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Appendices
APPENDIX A – DEVELOPMENT CHRONOLOGY
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APPENDIX A – DEVELOPMENT CHRONOLOGY
NATIVE AMERICAN SETTLEMENT
The area’s earliest known inhabitants were members of the Tongva tribe, hunter-gatherers who resided throughout the region that is now Los Angeles County.
EUROPEAN EXPLORATION (1542-1769)
1542 Portuguese navigator Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo becomes the first European to explore what is now the West Coast of the United States.
1602 Navigator Sebastian Vizcaíno further investigates the Pacific Coast region.
SPANISH RULE (1769-1821)
1769 The Spanish government dispatches an expedition led by Gaspar de Portolá to conduct an inland exploration of California.
The first recorded reference to Alhambra (“El Susa”) appears in the diary of Fr. Juan Crespi, a missionary with the Portolá expedition. 1771 Mission San Gabriel Arcángel is founded on the banks of the San Gabriel River.
1776 Due to severe flooding, the Mission is relocated to higher ground in present-day San Gabriel.
1781
El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles del Río de Porciúncula is founded on September 4th, the second town created during the Spanish colonization of Alta California.
MEXICAN RULE (1821-1849)
1821 Mexico wins its independence from Spain, making Alta California part of Mexico.
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1833 The Mexican Congress passes an act to secularize the California missions.
1838 The 128.26-acre Rancho Huerta de Cuati is granted to Hugo Reid and his wife, Victoria Bartolomea Comicrabit.
1848 The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ends the Mexican-American War and cedes Alta California to the United States.
1849 Gold is discovered at Sutter’s Mill in Coloma, California, sparking a gold rush that prompts hundreds of thousands of people to descend upon Alta California. The discovery also gives rise to the development of the mining industry in California, which transforms the Southern California landscape and brings scores of new settlers to the region.
EARLY CALIFORNIA (1850-1874)
1850 California is admitted to the Union on September 9th, becoming its 31st state.
Congress passes the Foreign Miners’ Tax of 1850, which imposes a tax of $20 per month on foreign miners. The Act is later repealed in 1851, but is subsequently replaced with another law in 1852, which imposes a tax of only three dollars per month and is increased multiple times in subsequent years. Both Acts are adopted in an effort to restrict foreign competition in mining, and are largely designed to limit the activities of Chinese miners.
Congress passes the Act for the Government and Protection of Indians, also known informally as the Indian Indenture Act. The Act regulates certain employment terms that allow for the separation of Indigenous parents from their children, displacing local Tongva communities and leading to the enslavement and enforced labor of Native Americans in the state. The Act also redefines legal definitions of certain criminal activities and punishments and incentivizes harassment and violence toward Native Americans under the guise of punishment, resulting in widespread exploitation. 1851 Congress passes the California Land Act, which requires all holders of Spanish and/or Mexican land grants to present their titles for verification by the Public Land Commission, which was charged with determining the validity – or lack thereof – of land grants 302
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previously assigned by both the Mexican and Spanish authorities under earlier periods of rule. Adoption of the Land Act contributed to the breakup of expansive rancho lands that dominated the Southern California landscape and created newfound availability that attracted settlers looking for smaller acreages to the area. The shift helped fuel one of the region’s earliest land booms and sparked the transformation of the area from a rancho economy to a more complex model as land became available for other purposes. 1852 Hugo Reid dies on December 12th.
1854 Benjamin Davis “Don Benito” Wilson acquires Rancho Huerta de Cuati from Hugo Reid’s widow, Victoria Comicrabit Reid, and dubs the property “Lake Vineyard.”
1857 Congress passes the California Overland Mail Act, which authorizes overland mail delivery service to California and promises government aid to any company that can reliably transport mail from St. Louis to San Francisco twice a week and guarantee its arrival within twenty-five days. Passage of the law sparks the launch of a stagecoach line carrying both passengers and overland mail to and from California in 1858.
1861 The first transcontinental telegraph line is completed, eliminating gaps in transmission in Nevada and creating a link between St.
Joseph, Missouri, and Sacramento, which allows telegrams to be transmitted between the East and West Coasts for the first time. 1867 Wilson’s daughter, Maria de Jesus Wilson, marries James De Barth Shorb, who joins his father-in-law in developing his San Gabriel Valley land holdings.
1869 The Transcontinental Railroad is completed on May 10th. Its construction links Union Pacific Railroad lines in the east and Central Pacific Railroad lines in the west, making overland transport possible between the East and West Coasts.
1870s As population increases in Los Angeles County, the cost of government increases and property taxes are raised – eventually to as much as fifty cents per acre. Wilson begins to consider subdividing Lake Vineyard in order to raise money.
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1873 The Southern Pacific Railroad line through the San Gabriel Valley is completed, paving the way for expanded agricultural activities as well as residential and commercial development.
1874 B. D. Wilson subdivides a portion of Lake Vineyard for development as the Alhambra Tract (MR003-266), which is surveyed in June.
EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF ALHAMBRA (1875-1902)
1875 Congress passes the Page Act, the first restrictive immigration law to be adopted in America. The Act marks the end of open borders by effectively barring the entry of Chinese laborers into the United States. Though the Act applies to both sexes in theory in an effort to prevent forced labor, in practice Chinese women are selectively targeted in order to prevent them from engaging in prostitution with white American males.
Acreage in the Alhambra Tract is offered for sale to the public for the first time in April.
Wilson and Shorb – along with several associates – establish the Lake Vineyard Land and Water Association, which is incorporated in May.
1876 The Alhambra Tract is recorded in September.
The Alhambra Addition Tract (MR003-298) is surveyed in October and recorded in December.
1877 All five and ten-acre plots in the Alhambra Tract are sold within two years.
1878 St. James Chapel, a 20x35-foot frame building, is dedicated in January. It remains the only church building in Alhambra until 1888.
Benjamin Wilson dies on March 11
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1880 At least 25 families reside in Alhambra.
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acreage into smaller lots to meet the demand for land and housing in the area.
1882 Congress passes the Chinese Exclusion Act, which prohibits the immigration of Chinese laborers. It is the first law to be implemented specifically to prevent a particular ethnic or cultural group from immigrating to the United States.
The San Gabriel Winery is established.
1883 The demand for land prompts the first subdivision recorded in Alhambra when G. B. Adams divides six lots in the Alhambra Addition tract into twelve smaller parcels (MR005-121). 1885 The Santa Fe Railroad completes a second transcontinental line that now terminates in Los Angeles, breaking the Southern Pacific Railroad’s monopoly on the region. A fare war between the now- warring transcontinental railroad companies brings railroad ticket prices to new lows, drawing thousands of tourists and new residents to Southern California.
Alhambra residents begin to focus on developing Main Street as a commercial center, opening the first store in the region in 1885, and the area soon begins to function as a commercial hub for the San Gabriel Valley.
1887 The Alhambra Hotel opens for business.
The Southern Pacific Railroad builds a full-service depot at the southeast corner of Garfield Avenue and Marengo Road, with a passenger waiting area, loading dock, Western Union office, and resident stationmaster.
The Alhambra and Pasadena Street Railway is completed in February. The horse-drawn trolley route begins at the Southern Pacific depot at Garfield and Mission and runs north to the Raymond depot of the Santa Fe Railroad in Pasadena.
1888 The San Gabriel Valley Rapid Transit Railroad is completed. This line links the new town of Monrovia with Los Angeles via Alhambra.
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1890 The United States Census records the City’s population of 808 residents.
Ramona Convent Secondary School opens.
1893 Alhambra’s first hospital is established in a remodeled bungalow by Drs. Milbank Johnson and O. O. Witherbee at the corner of Boabdil (Main) and Second Streets.
1896 James De Barth Shorb dies on April 16
th.
1901 The Los Angeles and Pasadena Electric Railway (the predecessor of Pacific Electric) begins construction on the Alhambra line in October.
1902 The electric railway line is opened on June 21
st with cars running
through to General Hospital in Los Angeles on a 30-minute schedule.
CITY INCORPORATION AND CIVIC IMPROVEMENT (1903-1919)
1903 Alhambra is incorporated as a city on July 11th.
Alfred Dolge comes to Alhambra to establish a felt-making factory, the Alfred Dolge Manufacturing Company, with the financial backing of Henry Huntington, William Kerkoff, and associates. 1906 The City files its first building report, noting that 161 construction permits were issued in 1906, with a total value of $200,343. 1908 Dolge’s felt company is reorganized as the Alfred Dolge Felt Company, and the company adds the production of piano felt as well as the fabrication of piano hammers and ladies’ slippers. The company’s name is soon changed to the Standard Felt Company. 1910 The United States Census records the City’s population of 5,021 residents.
1913 The Midwick Country Club opens on April 19th.
1915 Alhambra becomes a chartered city of the third class on March 8th. 306
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1917 The United States declares war on Germany on April 6th, marking the country’s entrance into World War I.
1918 A ceasefire and armistice are declared on November 11th, marking the conclusion of World War I.
CITY EXPANSION AND INDUSTRIAL GROWTH (1920-1940)
1920 The United States Census records the City’s population of 9,096 residents, an increase of 81.16% over the previous decade. 1921 Congress passes the Emergency Quota Act, which introduces a quota system – known as the National Origins Formula – for establishing numerical limits on immigration from any particular country. The quota is calculated in a way that favors Northern and Western European countries, and immigration from Eastern and/or Southern European countries as well as non-European countries falls drastically in the following years.
1923 Building permit valuations in Alhambra reach $7,231,330 in 1923, a high that will not be equaled until immediately after World War II.
Assessed valuation in the City totals approximately $13,000,000. 1924 Congress adopts the Immigration Act of 1924, which places further restrictions on existing immigration quotas and implements a new visa system that requires all non-citizens entering the United States to first obtain a visa from an American embassy or consulate before traveling to America.
1929 Stock prices on the New York Stock Exchange plunge, precipitating an economic collapse that results in the Great Depression. 1930 The United States Census records the City’s population of 29,472 residents, an increase of 224.01% over the previous decade.
The Alhambra Airport opens in April.
1933 The Long Beach earthquake rattles Southern California on March 10 th. The widespread damage resulting from the 6.4-magnitude earthquake highlights the need to consider earthquake-resistant design in the construction of buildings in the region.
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The California State Legislature passes the Field Act on April 10th, which mandates earthquake-resistant construction and establishes seismic safety standards for the design and construction of school buildings in the State.
1940 The United States Census records the City’s population of 38,935 residents, an increase of 32.11% over the previous decade.
Construction in Alhambra has increased more than 600% since 1910.
Assessed valuation in the City totals more than $27,000,000.
Annual production in the Alhambra area now exceeds $8,000,000 and employs nearly 4,000 people. As a result the area now ranks 14 th
in value of products in California.
WORLD WAR II (1941-1945)
1941 Japan attacks the American naval fleet stationed at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7th, prompting the United States’ entrance into World War II.
Retail trade totals $15,000,000.
1943 Congress passes the Magnuson Act, which reverses the earlier prohibition of Chinese immigration to the United States and instead introduces a quota that allows a small number of Chinese to enter the country each year. American borders are now open to Chinese citizens for the first time in over sixty years.
The Pacific Electric red cars make their final trip on the Alhambra, San Gabriel and Temple City line.
1945 Japan surrenders to the Allied forces, marking the end of the hostilities of World War II.
POSTWAR GROWTH AND PROSPERITY (1946-1980)
1946 Building permit valuations reach a new high at $8,148,006. 1948 Building permit valuations set a new record at $12,309,205. This is the last year in which permit valuations peak; they later fall annually until 1953.
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1950 The United States Census records the City’s population of 51,359 residents, an increase of 31.91% over the previous decade. 1952 Congress passes the Immigration and Nationality Act, which employs a more streamlined quota formula for immigration and establishes new categories for immigrants that place greater emphasis on familial ties and/or labor qualifications. More importantly, the Act also abolishes the “alien ineligible to citizenship” category that has previously characterized American immigration law, resulting in discrimination against people of Asian descent.
1953 Building permit valuations reach a new low at $4,657,885. 1960 The United States Census records the City’s population of 54,807 residents, an increase of 6.71% over the previous decade. 1965 Congress passes the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, which abolishes the National Origins Formula’s discriminatory quotas that favors European immigrants. The abolishment of the immigration quotas formerly maintained under the National Origins Formula sparks a rise in Asian migration to the United States, with Chinese and Japanese settling in the San Gabriel Valley.
The City of Alhambra draws up its first General Plan.
1967 The Alhambra Redevelopment Agency is established.
1966 The Alhambra Historical Society is established.
1970 The United States Census records the City’s population of 62,125 residents, an increase of 13.35% over the previous decade.
Following the abolishment of the National Origins Formula, Alhambra’s Chinese population grows by 483.9%, and the City’s Japanese population increases by 352.3%.
More than half of the City’s population lives in multi-family residences, reflecting the increasing density of housing in the City in the postwar era.
1980 The United States Census records the City’s population of 64,615 residents, an increase of 4.00% over the previous decade. 309
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ALHAMBRA TODAY (1981-present)
1984 The City of Alhambra conducts its first historic resources survey.
The survey effort includes a citywide windshield survey as well as an intensive-level survey of two single-family residential neighborhoods identified for their overall architectural character.
