout camp.) Kate Crane Gartz was heiress… Read More »Altadena’s Kate Crane Gartz House
Front page article in the December 20, 1930 issue of The Altadena Press Do You Know Altadena? Here are a Few Facts By Jay V. V. Green, Secretary, Altadena Chamber of Commerce 4800 telephones 35 grocery, meat market stores 1… Read More »Altadena Facts Circa 1930
Inscribed “Altadena Masons” The Masonic Lodge which today serves as a private school is located on the south side of Mendocino just east of Lake. We don’t know much about the building’s history in between the time it was built… Read More »Altadena’s Masonic Lodge
Although Pasadena lays claim to the Rose Parade, Altadena played a role in its beginning. Banyard Smith house designed by Frederick Roehrig Photo: Huntington Library digital collection Michele Zack tells us that the connection can be found within the Altadena… Read More »Altadena’s Banyard Smith House and the Pasadena Rose Parade
This hand-tinted postcard features Altadena’s McNally house nestled in a lush winter garden with snow-covered mountains in the background. It seems to say, “Christmas in Southern California – warm enough to grow oranges, cold enough to bring snow. Don’t you… Read More »An Altadena Christmas