Next time you visit Altadena library, make a point to look at the magnificent painting on the south wall, Millard Canyon at Granite Gate, donated by Mr. and Mrs. Guy Fisher quite a few years ago. Painted by George Gardner… Read More »Altadena Library Painting by George Gardner Symons
This 46 star American flag is part of Altadena Historical Society’s Mount Lowe Railway legacy. Forty-six star American flag in AHS collectionflew over Ye Old Alpine Tavern sometime between1907 and 1912. The scenic mountain railroad attraction imagined by Thaddeus S. C.… Read More »American Flags Reveal Mount Lowe Railway Timeline
Charles and Henry Greene in Altadena By Kathy Hoskins, AHS volunteer Charles and Henry Greene are famous for the many beautiful homes they built in Pasadena including the Gamble and Blacker houses. Altadena has it’s own share of these wonderful… Read More »Altadena’s Greene and Greene Houses
20 East Mariposa The modest art deco flourish over the front door suggests a bit of aesthetic history in the building that stands on the southeast corner of Fair Oaks and Mariposa. We found out about it in the September… Read More »Altadena Modernism at Former Medical Building on Mariposa
The building standing at the southeast corner of Lake and Mariposa has a story to tell about finance in Altadena. Home to two banks and an internationally-known engineering firm, the building was constructed in 1926 for Pacific Southwest Trust and… Read More »Pankow Building