1990 The United States Census records the City’s population of 82,106 residents, an increase of 27.01% over the previous decade. 2000 The United States Census records the City’s population of 85,804 residents, an increase of 4.50% over the previous decade. 2003 The City of Alhambra celebrates the 100th anniversary of its founding.
2010 The United States Census records the City’s population of 83,089 residents, reflecting a decrease in population for the first time since the City’s founding.
2012 The Alhambra Redevelopment Agency ceases operations.
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APPENDIX B – POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS AND
COMPOSITION RECORDED BY DECADE
Table B-1: Population by Decade, 1910-1980474
Year White
Native and
Foreign-Born
Native
American
Black Chinese Filipino Japanese Other
Races
Overall
Pop.
1910 4,970 ––– 18 (20) (13) 33 5,021
1920 8,965 ––– 44 (21) (65) 87 9,096
1930 28,793 (17) 96 (7) (79) 583 29,472
1940 38,737 (7) 79 (10) (63) 119 38,935
1950 51,129 (10) 116 (27) (48 114 51,359
1960 54,483 31 89 56 26 107 15 54,807
1970 60,278 129 197 327 143 484 567 62,125
1980 46,197 343 674 4,043 837 1,375 11,146 64,615
Table B-2: Rate of Population Growth by Decade, 1910-1980 Year White
Native and
Foreign-Born
Native
American
Black Chinese Filipino Japanese Other
Races
Overall
Pop.
1910 ––– ––– ––– ––– ––– ––– ––– –––
1920 80.38% ––– 144.44% 5.00% ––– 400.00% 163.64% 81.16% 1930 221.17% ––– 118.18% -66.67% ––– 21.54% 570.11% 224.01% 1940 34.53% -58.82% -17.71% 42.88% ––– -20.25% -79.59% 32.11% 1950 31.99% 42.88% 46.84% 170.00% ––– -23.81% -4.20% 31.91% 1960 6.56% 210.00% -23.28% 107.41% ––– 122.92% -86.84% 6.71%
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1970 10.63% 316.13% 121.35% 483.99% 450.00% 352.34% 3680.00% 13.35% 1980 -23.36% 165.89% 242.13% 1136.39% 485.31% 184.09% 1865.78% 4.00%
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APPENDIX C – ANNEXATIONS RECORDED BY DEVELOPMENT
PERIOD
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Works maintains records related to city annexation efforts. Annexations recorded within the current boundaries of the City of Alhambra are included in relevant sections related to each development period throughout this report and are compiled in their entirety below. Development periods are distinguished below by a double line separation between annexations. Annexations recorded after 1980 are also included for informational purposes. For further delineation, the following Figure C-1 depicts annexations by decade.
Records and maps associated with the following tracts can be found at the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works Land Records Information website at https://pw.lacounty.gov/mpm/cityannexations/
. The links below lead to records pertaining
to each individual annexation.
Table C-1: Annexations Recorded, 1875-1989
Effective
Date
Annexation Name Annexation Information
7/6/1903 Original Incorporation http://dpw.lacounty.gov/sur/nas/SMPM_Annexati onCity/ALH0001.pdf
1/22/1908 Election of 01-22-08 http://dpw.lacounty.gov/sur/nas/SMPM_Annexati onCity/ALH0002.pdf
10/23/1917 Granada Park http://dpw.lacounty.gov/sur/nas/SMPM_Annexati onCity/ALH0003.pdf
5/27/1926 Midwick Addition http://dpw.lacounty.gov/sur/nas/SMPM_Annexati onCity/ALH0004.pdf
11/28/1941 Midwick Addition No. 2 http://dpw.lacounty.gov/sur/nas/SMPM_Annexati onCity/ALH0005.pdf
11/30/1944 Pasadena Annex No. 1 http://dpw.lacounty.gov/sur/nas/SMPM_Annexati onCity/ALH0006.pdf
12/18/1944 Mark Keppel http://dpw.lacounty.gov/sur/nas/SMPM_Annexati onCity/ALH0007.pdf
12/21/1944 T. W. A. Airport http://dpw.lacounty.gov/sur/nas/SMPM_Annexati onCity/ALH0008.pdf
4/23/1945 Ramona Boulevard http://dpw.lacounty.gov/sur/nas/SMPM_Annexati onCity/ALH0009.pdf
4/23/1945 Hellman Avenue http://dpw.lacounty.gov/sur/nas/SMPM_Annexati onCity/ALH0010.pdf
5/12/1947 Midwick Country Club No. 1 http://dpw.lacounty.gov/sur/nas/SMPM_Annexati onCity/ALH0011.pdf
5/12/1947 Pasadena Annex No. 2 http://dpw.lacounty.gov/sur/nas/SMPM_Annexati onCity/ALH0012.pdf
5/26/1947 Midwick Country Club No. 2 http://dpw.lacounty.gov/sur/nas/SMPM_Annexati onCity/ALH0013.pdf
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12/20/1947 Pasadena Annex No. 3 http://dpw.lacounty.gov/sur/nas/SMPM_Annexati onCity/ALH0014.pdf
1/15/1948 Hellman Midwick http://dpw.lacounty.gov/sur/nas/SMPM_Annexati onCity/ALH0016.pdf
1/15/1948 Pasadena Annex No. 4 http://dpw.lacounty.gov/sur/nas/SMPM_Annexati onCity/ALH0015.pdf
8/10/1948 Pasadena Annex No. 5 http://dpw.lacounty.gov/sur/nas/SMPM_Annexati onCity/ALH0017.pdf
8/30/1948 Midwick Country Club No. 3 http://dpw.lacounty.gov/sur/nas/SMPM_Annexati onCity/ALH0018.pdf
5/13/1949 Granada Park Annex http://dpw.lacounty.gov/sur/nas/SMPM_Annexati onCity/ALH0019.pdf
9/10/1949 Midwick Country Club No. 4 http://dpw.lacounty.gov/sur/nas/SMPM_Annexati onCity/ALH0020.pdf
11/18/1950 Midwick Country Club No. 5 http://dpw.lacounty.gov/sur/nas/SMPM_Annexati onCity/ALH0021.pdf
2/7/ 1951 Pasadena Annex No. 6 http://dpw.lacounty.gov/sur/nas/SMPM_Annexati onCity/ALH0022.pdf
10/13/1953 San Gabriel Annex No. 1 http://dpw.lacounty.gov/sur/nas/SMPM_Annexati onCity/ALH0023.pdf
5/31/1955 L.A. Co. Annex No. 1 (1955) http://dpw.lacounty.gov/sur/nas/SMPM_Annexati onCity/ALH0024.pdf
10/18/1957 L. A. Co. Annex No. 2 http://dpw.lacounty.gov/sur/nas/SMPM_Annexati onCity/ALH0026.pdf
1/27/1964 Alhambra Hills C. R. 01-27-64 http://dpw.lacounty.gov/sur/nas/SMPM_Annexati onCity/ALH0027.pdf
http://dpw.lacounty.gov/sur/nas/SMPM_Annexati
onCity/LA0207.pdf
10/30/1978 Garvey Annexation 76-1 http://dpw.lacounty.gov/sur/nas/SMPM_Annexati onCity/ALH0028.pdf
12/28/1989 Alhamar Street Annexation http://dpw.lacounty.gov/sur/nas/SMPM_Annexati onCity/ALH0029.pdf
http://dpw.lacounty.gov/sur/nas/SMPM_Annexati
onCity/SGAB0041.pdf
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Figure C-1: Annexations by Decade
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APPENDIX D – TRACTS RECORDED BY DEVELOPMENT PERIOD
Tract maps in the following tables are organized in chronological groups that correspond to the development periods identified in the historic context statement. Tract maps included below represent results compiled from a Geographic Information System (GIS) shapefile.
The tract map shapefile is a subset of the Los Angeles County tract maps data accessed from the County of Los Angeles GIS open data portal. The tracts included in the following tables were selected if they were within the City limits or touched the City boundary. Tracts that extend outside the City limits were included if the development was associated with or mostly located within the City of Alhambra. The tract map shapefile records tract maps only and does not include parcel maps, miscellaneous records, patent maps, deed maps, or other types of land records. Consequently, GIS results may not represent a complete list of all tracts recorded within the City of Alhambra. Where known, miscellaneous record maps related to early development efforts in Alhambra have been added manually by HRG.
Maps associated with the following tracts can be found at the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works Land Records Information website at https://dpw.lacounty.gov/smpm/landrecords/TractMaps.aspx . Map numbers beginning
with “MR” can be found under Miscellaneous Records, and map numbers beginning with “TR” can be found under Tract Maps.
Table D-1: Tracts Recorded, 1875-1902
Date
Recorded
Tract Name/No. Map Book
No.
Owners
9/1/1876 ALHAMBRA TRACT MR003-266 James de Barth Shorb
12/7/1876 ALHAMBRA ADDITION MR003-298 James de Barth Shorb 3/9/1883 G. B. ADAMS SUBDIVISION MR005-121 G. B. Adams
5/1/1884 MARENGO TRACT MR005-551 H. D. Bacon
5/31/1884 SHORB TRACT MR005-580 San Gabriel Wine Co., James de Barth Shorb
12/11/1886 MAP OF RAMONA MR012-
053/056
San Gabriel Wine Co.
1/14/1887 POMEROY & STIMSON'S
SUBDIVISION OF THE TOWN OF
ALHAMBRA
MR013-051 Chas. M. Stimson
1/3/1887 OUTHWAITE'S SUBDIVISION MR014-019 W. H. Whittemore 2/12/1887 LATTIN'S SUBDIVISION MR014-043 B. C. Lattin
3/12/1887 PHILLIPS SUBDIVISION MR014-100 A. Phillips
4/14/1887 GOTTSCHALK'S SUBDIVISION MR015-065 W. H. Whittemore 4/4/1887 BUELL'S SUBDIVISION MR015-066 W. H. Whittemore 4/18/1887 C. T. ADAMS SUBDIVISION MR015-080 C. T. Adams 4/13/1887 R. F. BISHOP'S SUBDIVISION MR016-003 W. H. Whittemore 4/14/1887 SEARLE'S RE-SUBDIVISION MR016-011 H. W. Stanton 316
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Date
Recorded
Tract Name/No. Map Book
No.
Owners
4/22/1887 MAP OF THE STONEMAN
TRACT
MR016-025 Los Angeles Land Bureau
5/9/1887 MAP NO. 2 OF RAMONA MR016-079/86 San Gabriel Wine Co., Maria Jesus de Shorb
6/10/1887 THE LANGDON TRACT MR018-022 H. W. Stanton
6/13/1887 MAP OF THE HALL TRACT MR018-035 A. Phillips
7/12/1887 ELECTRIC ROAD TRACT MR019-020 C. A. Phillips
8/1/1887 STANTON & WEEKS'S
SUBDIVISION
MR019-098 W. H. Stanton
12/17/1892 MAP OF PROPERTY
BELONGING TO J. A. GRAVES
MR052-066 J. A Graves
2/19/1896 REVISED MAP OF A PORTION
OF MAP NO. 2 OF RAMONA
MR060-021 San Gabriel Wine Co.
6/23/1897 MAP OF A PORTION OF
RAMONA…
MR083-033/34 [not noted]
1/21/1902 HUNTINGTON TRACT TR0001-052A H. E. Huntington
Table D-2: Tracts Recorded, 1903-1919
Date
Recorded
Tract Name/No. Map Book
No.
Owners
6/8/1903 MCKOON TRACT TR0001-052A Alice A. Mac Koon, Claude T. Adams, Emeline S. Soper, Estate of Ellen M.
Adams Dec'd (by Claude T. Adams,
Administrator)
8/6/1903 GRANADA TRACT NO.2 TR0004-002B B. Cohen
8/25/1903 WINSOR TRACT TR0004-025B Geo. W. Winsor, Howard L. Winsor, Martha A. Hall
12/21/1903 CURTIS TRACT TR0004-034 George H. Curtis, Anna H. Curtis 12/28/1903 MAP OF DOLGEVILLE TR0004-097B Dolgeville Land Company to San Gabriel Wine Co.
1/20/1904 DOLGEVILLE SUB NO. 1 DM1969-
064/072
San Gabriel Wine Co., Dolgeville Land
Co.
3/7/1904 DOLGEVILLE SUB NO. 3 TR0005-016A Los Angeles Inter-Urban Railway, San Gabriel Wine Co., Dolgeville Land
Co., Alfred Dolge Mfg. Co.
4/2/1904 ALHAMBRA ROAD TRACT TR0005-046B Rachel E. Dickinson, Mary E. Caven, Martin M. Morrison, Alive S.
Morrison, Mary J. Hills, William F.
Hills
4/19/1904 DOLGEVILLE SUB NO. 2 TR0005-066B San Gabriel Wine Co., Dolgeville Land Co.
5/23/1904 DOLGEVILLE SUB NO. 4 TR0005-087A San Gabriel Wine Co., Dolgeville Land Co.
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Date
Recorded
Tract Name/No. Map Book
No.
Owners
7/13/1904 MYREN TRACT TR0005-097A Title Insurance & Trust Co. 10/17/1904 DOLGEVILLE SUB NO5 TR0005-143C San Gabriel Wine Co., Dolgeville Land Co.
11/18/1904 BAYLES TRACT TR0006-022B William Bayles
2/3/1905 KEEP TRACT TR0006-036B W. A. Keep, George H. Curtis 5/13/1905 PHILLIPS OLD HOME TRACT TR0006-109B Alonzo Phillips 5/22/1905 SUBDIVISION NO.6 OF
DOLGEVILLE
TR0007-054 San Gabriel Wine Co., Dolgeville Land
Co.
8/15/1905 WUEST TRACT TR0007-061A B. B. Wuest, S. F. Wuest 11/2/1905 WINSOR TRACT NO 2 TR0007-166 George W. Winsor 12/1/1905 C F BIXBY TRACT TR0008-059 Title Guarantee & Trust Company 12/19/1905 SUBDIVISION NO 7 OF
DOLGEVILLE
TR0008-104 San Gabriel Wine Co., Dolgeville Land
Co.
3/1/1906 ELECTRIC VILLA TRACT TR0009-094 Dora M. Carr, John H. Carr 3/15/1906 MC MILLAN TRACT TR0009-117B John D. McMillan
4/26/1906 VALENCIA TERRACE TRACT TR0009-174A [illegible] 4/16/1906 C AND M TRACT TR0009-182 G. W. Cameron, Addie G. Cameron, J.
F. Jacques, H. Malinow
4/14/1906 ALHAMBRA MOUNTAIN VIEW
TRACT
TR0009-186 Cassius M. Jay
6/8/1906 WIESENDANGER'S ALHAMBRA
PARK TRACT
TR0010-054 Theodore Wiesendanger, Sterns
Hutchins
6/11/1906 DIXIE TRACT NO.1 TR0010-054A Mary E. Cartwright, Dixie Land Co. 6/14/1906 ALHAMBRA MOUNTAIN VIEW
TRACT
TR0010-078 [illegible]
4/23/1906 BUSHNELL AVE TRACT TR0010-107A William B. Peck, John H. Carr, Dora M. Carr
8/18/1906 BRAINERD'S ORANGE PARK
TRACT
TR0010-152B E. R. Brainerd, C. E. English
10/2/1906 DOLGEVILLE SUB TR0011-011 San Gabriel Wine Co., Dolgeville Land Co.
10/16/1906 MAIN'S SUBDIVISION TR0011-025A John E. Main
10/4/1906 KINGSLEY TERRACE TRACT TR0011-031 Hugh Woten, John E. Brada, Sarah H.
Kingsley
11/7/1906 BOABDIL BLVD TRACT TR0011-061A Union Trust & Title Co. 11/30/1906 RAMONA PARK TR0011-114A John B. Althouse, Daniel T. Althouse, Otto Arnold, Jonathan S. Dodge
11/30/1906 WAGGAMAN TRACT TR0011-119A Luise J. Waggaman 12/17/1906 SCOVELL SUBDIVISION TR0011-126 Mary Scovell
1/8/1907 GRANADA PLACE TR0011-157 Granada Realty Co., San Marino Land Co., Dorothea Koppitz
1/8/1906 MESSENDER TRACT TR0011-161A Kendall-Curtis Co. 318
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Date
Recorded
Tract Name/No. Map Book
No.
Owners
2/27/1907 WYMAN TRACT TR0012-037A Frances Wyman
3/12/1907 ALHAMBRA ACRES TR0012-090A Alhambra Land and Investment Co. 3/27/1907 ALHAMBRA VISTA TR0012-091A Alhambra Realty Co. 4/13/1907 MC MILLAN HOME TRACT TR0012-108 John D. McMillan 4/24/1907 DOS ROBLES PARK TRACT TR0012-128A Florence Bull 5/9/1907 WASHINGTON IRVING TRACT TR0012-144 Kendall Curtis Co., Mina Hilderbrand 4/18/1907 GRANADA PARK TR0012-150A Ruby Archer, Frank N. Doud, Amigo Company, Los Angeles Interurban
Railway Co.
7/25/1907 TRES ROBLES TRACT TR0013-047A Mary E. Cartwright 11/27/1907 GEIMER PROPERTY TR0013-053A Mary Geimer
2/10/1908 TEA GARDEN TRACT TR0013-093 J. B. Teagarden, M. A. F. Probst, Henry C. Troudy, Taylor Jones, Clara
Jones, Alhambra Realty Co.
2/20/1908 LA SENDA TRACT TR0013-097A The Southern Trust Co., Adolph Graffen, Bertha Graffen
4/24/1908 APPEL TRACT TR0013-156A Carl Appel, Julia Appel 8/26/1908 BEAN TRACT TR0014-028 Jacob Bean, Arthur B. Bean 3/1/1909 KOENIG TRACT TR0014-145B F. A. Koenig
6/9/1909 TRACT NO. 501 TR0015-002A Alice A. Mac Koon, James D. Nairne 7/16/1909 SOUDERS TRACT TR0015-055A Frederick H. Souders, Blanche E.
Souders
9/30/1909 LA MARGUERITA TRACT TR0015-077B Adolph Graffen, Edmund Lincoln, Thomas S. Norton
7/6/1909 ORIENTA TRACT TR0015-078A S. W. Champion, Ora A. Wallace 10/27/1909 TRACT NO. 610 TR0015-089A Leonard B. Miller
3/9/1910 TRACT NO. 787 TR0016-015B George Wirth
4/5/1910 ONEONTA PARK TR0016-062B Huntington Land and Improvement Co., Dolgeville Land Co., San Gabriel
Wine Co.
4/6/1910 TRACT NO. 807 TR0016-066A Dolgeville Land Company, San Gabriel Wine Company
7/8/1910 ETHEL PARK TR0016-126B Thomas M. Miller
7/8/1910 ETHEL PARK TR0016-157B Thomas M. Miller
10/5/1910 RAMONA ACRES TR0017-026B P. Janss, Ramona Ranch Co., Title Insurance and Trust Co.
10/7/1910 HENRY M SILL TRACT TR0017-036 Equitable Savings Bank, Prov. Mutual B. L. Association, Clarence E.
Haldeman, James L. Hazlehurst, L. P.
Hanscom, Lowell C. Ferson, William
D. Hazlehurst, Wm. A. Chambers,
Richard B. Hazlehurst, Asem A.
Oakley, Katherine Oakley, Mary L.
319
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Date
Recorded
Tract Name/No. Map Book
No.
Owners
Ferson, Hannah Ekholm, Samson
Ferson, Lucretia A. Stewart, Margaret
J. Nimmo, Mary E. Hamaker,
Margaret K. Grant, Ernst Funke,
Adah H. Stewart, Ella Oliver
11/28/1910 TRACT NO. 1020 TR0017-045B James F. Swift, George W. Mikkelson 12/21/1910 LISTER PARK TRACT TR0017-070 Lizzie Lister
2/23/1911 TRACT NO. 1185 TR0017-114A Rufus F. Bishop
2/28/1911 TRACT NO. 1145 TR0017-147A J. E. Whitman, Charles C. Thompson, Anna M. Brady, B. F. Davies, Ada
Caldwell, George H. Keniston, H. G.
Davies, Warren Wilson, Herbert E.
Hewitt, Melvin R. Forbes, Title
Guarantee & Trust Co.
3/1/1911 TRACT NO. 1158 TR0017-157A Rufus F. Bishop, Adah L. Higgins, J.
C. Higgins, J. M. Ford, Eliza Doerner
4/12/1911 NATHANSON TRACT TR0017-198B Susan E. Bryson, Isaac H. Bryson, M.
Nathanson
8/7/1911 LINDARAXA TR0018-080A Alhambra Construction Co. 2/19/1912 TRACT NO. 1567 TR0020-130C C. N. Graham
7/8/1912 CONDLEY-CRANE TR0020-177A Condley-Crane Building Co. 7/9/1912 TRACT NO. 1791 TR0020-177B Alhambra Construction Co. 10/14/1912 TRACT NO. 1901 TR0021-080B Edward J. Farmer
12/12/1912 TRACT NO. 1993 TR0021-118A Andrew F. Snell, Rose W. Snell 1/29/1913 TRACT NO. 2107 TR0021-180B William Samuel Weaver 12/14/1912 TRACT NO. 1608 TR0022-030A William F. Harmon, Grace Gay Harmon
4/9/1913 TRACT NO. 1709 TR0022-048B Susie C. Collier
6/21/1913 TRACT NO. 1872 TR0022-173A James G. Ogilvie
6/18/1913 TRACT NO. 2362 TR0022-173B Citizens Trust and Savings Bank, Mamie Nathanson
NOT NOTED TRACT NO. 2376 TR0023-021A Estate of Edwin P. Ferguson 8/8/1913 TRACT NO. 2230 TR0023-045 Alhambra Land and Investment Co. 10/24/1913 TRACT NO. 2501 TR0024-030 Los Angeles Title & Trust Co., L. J. C.
Spruance, Harry F. Hossack
11/26/1913 TRACT NO. 2093 TR0024-043 Theodore F. Taylore, Cecilia P. Klein, Emma Craven, Edith L. Jaynes, Lillie
O. Lee, Stewart Lee, J. W. Kelley,
Ethel L. Kelley, Samuel D. Block,
Samuel D. Block – trustee for interests
of Sanford A. Cohn, a minor,
California Savings Bank of Los
Angeles, Title Insurance and Trust Co.
5/13/1914 CARPENTER TRACT TR0026-056 A. L. Carpenter
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Date
Recorded
Tract Name/No. Map Book
No.
Owners
9/15/1914 TRACT NO. 1329 TR0027-043 Isaias W. Hellman, Jean Cazourang, Union Trust and Savings Bank of
Pasadena, Ramona Ranch Company,
Hourquet Mutual Water Co., Los
Angeles Trust & Savings Bank
2/19/1915 TRACT NO. 2700 TR0028-013 Alice Howard Graves 8/16/1915 TRACT NO. 2787 TR0030-031 Clyde W. Champion, [illegible] 9/18/1919 TRACT NO. 3346 TR0034-080 Walter P. Temple, Willis C. Anderson
Table D-3: Tracts Recorded, 1920-1940
Date
Recorded
Tract Name/No. Map Book
No.
Owners
11/17/1920 TRACT NO. 3837 TR0039-051 [illegible]
2/28/1921 TRACT NO. 3927 TR0039-092 [illegible]
3/17/1920 TRACT NO. 3664 TR0040-016 First National Bank of Alhambra 4/8/1921 ORANGE BLOSSOM MANOR
TRACT
TR0044-044 Jupiter Fruit Company, Los Angeles
Trust and Savings Bank
6/30/1921 TRACT NO. 3908 TR0046-061 E. Esterly Shafer, W. [X]. Wheat, John W. Kemp, Erma G. Preston, Citizens
Trust and Savings Bank, Los Angeles
Trust and Savings Bank
11/22/1921 TRACT NO. 4376 TR0048-086 Huntington Land and Improvement Co.
11/8/1921 TRACT NO. 4483 TR0049-010 Abel Stevens Halsted, Ida Marguerite Halsted
11/8/1921 TRACT NO. 4555 TR0049-026 Thomas A. Jordan
12/16/1921 TRACT NO. 4566 TR0049-054 Guaranty Trust and Savings Bank 1/3/1922 TRACT NO. 4572 TR0049-096 [multiple]
1/5/1922 TRACT NO. 4682 TR0050-003 [illegible]
1/21/1922 TRACT NO. 4704 TR0050-045 Huntington Land and Improvement Co., Southern California Edison Co.
1/28/1922 TRACT NO. 4586 TR0050-078 Title Insurance and Trust Co. 3/1/1922 TRACT NO. 4899 [Sheet No. 1] TR0051-062 Los Angeles Trust and Savings Bank 4/19/1922 TRACT NO. 4948 [Sheet No. 1] TR0053-002 Title Insurance and Trust Co. 6/1/1922 TRACT NO. 4948 [Sheet No. 2] TR0054-020 Title Insurance and Trust Co. 6/13/1922 TRACT NO. 5265 TR0054-043 Herman E. Martens, Bertha A.
Martens
7/12/1922 TRACT NO. 5304 TR0056-053 Huntington Land and Improvement Co.
8/10/1922 TRACT NO. 5151 TR0057-027 [illegible]
8/25/1922 TRACT NO. 5166 TR0057-083 [illegible]
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Date
Recorded
Tract Name/No. Map Book
No.
Owners
8/28/1922 TRACT NO. 4948 [Sheet No. 3] TR0057-094 Title Insurance and Trust Co. 10/5/1922 TRACT NO. 5459 TR0059-006 Huntington Land and Improvement Co.
10/5/1922 TRACT NO. 5355 TR0059-007 Louise Brunner
10/10/1922 TRACT NO. 5608 TR0059-024 [illegible]
11/23/1922 TRACT NO. 5732 TR0060-047 B. A. Nebeker, C. N. Bassett 12/7/1922 TRACT NO. 5465 [Sheet Nos. 1-3] TR0061-001 Title Insurance & Trust Co. 12/8/1922 TRACT NO. 5685 TR0061-004 [illegible]
12/15/1922 TRACT NO. 4899 [Sheet No. 2] TR0061-023 Pacific Southwest Trust & Savings Bank (formerly Los Angeles Trust and
Savings Bank)
12/20/1922 TRACT NO. 5752 TR0061-042 Huntington Land and Improvement Co.
12/29/1922 TRACT NO. 5868 [Sheet No. 1] TR0061-080 Huntington Land and Improvement Co.
1/2/1923 TRACT NO. 5795 TR0061-090 Huntington Land and Improvement Co.
1/10/1923 TRACT NO. 5906 TR0062-013 Title Insurance and Trust Co. 1/12/1923 TRACT NO. 5277 TR0062-026 Title Insurance and Trust Co. 1/16/1923 TRACT NO. 4950 TR0062-046 Title Insurance and Trust Co. 1/17/1923 TRACT NO. 5683 TR0062-047 Huntington Land and Improvement Co., C. F. Braun & Co.
1/19/1923 TRACT NO. 6033 TR0062-054 Security Trust & Savings Bank 1/19/1923 TRACT NO. 4952 [Sheets No. 1 & 2] TR0062-055 Title Insurance and Trust Co. 1/22/1923 TRACT NO. 5583 TR0062-066 [illegible]
2/2/1923 TRACT NO. 4948 [Sheet No. 4] TR0063-023 Title Insurance and Trust Co. 2/9/1923 TRACT NO. 6130 TR0063-066 Huntington Land and Improvement Co.
2/13/1923 TRACT NO. 6129 TR0063-077 Huntington Land and Improvement Co.
2/20/1923 TRACT NO. 4899 [Sheet No. 3] TR0064-008 Pacific Southwest Trust & Savings Bank (formerly Los Angeles Trust and
Savings Bank)
2/21/1923 TRACT NO. 5868 [Sheet No. 2] TR0064-029 Huntington Land and Improvement Co.
4/3/1923 TRACT NO. 5465 [Sheet Nos.4-10] TR0066-039 Title Insurance and Trust Co. 4/10/1923 TRACT NO. 5931 TR0066-072 Silvestre Dupuy & Anna Dupuy 4/30/1923 TRACT NO. 3834 TR0067-086 [multiple]
5/7/1923 TRACT NO. 6302 TR0068-032 Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company
5/15/1923 TRACT NO. 6120 TR0068-068 [illegible]
5/19/1923 TRACT NO. 5506 TR0069-009 Isaac Doner, [illegible] 322
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Date
Recorded
Tract Name/No. Map Book
No.
Owners
6/2/1923 TRACT NO. 6560 TR0070-011 [illegible]
6/3/1923 TRACT NO. 4952 [Sheets No. 3-6] TR0070-031 Title Insurance and Trust Co. 6/7/1923 TRACT NO. 6634 TR0070-038 Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company of California
6/18/1923 TRACT NO. 4318 TR0070-099 Bank of Italy
7/12/1923 TRACT NO. 6199 TR0072-020 Title Insurance and Trust Co. 7/20/1923 TRACT NO. 6290 TR0072-085 [illegible]
8/9/1923 TRACT NO. 6461 TR0074-092 [illegible]
8/21/1923 TRACT NO. 6469 TR0075-040 [illegible]
8/28/1923 TRACT NO. 7022 TR0075-087 Huntington Land and Improvement Co.
8/28/1923 TRACT NO. 7020 TR0075-090 Huntington Land and Improvement Co.
8/28/1923 TRACT NO. 5573 TR0075-095 [illegible]
8/31/1923 TRACT NO. 4948 [Sheet No. 6] TR0076-007 Title Insurance and Trust Co. 10/8/1923 TRACT NO. 6733 TR0077-063 Pacific Southwest Trust & Savings Bank
10/10/1923 TRACT NO. 7391 TR0077-092 Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company of California
10/25/1923 TRACT NO. 7095 TR0078-060 [illegible]
11/8/1923 TRACT NO. 7349 TR0078-095 Huntington Land and Improvement Co.
11/8/1923 TRACT NO. 6947 TR0079-005 T. R. Helms
11/21/1923 TRACT NO. 7295 TR0079-080 Title Insurance and Trust Co. 11/21/1923 TRACT NO. 6868 TR0079-083 [illegible]
12/5/1923 TRACT NO. 7575 TR0080-063 Huntington Land and Improvement Co.
12/19/1923 TRACT NO. 7999 TR0081-058 Same as Tract No. 6868 (MB 79-83) 12/26/1923 TRACT NO. 4899 [Sheet No. 4] TR0081-082 Pacific Southwest Trust & Savings Bank (formerly Los Angeles Trust and
Savings Bank)
1/16/1924 TRACT NO. 7658 TR0083-093 First Trust and Savings Bank of Pasadena
1/28/1924 TRACT NO. 8001 TR0084-095 Title Insurance and Trust Co. 2/7/1924 TRACT NO. 7426 TR0085-097 E. Esterly Shafer, Erma G. Preston, Guardian of the Estate of Helen Erma
Preston, a minor
2/11/1924 TRACT NO. 7255 TR0086-005 Annie L. Carse, Dena Rimpau 2/14/1924 TRACT NO. 7781 TR0086-014 Eleanor e. Bailey, Lillian J. Bailey, Myer N. Osterman, Vera E. Osterman
2/18/1924 TRACT NO. 7694 TR0086-069 [illegible]
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Date
Recorded
Tract Name/No. Map Book
No.
Owners
2/14/1924 TRACT NO. 7780 TR0087-001 Abel Stevens Halsted, Ida Marguerite Halsted
2/27/1924 TRACT NO. 7930 TR0087-018 Pacific Southwest Trust & Savings Bank
2/28/1924 TRACT NO. 8180 TR0087-022 [illegible]
2/29/1924 TRACT NO. 7929 TR0087-029 Pacific Southwest Trust & Savings Bank
2/21/1924 TRACT NO. 5611 TR0088-009 Lawrence Weiss, Mollie Weiss 2/27/1924 TRACT NO. 8115 TR0088-049 Huntington Land and Improvement Co.
2/27/1924 TRACT NO. 7610 TR0088-054 F. Q. Story
4/7/1924 TRACT NO. 5039 TR0091-087 Pacific Southwest Trust & Savings Bank
5/12/1924 TRACT NO. 8178 TR0094-056 Pacific Southwest Trust & Savings Bank
5/27/1924 TRACT NO. 7402 TR0095-089 Cora E. Holabird
5/27/1924 TRACT NO. 6112 TR0095-090 Huntington Land and Improvement Co.
7/18/1924 TRACT NO. 8177 TR0097-025 [illegible]
2/28/1925 TRACT NO. 8110 TR0097-088 Pacific Southwest Trust & Savings Bank
8/12/1924 TRACT NO. 7731 TR0102-030 [illegible]
8/25/1924 TRACT NO. 8362 TR0102-092 [illegible]
10/10/1924 TRACT NO. 8660 TR0104-061 John M. Close, Edna R. Close 10/30/1924 TRACT NO. 5264 TR0105-054 Frank E. Andres, Belle Andres 5/7/1925 TRACT NO. 8111 TR0111-026 [illegible]
6/9/1925 TRACT NO. 8764 TR0111-038 [illegible]
4/16/1925 TRACT NO. 7746 TR0112-046 Hellman Commercial Trust and Savings Bank
1/22/1926 TRACT NO. 9131 TR0121-051 [illegible]
5/18/1926 TRACT NO. 9056 TR0125-047 [illegible]
6/16/1926 TRACT NO. 7807 TR0126-054 [illegible]
6/22/1926 TRACT NO. 7986 TR0126-066 Otto Weid, Ovidia Weid, Selma Taliaferro, Victor Weid
11/19/1926 TRACT NO. 8623 TR0128-029 Lawrence G. Harvey, Mary Harvey, Ellen M. Harvey, Vincent H. [illegible],
Chandis Securities Company
9/22/1926 TRACT NO. 8203 TR0131-001 Silliker and Company Limited 4/25/1927 TRACT NO. 9849 TR0138-055 [illegible]
5/13/1927 TRACT NO. 8624 TR0139-014 Huntington Land and Improvement Co.
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Date
Recorded
Tract Name/No. Map Book
No.
Owners
3/1/1928 TRACT NO. 10311 TR0147-002 Home for the Aged of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the Diocese of
Los Angeles, Los Angeles First
National Trust and Savings Bank,
Huntington Land and Improvement
Co.
4/22/1929 TRACT NO. 6527 TR0161-046 Huntington Land and Improvement Co.
4/22/1929 TRACT NO. 10522 TR0161-047 Security First National Bank of Los Angeles, Huntington Land and
Improvement Co., City of Alhambra
6/3/1930 TRACT NO. 9563 TR0172-001 [illegible]
7/25/1930 TRACT NO. 10615 TR0173-020 [illegible]
7/29/1930 TRACT NO. 8814 TR0173-021 Huntington Land and Improvement Co.
2/23/1932 TRACT NO. 10029 TR0179-026 Southern California Edison Company Ltd., Edison Securities Company
2/26/1937 TRACT NO. 11226 TR0198-012 Norman L. Franz, Charles T.
Bjorkman, Ora May Franz
4/7/1937 TRACT NO. 11285 TR0199-009 Dominick Jebbia, Angela Jebbia 6/1/1937 TRACT NO. 11288 TR0200-048 City of Alhambra, Los Angeles County Flood Control District
6/11/1938 TRACT NO. 11475 TR0208-037 Marie Hoeffer, Philip T. Hoeffer 3/22/1939 TRACT NO. 11777 TR0216-005 Alice H. Graves
9/1/1939 TRACT NO. 11963 TR0220-027 Alice H. Graves, Los Angeles County Flood Control District
9/20/1939 TRACT NO. 11316 TR0220-045 Jacob Bean Realty Company, Edward A. Daniell, Florence C. Daniell
1/15/1940 TRACT NO. 12062 TR0224-023 Jacob Bean Realty Company, Land Escrow & Safe Deposit Company,
Edward A. Daniell, Florence E.
Daniell, City of Alhambra
5/31/1940 TRACT NO. 12229 TR0229-012 Jacob Bean Realty Company, City of Alhambra
6/14/1940 TRACT NO. 11889 TR0230-005 Huntington Land and Improvement Co., Perkins Ward Corporation, Title
Guarantee and Trust Co., City of
Alhambra, Anna Woodworth, Ralph
E. Perkins, Laura Y. Perkins, Lyman
D. Bedford
12/23/1940 TRACT NO. 12306 TR0236-003 Merva A. Purdy, Joseph Burghardt, Margeret M. Burghardt, Beatrice S.
Hair, Gordon G. Hair
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Table D-4: Tracts Recorded, 1941-1945
Date
Recorded
Tract Name/No. Map Book
No.
Owners
10/31/1941 TRACT NO. 11536 TR0248-011 Henry Dupuy, Frank Dupuy, Marie Dupuy Russell, Anna Dupuy
12/18/1941 TRACT NO. 13074 TR0249-009 Pedro Goyeneche, Juana Goyeneche 6/12/1945 TRACT NO. 12774 TR0266-015 Jacob Bean Securities Company, City of Alhambra
Table D-5: Tracts Recorded, 1946-1967
Date
Recorded
Tract Name/No. Map Book
No.
Owners
3/27/1946 TRACT NO. 13511 TR0274-047 Jacob Bean Securities Company, City of Alhambra
6/19/1946 TRACT NO. 13880 TR0279-043 Alhambra Park, City of Alhambra, City of Pasadena
2/6/1947 TRACT NO. 13385 TR0296-038 Allied Building Credits, Inc., Title Insurance & Trust Co., Midwick
Water Company, Garvey-Atlantic
Company
8/4/1947 TRACT NO. 13458 TR0307-005 J. C. Thurman, Alice V. Thurman, Joseph M. Cassidy, Blanche Cassidy,
Velma R. Freshour, Mamie M. Clifton,
James Fraser, Bessie Fraser, Stella M.
Braicher
2/4/1948 TRACT NO. 14949 TR0316-010 Midwick Water Company, Title Insurance & Trust Co.
4/26/1948 TRACT NO. 15111 TR0322-028 Alhambra Terrace
11/4/1948 TRACT NO. 15320 TR0334-036 Davis-Baker Co., West Coast Bond and Mortgage Company
11/18/1948 TRACT NO. 13453 TR0335-018 Johnson Inc.
5/18/1949 TRACT NO. 15466 TR0347-005 Joseph R. Garrett, Renee C. Garrett, C. M. Cooper, Harriette Y. Cooper,
Lawrence B. Gibbs, Helen C. Gibbs,
Midwick Water Company
6/8/1950 TRACT NO. 15682 TR0378-009 Garvey-Atlantic Company, Midwick Water Company
9/29/1950 TRACT NO. 15597 TR0389-044 Marengo Place, Inc. 4/29/1953 TRACT NO. 18497 TR0474-003 College of Medical Evangelists 4/29/1957 TRACT NO. 21650 TR0616-037 John E. O'Keefe, Amal C. O'Keefe, John C. O'Keefe, Judith S. O'Keefe
5/14/1963 TRACT NO. 27595 TR0702-093 Atlantic Savings and Loan Association 1/8/1965 TRACT NO. 22933 TR0734-099 Huntington-Granada Development Corporation, Rufus Frietag
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1/14/1966 TRACT NO. 25338 TR0751-067 City of Pasadena, Alhambra Village Green Development Corporation
Table D-6: Tracts Recorded, 1968-1980
Date
Recorded
Tract Name/No. Map Book
No.
Owners
9/23/1968 TRACT NO. 27845 TR0778-032 FOR CONDOMINIUM PURPOSES 12/31/1970 TRACT NO. 23524 TR0803-065 FOR CONDOMINIUM PURPOSES 5/18/1971 TRACT NO. 23531 TR0807-029 FOR CONDOMINIUM PURPOSES 7/12/1971 TRACT NO. 29880 TR0809-039 FOR CONDOMINIUM PURPOSES 7/12/1971 TRACT NO. 29916 TR0809-040 FOR CONDOMINIUM PURPOSES 2/14/1972 TRACT NO. 28451 TR0814-051 John W. De Longe
2/24/1972 TRACT NO. 24910 TR0814-088 FOR CONDOMINIUM PURPOSES 11/10/1972 TRACT NO. 23810 TR0822-086 FOR CONDOMINIUM PURPOSES 3/28/1973 TRACT NO. 28578 TR0827-014 FOR CONDOMINIUM PURPOSES 8/6/1973 TRACT NO. 31293 TR0831-100 FOR CONDOMINIUM PURPOSES 10/29/1973 TRACT NO. 26238 TR0835-042 FOR CONDOMINIUM PURPOSES 9/25/1974 TRACT NO. 32483 TR0848-049 FOR CONDOMINIUM PURPOSES 1/20/1975 TRACT NO. 32295 TR0851-005 FOR CONDOMINIUM PURPOSES 8/3/1976 TRACT NO. 31513 TR0866-060 Pacific Regency Development Company
1/27/1978 TRACT NO. 23125 TR0889-029 FOR CONDOMINIUM PURPOSES 4/17/1978 TRACT NO. 31131 TR0892-031 Immobiliaria Libra Cal. SA, a Mexican corporation
5/22/1978 TRACT NO. 34891 TR0894-026 FOR CONDOMINIUM PURPOSES 6/15/1978 TRACT NO. 34137 TR0895-042 FOR CONDOMINIUM PURPOSES 9/13/1978 TRACT NO. 33867 TR0901-057 Carson Estate Company, Almansor Properties
11/15/1978 TRACT NO. 32507 TR0905-035 Roy C. Evaristo, Inc., Faust Vincent Filippi, Rosalie J. Filippi, Lon E.
Harmon, M. Irene Harmon, Marie
Brunengo
11/21/1978 TRACT NO. 35518 TR0905-073 FOR CONDOMINIUM PURPOSES 11/24/1978 TRACT NO. 34881 TR0905-091 FOR CONDOMINIUM PURPOSES 11/29/1978 TRACT NO. 33356 TR0906-019 Alba Investment Company 12/5/1978 TRACT NO. 34887 TR0906-044 FOR CONDOMINIUM PURPOSES 1/2/1979 TRACT NO. 34959 TR0908-023 FOR CONDOMINIUM PURPOSES 2/8/1979 TRACT NO. 36211 TR0910-043 FOR CONDOMINIUM PURPOSES 5/8/1979 TRACT NO. 35717 TR0916-035 FOR CONDOMINIUM PURPOSES 5/22/1979 TRACT NO. 36828 TR0917-034 FOR CONDOMINIUM PURPOSES 7/5/1979 TRACT NO. 35730 TR0920-066 Rovin Inc., Jo-L Fashions Inc. 7/11/1979 TRACT NO. 36806 TR0921-012 FOR CONDOMINIUM PURPOSES 327
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Date
Recorded
Tract Name/No. Map Book
No.
Owners
7/25/1979 TRACT NO. 36458 TR0922-064 FOR CONDOMINIUM PURPOSES 7/25/1979 TRACT NO. 36756 TR0922-079 FOR CONDOMINIUM PURPOSES 8/1/1979 TRACT NO. 36456 TR0923-049 FOR CONDOMINIUM PURPOSES 8/1/1979 TRACT NO. 36457 TR0923-051 FOR CONDOMINIUM PURPOSES 8/2/1979 TRACT NO. 35254 TR0923-055 FOR CONDOMINIUM PURPOSES 8/7/1979 TRACT NO. 37267 TR0923-086 FOR CONDOMINIUM PURPOSES 8/14/1979 TRACT NO. 35993 TR0924-034 FOR CONDOMINIUM PURPOSES 8/22/1979 TRACT NO. 37351 TR0925-021 FOR CONDOMINIUM PURPOSES 10/24/1979 TRACT NO. 36762 TR0930-077 FOR CONDOMINIUM PURPOSES 11/7/1979 TRACT NO. 36677 TR0932-030 FOR CONDOMINIUM PURPOSES 11/9/1979 TRACT NO. 37288 TR0932-049 FOR CONDOMINIUM PURPOSES 1/10/1980 TRACT NO. 37953 TR0936-032 FOR CONDOMINIUM PURPOSES 1/10/1980 TRACT NO. 36761 TR0936-034 FOR CONDOMINIUM PURPOSES 1/22/1980 TRACT NO. 38211 TR0937-018 FOR CONDOMINIUM PURPOSES 1/23/1980 TRACT NO. 37643 TR0937-020 FOR CONDOMINIUM PURPOSES 2/5/1980 TRACT NO. 37919 TR0938-005 FOR CONDOMINIUM PURPOSES 2/11/1980 TRACT NO. 37901 TR0938-084 FOR CONDOMINIUM PURPOSES 2/14/1980 TRACT NO. 37218 TR0938-094 FOR CONDOMINIUM PURPOSES 2/13/1980 TRACT NO. 37971 TR0939-003 FOR CONDOMINIUM PURPOSES 2/19/1980 TRACT NO. 36689 TR0939-044 FOR CONDOMINIUM PURPOSES 2/21/1980 TRACT NO. 37604 TR0940-003 FOR CONDOMINIUM PURPOSES 2/29/1980 TRACT NO. 37992 TR0942-082 FOR CONDOMINIUM PURPOSES 5/16/1980 TRACT NO. 37388 TR0947-019 FOR CONDOMINIUM PURPOSES 5/28/1980 TRACT NO. 35913 TR0948-009 FOR CONDOMINIUM PURPOSES 6/18/1980 TRACT NO. 38611 TR0950-059 FOR CONDOMINIUM PURPOSES 7/16/1980 TRACT NO. 39071 TR0953-029 FOR CONDOMINIUM PURPOSES 9/25/1980 TRACT NO. 38562 TR0959-067 FOR CONDOMINIUM PURPOSES 9/26/1980 TRACT NO. 38747 TR0959-099 FOR CONDOMINIUM PURPOSES 9/29/1980 TRACT NO. 38296 TR0960-005 FOR CONDOMINIUM PURPOSES 9/29/1980 TRACT NO. 39858 TR0960-007 FOR CONDOMINIUM PURPOSES 9/30/1980 TRACT NO. 38297 TR0960-015 FOR CONDOMINIUM PURPOSES 9/30/1980 TRACT NO. 38477 TR0960-021 FOR CONDOMINIUM PURPOSES 10/1/1980 TRACT NO. 39266 TR0960-044 FOR CONDOMINIUM PURPOSES 10/1/1980 TRACT NO. 39074 TR0960-046 FOR CONDOMINIUM PURPOSES 10/8/1980 TRACT NO. 37985 TR0961-011 FOR CONDOMINIUM PURPOSES 10/21/1980 TRACT NO. 37900 TR0962-036 FOR CONDOMINIUM PURPOSES 11/19/1980 TRACT NO. 39140 TR0965-058 FOR CONDOMINIUM PURPOSES 12/2/1980 TRACT NO. 39897 TR0966-052 FOR CONDOMINIUM PURPOSES 328
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Date
Recorded
Tract Name/No. Map Book
No.
Owners
12/12/1980 TRACT NO. 39759 TR0967-072 FOR CONDOMINIUM PURPOSES 12/18/1980 TRACT NO. 38957 TR0968-050 FOR CONDOMINIUM PURPOSES
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APPENDIX E – TRACTS RECORDED BY R-1 NEIGHBORHOOD
In 2009, the City adopted the Single Family Residential Design Guidelines for R-1 (Single- Family Residential) zoned neighborhoods.475 As part of the framework for implementation of the guidelines, the City identified twenty-six single-family residential neighborhoods based on the historical development trends and architectural styles that define their overall character.476 This list was subsequently updated in time for the publication of the City’s general plan in 2019. At that time, a revised map was published in the general plan that included revised boundaries for several previously-identified neighborhoods, as well as the addition of a new neighborhood, Ramona Park.
477 These neighborhood boundaries are
reflected in the preceding Figure 4. Boundaries depicted in Figure 4 have been replicated from those boundaries shown in Figure 6 of the 2019 general plan, which depicts the single- family residential neighborhoods of Alhambra.478 Boundaries were replicated as precisely as possible by HRG staff in comparison with the original image, but should be considered approximate for the purposes of historical research.
It is understood that neighborhood boundaries were initially identified by City staff based on existing neighborhood conditions. As a result, boundaries are contemporary and may not reflect historical boundaries associated with a particular tract or tracts, or patterns of residential development over time. A review of the twenty-seven identified neighborhoods reveals that most represent the development of multiple tracts, either in whole or in part.
In an effort to document the historical origins of each neighborhood, HRG reviewed available information regarding the tracts that comprise the area within each neighborhood boundary, as they are currently identified through Los Angeles County assessor property records and as documented in the tract map shapefile available at the County of Los Angeles GIS open data portal. Research was based on available parcel maps, tract maps, and miscellaneous records, as previously explained in Appendix D, and may not reflect the review of additional tracts unknown to the authors or of tracts included in previous subdivisions that have since been replatted. Only substantial tracts consisting of more than a few parcels were reviewed as part of this exercise; records associated with small tracts comprising only a few parcels or those reflecting more recent condominium development
475 City of Alhambra, “Alhambra General Plan: Vision 2040 – A Community Mosaic,” August 2019, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jm9ViLaiVBoHVqEBgiUvlllhEsq4hN17/view?usp=sharing (accessed October 2020), 71.
476 City of Alhambra, “City of Alhambra Single Family Residential Design Guidelines,” prepared for the City of Alhambra by Downtown Solutions, Ordinance No. 02M9-4531, approved April 27, 2009, https://www.cityofalhambra.org/resources/single-family-residential-design-guidelines (accessed January 2021), 2-7.
477 City of Alhambra, “Alhambra General Plan: Vision 2040 – A Community Mosaic,” 23. Note that when comparing the 2009 design guidelines map and the 2021 general plan map, the neighborhood formerly noted as #26, Alhambra Hills, is noted as #27 on the 2019 general plan map. The new neighborhood, Ramona Park, replaces Alhambra Hills as #26 on the 2019 general plan map. 478 City of Alhambra, “Alhambra General Plan: Vision 2040 – A Community Mosaic,” 23. 330
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were not included. Consequently, the information included in the following table may not represent every tract subdivided within each neighborhood boundary.
The following Table E-1 summarizes the results of this research and includes a list of each of the twenty-seven neighborhoods, which are identified by the key number that corresponds to their location on the 2019 general plan map and the preceding Figure 4. The tracts currently comprising each neighborhood are then listed in chronological order of recording year to illustrate when present-day neighborhoods were initially established and how they may have expanded or evolved over time. Ownership information for each tract within the neighborhood is also included, as is information regarding any previous known subdivisions that led to the definition of the tract’s present boundary. This data is included here for informational purposes only, in order to highlight historical information and development activity that may be reflected in the current name and/or physical qualities associated with each present-day neighborhood. However, further research would be required to determine the relative significance of such information within the appropriate historical context, and indeed, determine the significance of each neighborhood as a whole.
Reference numbers for maps associated with each tract noted below, along with general directions for accessing these records online, can be found in Appendix D. 331
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Table E-1: Tracts Recorded by R-1 Neighborhood
Map Key
Number
Neighborhood
Name
Principal Tracts
1 La Marguerita-
Souders Tracts
All tracts are subdivided from the Marengo Tract (1 884, H. D.
Bacon).
• Wuest Tract (1905)
o B. B. Wuest, S. F. Wuest
• Bushnell Avenue Tract (1906)
o William B. Peck, John H. Carr, Dora M. Carr
• Electric Villa Tract (1906)
o Dora M. Carr, John H. Carr
• Dos Robles Park Tract (1907)
o Florence Bull
• La Senda Tract (1908)
o The Southern Trust Co., Adolph Graffen, Bertha Graffen • La Marguerita Tract (1909)
o Adolph Graffen, Edmund Lincoln, Thomas S. Norton
• Souders Tract (1909)
o Frederick H. Souders, Blanche E. Souders
• Tract No. 1145 (1911)
o J. E. Whitman, Charles C. Thompson, Anna M. Brady, B. F.
Davies, Ada Caldwell, George H. Keniston, H. G. Davies, Warren Wilson, Herbert E. Hewitt, Melvin R. Forbes, Title Guarantee & Trust Co.
• Tract No. 2093 (1913)
o Theodore F. Taylore, Cecilia P. Klein, Emma Craven, Edith L.
Jaynes, Lillie O. Lee, Stewart Lee, J. W. Kelley, Ethel L. Kelley, Samuel D. Block, Samuel D. Block – trustee for interests of Sanford A. Cohn, a minor, California Savings Bank of Los Angeles, Title Insurance and Trust Co.
• Tract No. 3837 (1920)
o [illegible]
• Tract No. 6469 (1923)
o [illegible]
2 Alhambra Park All tracts are subdivided from the Alhambra Addition tract (1876). • Tract No. 7575 (1923)
o Huntington Land and Improvement Co.
• Tract No. 8111 (1925)
o [illegible]
3 Olive Avenue
Tracts
All tracts are subdivided from the Alhambra Addition tract (1876). • Tract No. 7255 (1924)
o Annie L. Carse, Dena Rimpau
• Tract No. 7694 (1924)
o [illegible]
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Map Key
Number
Neighborhood
Name
Principal Tracts
4 Bean Tract • Tract No. 2700 (1915)
o Alice Howard Graves
o Subdivision of land owned by Jackson A. Graves
• Tract No. 7402 (1924)
o Cora E. Holabird
o Subdivision of unincorporated county land
• Tract No. 11288 (1937)
o City of Alhambra, Los Angeles County Flood Control District o Subdivision of the Bean Tract (1908, Jacob B. Bean and Arthur Bean)
• Tract No. 11777 (1939)
o Alice H. Graves
o Subdivision of Tract No. 2700
• Tract No. 11963 (1939)
o Alice H. Graves, Los Angeles County Flood Control District o Subdivision of Tract No. 2700
• Tract No. 11316 (1939)
o Jacob Bean Realty Company, Edward A. Daniell, Florence C.
Daniell
o Subdivision of Tract No. 11288
• Tract No. 12062 (1940)
o Jacob Bean Realty Company, Land Escrow & Safe Deposit Company, Edward A. Daniell, Florence E. Daniell, City of Alhambra
o Subdivision of Tract No. 11288
• Tract No. 12229 (1940)
o Jacob Bean Realty Company, City of Alhambra
o Subdivision of Tract No. 11288
• Tract No. 12774 (1945)
o Jacob Bean Securities Company, City of Alhambra
o Subdivision of Tract No. 11288
• Tract No. 13511 (1946)
o Jacob Bean Securities Company, City of Alhambra
o Subdivision of Tract No. 11288
• Tract No. 13453 (1948)
o Johnson Inc.
o Subdivision of Tract No. 7402, Tract No. 11288, and other land 333
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Map Key
Number
Neighborhood
Name
Principal Tracts
5 Lindaraxa Park All tracts are subdivided from the Alhambra Tract (1876). • Boabdil Boulevard Tract (1906)
o Union Trust & Title Co.
• Dixie Tract No. 1 (1906)
o Mary E. Cartwright, Dixie Land Co.
• Orienta Tract (1909)
o S. W. Champion, Ora A. Wallace
• Tract No. 1791 (1912)
o Alhambra Construction Co.
• Tract No. 2787 (1915)
o Clyde W. Champion, [illegible]
• Orange Blossom Manor Tract (1921)
o Jupiter Fruit Company, Los Angeles Trust and Savings Bank • Tract No. 4483 (1921)
o Abel Stevens Halsted, Ida Marguerite Halsted
• Tract No. 7295 (1923)
o Title Insurance and Trust Co.
• Tract No. 7391 (1923)
o Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company of California
• Tract No. 7780 (1924)
o Abel Stevens Halsted, Ida Marguerite Halsted
• Tract No. 8001 (1924)
o Title Insurance and Trust Co.
• Tract No. 8180 (1924)
o [illegible]
• Tract No. 9056 (1926)
o [illegible]
• Tract No. 11475 (1938)
o Marie Hoeffer, Philip T. Hoeffer
6 Alhambra Tract All tracts are subdivided from the Alhambra Tract (1876). • Brainerd’s Orange Park Tract (1906)
o E. R. Brainerd, C. E. English
• Wiesendanger’s Alhambra Park Tract (1906)
o Theodore Wiesendanger, Sterns Hutchins
• Lister Park Tract (1910)
o Lizzie Lister
• Lindaraxa Tract (1911)
o Alhambra Construction Co.
• Tract No. 4566 (1921)
o Guaranty Trust and Savings Bank
• Tract No. 4682 (1922)
o [illegible]
• Tract No. 6947 (1923)
o T. R. Helms
• Tract No. 8660 (1924)
o John M. Close, Edna R. Close
• Tract No. 9131 (1926)
o [illegible]
• Tract No. 12306 (1940)
o Merva A. Purdy, Joseph Burghardt, Margeret M. Burghardt, Beatrice S. Hair, Gordon G. Hair
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Map Key
Number
Neighborhood
Name
Principal Tracts
7 Emery Park All tracts are subdivided from unincorporated county land. • Tract No. 4948 (1922)
o Title Insurance and Trust Company
• Tract No. 4952 (1923)
o Title Insurance and Trust Company
8 Alhambra Vista
Tract
All tracts are subdivided from the Alhambra Addition tract (1876). • C&M Tract (1906)
o G. W. Cameron, Addie G. Cameron, J. F. Jacques, H. Malinow • Alhambra Vista (1907)
o Alhambra Realty Co.
• Tract No. 2362 (1913)
o Citizens Trust and Savings Bank, Mamie Nathanson
• Tract No. 5685 (1922)
o [illegible]
9 San Pasqual Drive All tracts are subdivided from the Alhambra Addition tract (1876). • Tract No. 6290 (1923)
o [illegible]
10 Carpenter-
Nathanson Tracts
• Tract No. 610 (1909)
o F. Q. Story
o Subdivision of Ramona Tract (1886)
• Nathanson Tract (1911)
o Susan E. Bryson, Isaac H. Bryson, M. Nathanson
o Subdivision of Ramona No. 2 (1887)
• Carpenter Tract (1914)
o A. L. Carpenter
o Subdivision of Ramona No. 2 (1887)
• Tract No. 3927 (1921)
o [illegible]
o Subdivision of Ramona Tract (1886)
• Tract No. 7807 (1926)
o [illegible]
o Subdivision of Ramona Tract (1886)
• Tract No. 7986 (1926)
o Otto Weid, Ovidia Weid, Selma Taliaferro, Victor Weid o Subdivision of Ramona Tract (1886)
• Tract No. 9849 (1927)
o [illegible]
o Subdivision of Ramona Tract (1886)
• Tract No. 6527 (1929)
o Huntington Land and Improvement Co.
o Subdivision of Ramona Tract (1886)
• Tract No. 8814 (1930)
o Huntington Land and Improvement Co.
o Subdivision of Ramona Tract (1886)
• Tract No. 9563 (1930)
o [illegible]
o Subdivision of Ramona Tract (1886)
• Tract No. 13074 (1941)
o Pedro Goyeneche, Juana Goyeneche
o Subdivision of Ramona Tract (1886)
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Map Key
Number
Neighborhood
Name
Principal Tracts
11 Mayfair Park • Tract No. 7929 (1924)
o Pacific Southwest Trust & Savings Bank
o Subdivision of Alhambra Acres (1907)
• Tract No. 7930 (1924)
o Pacific Southwest Trust & Savings Bank
o Subdivision of unincorporated county land
• Tract No. 10522 (1929)
o Huntington Land and Improvement Company, Security First National Bank of Los Angeles
o Subdivision of Ramona Tract (1886) and Ramona No. 2 (1887) 12 Martha Baldwin • Nathanson Tract (1911)
o Susan E. Bryson, Isaac H. Bryson, M. Nathanson
o Subdivision of Ramona No. 2 (1887)
• Carpenter Tract (1914)
o A. L. Carpenter
o Subdivision of Ramona No. 2 (1887)
• Tract No. 4899 (1922, 1923)
o Pacific Southwest Trust & Savings Bank (formerly Los Angeles Trust and Savings Bank)
o Subdivision of Alhambra Acres (1907)
• Tract No. 6033 (1923)
o Security Trust & Savings Bank
o Subdivision of Ramona No. 2 (1887)
• Tract No. 6634 (1923)
o Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company of California
o Subdivision of Ramona No. 2 (1887)
• Tract No. 7658 (1924)
o First Trust and Savings Bank of Pasadena
o Subdivision of Ramona No. 2 (1887)
• Tract No. 7930 (1934)
o Pacific Southwest Trust & Savings Bank
o Subdivision of unincorporated county land
• Tract No. 10522 (1929)
o Huntington Land and Improvement Company, Security First National Bank of Los Angeles
o Subdivision of Shorb Tract (1884), Ramona Tract (1886), and Ramona No. 2 (1887)
13 Almansor Park All tracts are subdivided from unincorporated county land. • Tract No. 15111 (1948)
o Alhambra Terrace
14 Shorb Street All tracts are subdivided from unincorporated county land. • Tract No. 5906 (1923)
o Title Insurance and Trust Co.
15 Midwick Tract-
Alhambra Hills
All tracts are subdivided from unincorporated county land. • Tract No. 5931 (1923)
o Silvestre Dupuy & Anna Dupuy
• Tract No. 5465 (1923)
o Silvestre Dupuy & Anna Dupuy
16 Front Street • Tract No. 5752 (1922)
o Huntington Land and Improvement Co.
o Subdivision of Huntington Tract (1902), which is subdivided from Ramona Tract
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Map Key
Number
Neighborhood
Name
Principal Tracts
17 Ethel Park All tracts are subdivided from Map No. 2 of Ramona (1887). • Ethel Park (1910)
o Thomas M. Miller
• Tract No. 7349 (1923)
o Huntington Land and Improvement Co.
• Tract No. 8115 (1924)
o Huntington Land and Improvement Co.
• Tract No. 11226 (1937)
o Norman L. Franz, Charles T. Bjorkman, Ora May Franz
18 Shorb Tract • Tract No. 6129 (1923)
o Huntington Land and Improvement Co.
o Subdivision of Ramona No. 2 (1887) and Tract No. 4376 (1921) 19 Ramona • Tract No. 4704 (1922)
o Huntington Land and Improvement Co., Southern California Edison Co.
o Subdivision of Ramona No. 2 (1887), Tract No. 4376 (1921), and others
20 Ramona Acres • Tract No. 5304 (1922)
o Huntington Land and Improvement Co.
o Subdivision of Shorb Tract (1884) and Ramona Tract (1886) • Tract No. 5459 (1922)
o Huntington Land and Improvement Co.
o Subdivision of Tract No. 5304
• Tract No. 5868 (1922, 1923)
o Huntington Land and Improvement Co.
o Subdivision of Tract No. 5304
• Tract No. 7022 (1923)
o Huntington Land and Improvement Co.
o Subdivision of Shorb Tract (1884) and Ramona Tract (1886) 21 Airport Tract All tracts are subdivided from unincorporated county land. • Tract No. 13880 (1946)
o Alhambra Park, City of Alhambra, City of Pasadena
22 Granada Park All tracts are subdivided from unincorporated county land. • Granada Park (1907)
o Ruby Archer, Frank N. Doud, Amigo Company, Los Angeles Interurban Railway Co.
• Tract No. 3908 (1921)
o E. Esterly Shafer, W. [X]. Wheat, John W. Kemp, Erma G.
Preston, Citizens Trust and Savings Bank, Los Angeles Trust and Savings Bank
• Tract No. 11889 (1940)
o Huntington Land and Improvement Co., Perkins Ward
Corporation, Title Guarantee and Trust Co., City of Alhambra, Anna Woodworth, Ralph E. Perkins, Laura Y. Perkins, Lyman D.
Bedford
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Map Key
Number
Neighborhood
Name
Principal Tracts
23 Hellman Avenue • Map of Ramona No. 2 (1887)
o San Gabriel Wine Co., Maria Jesus de Shorb
• Tract No. 6129 (1923)
o Huntington Land and Improvement Co.
o Subdivision of Ramona No. 2 (1887) and Tract No. 4376 (1921) • Tract No. 6112 (1924)
o Huntington Land and Improvement Co.
o Subdivision of Ramona No. 2 (1887)
• Tract No. 7731 (1924)
o [illegible]
o Subdivided from unincorporated county land
• Tract No. 8115 (1924)
o Huntington Land and Improvement Co.
o Subdivision of Ramona No. 2 (1887)
• Tract No. 13385 (1947)
o Allied Building Credits, Inc., Title Insurance & Trust Co., Midwick Water Company, Garvey-Atlantic Company
o Subdivision of Ramona No. 2 (1887) and Tract No. 1329 (1914) • Tract No. 27595 (1963)
o Atlantic Savings and Loan Association
o Subdivided from unincorporated county land
24 Midwick Tract • Tract No. 13385 (1947)
o Allied Building Credits, Inc., Title Insurance & Trust Co., Midwick Water Company, Garvey-Atlantic Company
o Subdivision of Ramona No. 2 (1887) and Tract No. 1329 (1914) • Tract No. 14949 (1948)
o Midwick Water Company, Title Insurance & Trust Co.
o Subdivision of Ramona Acres (1910), Tract No. 1329 (1914), and Tract No. 13385
• Tract No. 15466 (1949)
o Joseph R. Garrett, Renee C. Garrett, C. M. Cooper, Harriette Y.
Cooper, Lawrence B. Gibbs, Helen C. Gibbs, Midwick Water Company
o Subdivision of Ramona No. 2 (1887) and Tract No. 1329 (1914) 25 Emery Park Hills All tracts are subdivided from unincorporated county land. • Tract No. 4948 (1922, 1923)
o Title Insurance and Trust Co.
26 Ramona Park All tracts are subdivided from Ramona Tract (1886) and Map of Ramona No. 2 (1887).
• Ramona Park (1906)
o John B. Althouse, Daniel T. Althouse, Otto Arnold, Jonathan S.
Dodge
27 Alhambra Hills • Tract No. 6199 (1923)
o Title Insurance and Trust Co.
o Subdivided from unincorporated county land
• Tract No. 18497 (1953)
o College of Medical Evangelists
o Subdivision of Grider & Hamilton’s Floral Park (1906)
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APPENDIX F – GUIDELINES FOR EVALUATION AND
REGISTRATION PROGRAMS
A property may be designated as historic by National, State, and local authorities. In order for a building to qualify for listing in the National Register of Historic Places or the California Register of Historical Resources, it must meet one or more identified criteria of significance. The property must also retain sufficient historic integrity to evoke the sense of place and time with which it is historically associated. This historic context statement will provide guidance for listing at the federal and state levels, according to the established criteria and integrity thresholds.
GUIDELINES FOR EVALUATION
Historic Significance and Periods of Significance
The definition of historic significance used by the California Office of Historic Preservation (OHP) in its administration of the California Register is based upon the following definition used by the National Park Service for the National Register.479 Historic significance is [defined as] the importance of a property to the history, architecture, archaeology, engineering, or culture of a community, State, or the nation. It is achieved in several ways:
• Association with important events, activities or patterns • Association with important persons
• Distinctive physical characteristics of design, construction, or form • Potential to yield important information
A property may be significant individually or as part of a grouping of properties.
In addition to the above criteria, significance is defined by the area of history in which the property made important contributions and by the period of time when these contributions were made.
480 The National Park Service defines this period of time as the period of significance.
The period of significance is the length of time when a property was associated with important events, activities or persons, or attained the characteristics which qualify it for…listing. The period of significance usually begins with the date when significant activities or events began giving the property its historic significance; this is often a date of construction. 481
479 U. S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, National Register Bulletin 16A: How to Complete the National Register Nomination Form (Washington, DC: 1997), https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalregister/upload/NRB16A-Complete.pdf (accessed April 2018.) 480 National Register Bulletin 16A: How to Complete the National Register Nomination Form. 481 National Register Bulletin 16A: How to Complete the National Register Nomination Form. 339
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The period of significance usually begins with the date when significant activities or events began giving the property its historic significance; this is often a date of construction.482 The period of significance can be as brief as a single year; many, however, span many years and consist of beginning and closing dates.”
483 Identification and definition of the period is based on “specific events directly related to the significance of the property,” for example, the date of construction, years of ownership, or length of operation as a particular entity.484 Integrity
Historic integrity is the ability of a property to convey its significance and is defined as the “authenticity of a property’s historic identity, evidenced by the survival of physical characteristics that existed during the property’s historic period.”485 The National Park Service defines seven aspects of integrity: location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association. These qualities are defined as follows:
• Location is the place where the historic property was constructed or the place where the historic event took place.
• Design is the combination of elements that create the form, plan, space, structure, and style of a property.
• Setting is the physical environment of a historic property. • Materials are the physical elements that were combined or deposited during a particular period of time and in a particular pattern or configuration to form a historic property. • Workmanship is the physical evidence of the crafts of a particular culture or people during any given period in history or prehistory.
• Feeling is a property's expression of the aesthetic or historic sense of a particular period of time.
• Association is the direct link between an important historic event or person and a historic property.486
While it is not necessary for a property to retain all seven aspects of integrity, or indeed, “all its historic physical features or characteristics,”
487 the National Park Service notes that the
property must retain “the essential physical features that enable it to convey its historic
482 National Register Bulletin 16A: How to Complete the National Register Nomination Form. 483 National Register Bulletin 16A: How to Complete the National Register Nomination Form. 484 National Register Bulletin 16A: How to Complete the National Register Nomination Form. 485 National Register Bulletin 16A: How to Complete the National Register Nomination Form. 486 U. S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, National Register Bulletin 15: How to A pply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation, by the staff of the National Register of Historic Places, finalized by Patrick W.
Andrus, edited by Rebecca H. Shrimpton (Washington, DC: 1990; revised for Internet, 2002), https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalregister/upload/NRB-15_web508.pdf (accessed April 2018). 487 National Register Bulletin 15: How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation. 340
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identity. The essential physical features are those features that define both why a property is significant and when it was significant.”488
Character-Defining Features
Every historic building is unique, with its own identity and its own distinctive character.
Character-defining features are those visual aspects and physical features or elements, constructed during the property’s period of significance, that give the building its historic character and contribute to the integrity of the property. Character-defining features should be considered in the planning and design of a project to preserve them to the maximum extent possible. Character-defining features can identify the building as an example of a specific building type, usually related to the building’s function; they can exemplify the use of specific materials or methods of construction, or embody a historical period or architectural style; and they can convey the sense of time and place in buildings associated with significant events or people.
In order to be considered eligible for designation as a historic resource, a property must possess both sufficient historic significance to meet at least one of the above criteria, and sufficient historic integrity to convey its significance through the physical features that reflect the property’s character and identity.
Programs under which a property in Alhambra may be designated at the Federal or State level are described below.
REGISTRATION PROGRAMS
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is an authoritative guide to be used by Federal, State, and local governments, private groups, and citizens to identify the Nation's cultural resources and to indicate what properties should be considered for protection from destruction or impairment. 489
The National Park Service administers the National Register program. Listing in the National Register assists in preservation of historic properties in several ways, including: recognition that a property is of significance to the nation, the state, or the community; consideration in the planning for federal or federally assisted projects; eligibility for federal tax benefits; and qualification for Federal assistance for historic preservation, when funds are available.
To be eligible for listing and/or listed in the National Register, a resource must possess significance in American history and culture, architecture, or archaeology. Listing in the National Register is primarily honorary and does not in and of itself provide protection of a historic resource. The primary effect of listing in the National Register on private owners of historic buildings is the availability of financial and tax incentives. In addition, for projects that receive Federal funding, a clearance process must be completed in accordance with Section 106 of the
488 National Register Bulletin 15: How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation. 489 36CFR60, Section 60.2.
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National Historic Preservation Act. State and local regulations may also apply to properties listed in the National Register.
The criteria for listing in the National Register follow established guidelines for determining the significance of properties. The quality of significance in American history, architecture, archeology, engineering, and culture is present in districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects:
A. That are associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history; or
B. That are associated with the lives of persons significant in our past; or C. That embody the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or that represent the work of a master, or that possess high artistic values, or that represent a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction; or D. That have yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history.
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Standard preservation practice evaluates geographically contiguous collections of buildings from similar time periods and historic contexts as historic districts. The National Park Service defines a historic district as “a significant concentration, linkage, or continuity of sites, buildings, structures, or objects united historically or aesthetically by plan or physical development.” 491
Integrity
In addition to meeting any or all of the designation criteria listed above, the National Park Service requires properties to possess historic integrity. Historic integrity is the ability of a property to convey its significance and is defined as “the authenticity of a property’s historic identity, evidenced by the survival of physical characteristics that existed during the property’s historic period.”492
The National Register recognizes seven aspects or qualities that comprise integrity, which are also referenced in the City’s local ordinance: location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association. These qualities are defined as follows:
• Location is the place where the historic property was constructed or the place where the historic event took place.
• Design is the combination of elements that create the form, plan, space, structure, and style of a property.
• Setting is the physical environment of a historic property.
490 36CFR60, Section 60.3. Criterion D typically applies to archaeological resources. 491 National Register Bulletin 15: How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation. 492 National Register Bulletin 16A: How to Complete the National Register Nomination Form. 342
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• Materials are the physical elements that were combined or deposited during a particular period of time and in a particular pattern or configuration to form a historic property. • Workmanship is the physical evidence of the crafts of a particular culture or people during any given period in history or prehistory.
• Feeling is a property's expression of the aesthetic or historic sense of a particular period of time.
• Association is the direct link between an important historic event or person and a historic property.493
In assessing a property's integrity, the National Park Service recognizes that properties change over time. National Register Bulletin 15 provides:
To retain historic integrity a property will always possess several, and usually most, of the aspects. It is not necessary for a property to retain all its historic physical features or characteristics. The property must retain, however, the essential physical features that enable it to convey its historic identity.
A property that has lost some historic materials or details can be eligible if it retains the majority of the features that illustrate its style in terms of the massing, spatial relationships, proportion, pattern of windows and doors, texture of materials, and ornamentation. The property is not eligible, however, if it retains some basic features conveying massing but has lost the majority of the features that once characterized its style.
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A property that has sufficient integrity for listing at the national, state, or local level will typically retain a majority of the identified character-defining features, and will retain sufficient integrity to convey its significance. The required aspects of integrity are dependent on the reason for a property’s significance. Increased age and rarity of the property type are also considerations when assessing integrity thresholds. For properties that are significant for their architectural merit (Criterion C), a higher priority is placed on integrity of design, materials, and workmanship. For properties that are significant for their association with important events or people, integrity of feeling and/or association may be more important.
For properties which are considered significant under National Register Criteria A and B, National Register Bulletin 15 states:
A property that is significant for its historic association is eligible if it retains the essential physical features that made up its character or appearance during the period of its association with the important event, historical pattern, or person(s).
493 National Register Bulletin 15: How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation. 494 National Register Bulletin 15: How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation. 343
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A property important for illustrating a particular architectural style or construction technique must retain most of the physical features that constitute that style or technique.495
Criteria Considerations
Certain kinds of properties are not usually considered for listing in the National Register. These include religious properties, moved properties, birthplaces or graves, cemeteries, reconstructed properties, commemorative properties, and properties achieving significance within the past 50 years.496 These properties can be eligible for listing, however, if they meet special requirements, called Criteria Considerations, in addition to being eligible under one or more of the four criteria and possessing integrity. The National Park Service has defined seven Criteria Considerations; those that are the most relevant to this study include:
Criteria Consideration A: Religious Properties
A religious property is eligible if it derives its primary significance from architectural or artistic distinction or historical importance.
A religious property requires justification on architectural, artistic, or historic grounds to avoid any appearance of judgment by government about the validity of any religion or belief. Historic significance for a religious property cannot be established on the merits of a religious doctrine, but rather, for architectural or artistic values or for important historic or cultural forces that the property represents. A religious property's significance under Criterion A, B, C, or D must be judged in purely secular terms. A religious group may, in some cases, be considered a cultural group whose activities are significant in areas broader than religious history. 497
Criteria Consideration B: Moved Properties
A property removed from its original or historically significant location can be eligible if it is significant primarily for architectural value or it is the surviving property most importantly associated with a historic person or event. 498
The National Register Criteria for Evaluation limit the consideration of moved properties because significance is embodied in locations and settings as well as in the properties themselves. Moving a property destroys the relationships between the property and its surroundings and destroys associations with historic events and persons. A move may also cause the loss of historic features such as landscaping, foundations, and chimneys, as well as loss of the potential for associated
495 National Register Bulletin 15: How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation. 496 National Register Bulletin 15: How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation. 497 National Register Bulletin 15: How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation. 498 National Register Bulletin 15: How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation. 344
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archeological deposits. Properties that were moved before their period of significance do not need to meet the special requirements of Criteria Consideration B. 499 Criteria Consideration G: Properties that have Achieved Significance within the Past 50 Years A property achieving significance within the past fifty years is eligible if it is of exceptional importance.
The National Register Criteria for Evaluation exclude properties that achieved significance within the past 50 years unless they are of exceptional importance. 50 years is a general estimate of the time needed to develop historical perspective and to evaluate significance. This consideration guards against the listing of properties of passing contemporary interest and ensures that the National Register is a list of truly historic places. The phrase "exceptional importance” does not require that the property be of national significance. It is a measure of a property's importance within the appropriate historic context, whether the scale of that context is local, State, or national.
CALIFORNIA REGISTER OF HISTORICAL RESOURCES
The California Register of Historical Resources is an authoritative guide in California used by State and local agencies, private groups, and citizens to identify the State's historical resources. The California Register was established in 1998, with eligibility criteria based upon National Register criteria. The criteria for listing in the California Register are:
1. Associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of local or regional history or the cultural heritage of California or the United States.
2. Associated with the lives of persons important to local, California or national history.
3. Embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, region or method of construction or represents the work of a master or possesses high artistic values.
4. Has yielded, or has the potential to yield, information important to the prehistory or history of the local area, California or the nation.
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The California Register consists of resources that are listed automatically and those that must be nominated through an application and public hearing process. The California Register includes the following:
• California properties formally determined eligible for (Category 2 in the State Inventory of Historical Resources), or listed in (Category 1 in the State Inventory), the National Register of Historic Places.
• State Historical Landmarks No. 770 and all consecutively numbered state historical landmarks following No. 770. For state historical landmarks preceding No. 770, the Office of Historic Preservation (OHP) shall review their eligibility for the California Register in accordance with procedures to be adopted by the State Historical Resources Commission.
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• Points of historical interest which have been reviewed by the OHP and recommended for listing by the commission for inclusion in the California Register in accordance with criteria adopted by the commission.501
Other resources which may be nominated for listing in the California Register include:
• Individual historical resources.
• Historical resources contributing to the significance of an historic district. • Historical resources identified as significant in historical resources surveys, if the survey meets the criteria listed in subdivision (g) of Section 5023.1 of the Public Resources Code. • Historical resources and historic districts designated or listed as city or county landmarks or historic properties or districts pursuant to any city or county ordinance, if the criteria for designation or listing under the ordinance have been determined by the office to be consistent with California Register criteria.
• Local landmarks or historic properties designated under any municipal or county ordinance.
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CALIFORNIA POINTS OF HISTORICAL INTEREST
The California Point of Historical Interest Program was established in 1965 to accommodate an increased interest in recognizing local historic properties not able to meet the restrictive criteria of the State Historical Landmarks program. The criteria for the Points are the same as those that govern the Landmark program, but are directed to local (city or county) areas.
California Points of Historical Interest do not have direct regulatory protection, but are eligible for official landmark plaques and highway directional signs.
501 California PRC, Section 5023.1(d).
502 California PRC, Section 5023.1(e).
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APPENDIX G – COMMUNITY SUBMISSIONS
Included in this appendix is correspondence received to date on the development of the Historic Context Statement. These comments were received either through written communication with City Staff, or via the Community Submission portal on the project website, found here: https://www.historicalhambra.com/community-submissions.
All names and contact information have been removed.
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Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2022 7:19 PM
To: Alhambra Historic Preservation <[email protected]> Subject: 322‐324 Fremont, Dolgeville property
CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization.
Dear Historical Alhambra
I have pictures that I took in around 2011 of one of Dolgeville’s small Victorians before it got bulldozed and its lot split, where now two two‐story awkward houses stand. I believe there are still a few in a row of these small worker houses on the east side Fremont between Commonwealth and Poplar Streets. That house that is gone that used to be at 322‐ 324 Fremont looked very similar to 300 Fremont at Poplar/Fremont, that is still there.
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From: Squarespace [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, October 4, 2021 11:39 PM
To: Alhambra Historic Preservation <[email protected]> Subject: Form Submission - Historic Resources Identification Form Sent via form submission from City of Alhambra Historic Preservation Program Name of Person/Place/Story: 403 S. Garfield / T. J. Stuart Address or Approximate Location (if applicable): 403 S. Garfield Type of Information: important person and architecture in historical downtown Period of time represented: Victorian
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The home belonged to T. J. Stuart. Bruce Risher also mentioned that William Thrall may have lived in this house although Oscar Amaro says he's done research on Will Thrall and he found that Thrall lived on the east side of Garfield, not in this house. Will Thrall was a naturalist and hiker who did much for the San Gabriel Mountains.
Thomas J. Stuart - born March 20, 1839 in Pennsylvania - he was one of nine children born to David and Elizabeth Stuart
Mr. Stuart died in 1909 and he is buried in the San Gabriel Cemetery.
He married Charlotte H. Willey, from Indiana, in 1866 in Indiana.
They had five children but only three survived - Edward (born 1869), Mary (born 1871) and Anna (born in 1888).
Charlotte and Thomas lived in Jeffersonville, Indiana on the banks of the Ohio River between 1870 and the early 1880s when Thomas worked as a shipping clerk.
In the 1900 census, they are living in Alhambra, although the census identifies it as San Gabriel. Their house number is 424 but there is no street name listed. His profession in 1900 is listed as deputy clerk but it doesn't say what company/organization/institution he works for.
In 1900, two of their children (Edward and Anna) are still living with them. Edward is working as a bookkeeper. Anna is a teacher.
From Chris Olsen & article in APG Fall Newsletter
The 1920 U.S. Census shows that 403 S. Garfield was originally used as multi-family housing.
According to the Assessor directory, two families lives in what is the oldest and largest structure on the lot. Clifford H. Everdon, a shoe salesman, and his wife Edith and their daughter and son, rented the property along with the Coleman family. Calvin Coleman, who was a laborer in an oil field, also lived there with his wife and son.
The Assessor’s Office shows three structures on the property, with the oldest possibly dating from 1918, though we estimate it is older than that based on its Victorian architectural features. Flanked on either side by what look like the original grove of trees, it is listed at 3,370 square feet, 6 bedrooms/2 baths; a one-room sleeping porch was added in 1927. Also on the lot are two other units, both built in 1941, each with one bedroom and one bathroom.
In July 2015, J&KD LLC bought this property for $3.1 million from ANJ LLC, just 2 months after ANJ LLC bought it for $600,000 from Eretz G4 Properties LLC. It is now on the market again.
Why is this significant?: Victorian house from c. 1888 ; TJ Stuart might have been one of the founding fathers of the City
Where can we find more information?: Alhambra Preservation Group , and Historical Society may have info.
The City of Alhambra may publish: No, please consider the resource(s) described above, but do not share my name.
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From: Squarespace [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, October 4, 2021 11:39 PM
To: Alhambra Historic Preservation <[email protected]> Subject: Form Submission - Historic Resources Identification Form Sent via form submission from City of Alhambra Historic Preservation Program Name of Person/Place/Story: 403 S. Garfield / T. J. Stuart Address or Approximate Location (if applicable): 403 S. Garfield Type of Information: important person and architecture in historical downtown Period of time represented: Victorian
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The home belonged to T. J. Stuart. Bruce Risher also mentioned that William Thrall may have lived in this house although Oscar Amaro says he's done research on Will Thrall and he found that Thrall lived on the east side of Garfield, not in this house. Will Thrall was a naturalist and hiker who did much for the San Gabriel Mountains.
Thomas J. Stuart - born March 20, 1839 in Pennsylvania - he was one of nine children born to David and Elizabeth Stuart
Mr. Stuart died in 1909 and he is buried in the San Gabriel Cemetery.
He married Charlotte H. Willey, from Indiana, in 1866 in Indiana.
They had five children but only three survived - Edward (born 1869), Mary (born 1871) and Anna (born in 1888).
Charlotte and Thomas lived in Jeffersonville, Indiana on the banks of the Ohio River between 1870 and the early 1880s when Thomas worked as a shipping clerk.
In the 1900 census, they are living in Alhambra, although the census identifies it as San Gabriel. Their house number is 424 but there is no street name listed. His profession in 1900 is listed as deputy clerk but it doesn't say what company/organization/institution he works for.
In 1900, two of their children (Edward and Anna) are still living with them. Edward is working as a bookkeeper. Anna is a teacher.
From Chris Olsen & article in APG Fall Newsletter
The 1920 U.S. Census shows that 403 S. Garfield was originally used as multi-family housing.
According to the Assessor directory, two families lives in what is the oldest and largest structure on the lot. Clifford H. Everdon, a shoe salesman, and his wife Edith and their daughter and son, rented the property along with the Coleman family. Calvin Coleman, who was a laborer in an oil field, also lived there with his wife and son.
The Assessor’s Office shows three structures on the property, with the oldest possibly dating from 1918, though we estimate it is older than that based on its Victorian architectural features. Flanked on either side by what look like the original grove of trees, it is listed at 3,370 square feet, 6 bedrooms/2 baths; a one-room sleeping porch was added in 1927. Also on the lot are two other units, both built in 1941, each with one bedroom and one bathroom.
In July 2015, J&KD LLC bought this property for $3.1 million from ANJ LLC, just 2 months after ANJ LLC bought it for $600,000 from Eretz G4 Properties LLC. It is now on the market again.
Why is this significant?: Victorian house from c. 1888 ; TJ Stuart might have been one of the founding fathers of the City
Where can we find more information?: Alhambra Preservation Group , and Historical Society may have info.
The City of Alhambra may publish: No, please consider the resource(s) described above, but do not share my name.
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From:
Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2021 10:30 PM
To: Alhambra Historic Preservation <[email protected]> Subject: addendum to my forms I submitted, 403 S. Garfield CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization.
Hi
Thank you for your amazing work so far!
I filled out the form tonight. Since there’s no way to upload pictures, here is what I have that I wanted to share:
403 S. Garfield, 1880s
I snuck in there back in 2017 and took inside pics during renovation. I was shocked at how amny diff. rooms there were.
When I was on the APG board, I facilitated an effort to get the current owner to re-imagine this bldg, and contract with a historic architect/developer out of Pasadena (forgot his name, office on Colorado Blvd in Old Town) to possibly put in assisted living. The property takes up the whole block and it seemed he’d rather just have it sold and demolished. Over the years he’s been trying to sell it off. It’s on the medical bldg. corridor and is in extreme danger.
It’s on the historic survey your group did for us in the 80s.
TJ Stuart apparently is buried in a cemetery I think in San Gabriel. Bruce Risher sent me the photo and I may have it if you need it.
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1 From: Squarespace [mailto:form‐[email protected]] Sent: Monday, February 28, 2022 5:34 PM
To: Alhambra Historic Preservation <[email protected]> Subject: Form Submission ‐ Historic Resources Identification Form CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization.
Sent via form submission from City of Alhambra Historic Preservation Program Name of Person/Place/Story: Vans
Address or Approximate Location (if applicable): 420 S. Garfield Ave Type of Information: Retail Store
Period of time represented: Late
1960s up until present.
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2 Why is this significant?: This Vans retail store, located at 420 S. Garfield in Alhambra, is the oldest long- standing Vans retail store in Southern California. Founded in Anaheim, C alifornia in 1966, Vans a VF
Company, is an iconic Southern California footwear and action sports brand that has been around for 56 years.
Today, Vans is a renowned multi-
billion dollar global footwear brand with both its business history and cultural heritage originating here in both Los Angeles and Orange counties. Vans has occupied this building since 1967– 68 having originally rented the building presumably from its original owner (a ccording to the city of Alhambra’s building records) until the brand purchased it directly from them in 1980. According to the city’s public records for this location, the building itself was likely constructed around or shortly before 1951 and was used as a nursery and possibly another type of retail store up until Vans began renting it in 1967–68. In 2019, Vans established their archives, officially referred to as the Vans Archive, at their global headquarters in Costa Mesa, California and following this milestone for the brand has been a lot of attention a nd research pertaining to
Vans early history and retail presence in Southern California. Catherin e Acosta, Vans first archiv ist and historian and a native of Alhambra, has identified several primary sources that confirm Vans longstanding presence at this location, which previously had only been mentioned and acknowledged orally by long-time Vans employees but never confirmed through primary materials or sources. Some of these sources include a
1968 classified ad in the Los Angeles Times taken out by Vans in search for a “retail saleslady…to work in the Alhambra area…,” two business cards for this store location, which refer to the store as “Hou se of Van’s,”
which was what the brand called their stores in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and a historic photograph dating from 1973 recently identified by Catherine of the exterior of the Alhambra Vans store. In the photo, the exterior of the store showcases handmade signage and murals, similar to the first and original Vans store once located at 704 E. Broadway in Anaheim. All of these primary sources confirm that this was one of several early Vans stores established in Los Angeles County in the late 1960s, making this location a truly unique and one-of-a- kind symbol for both Vans and the city of Alhamb
ra, as there are no other early retail store locations owned and operated by the brand today in Los Angeles or Orange County.
Where can we find more information?: Please reach out directly to me directly at Vans Global HQ; see contact info below. I would love to share the 1973 photo mentioned with the city for informational and educati
onal use and further connect about this "nomination."
The City of Alhambra may publish: Yes, you have my permissio n to publish my name to highlight the
connection between people and places.
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1 From: Squarespace [mailto:form‐[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2022 9:01 PM
To: Alhambra Historic Preservation <[email protected]> Subject: Form Submission ‐ Historic Resources Identification Form CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization.
NSent via form submission from City of Alhambra Historic Preservation Program Name of Person/Place/Story: Current residence
- Peacock Family
Address or Approximate Location (if applicable): 502 N Story Place Type of Information: Historical Residence
& Filming
Period of time represented:
1890’s. Having grown up on the street, I recall the Peacock Family taking pride on updating and remodeling the gorgeous classic. I hope you take the time to contact the Peacock’s. 365
2 Why is this significant?: It’s a Victorian Style Residence that was built in the late 1800’s. I also recall the home was used in a a film in the 1970’s.
Where can we find more information?: By going to the residence and talking to the residents, Peacock Family.
The City of Alhambra may publish: No, please consider the resource(s) described above, but do not share my name.
Name:
Address:
Phone:
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Does this submission look like spam? Report it here.
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From: Squarespace [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2021 12:27 PM
To: Alhambra Historic Preservation <[email protected]> Subject: Form Submission - Historic Resources Identification Form Sent via form submission from City of Alhambra Historic Preservation Program Name of Person/Place/Story: Alhambra Library
Address or Approximate Location (if applicable): Quonset hut at Garfield near Elgin (1969 to mid 70's), Main Street near 2nd Street (mid 70's to 1990's ?).
Type of Information: Important cultural, educational resource. I lived in Alhambra from 1969-79.
Period of time represented: See above.
Why is this significant?: Important cultural and educational resource.
Where can we find more information?: Alhambra Library
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From: Squarespace [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, October 15, 2021 5:05 PM
To: Alhambra Historic Preservation <[email protected]> Subject: Form Submission - Historic Resources Identification For Sent via form submission from City of Alhambra Historic Peservation Program Name of Person/Place/Story: Alhambra's Neon Signs - Municipal Welcome Signs and Businesses
Address or Approximate Location (if applicable): Three "Alhambra" neon signs (Huntington Blvd at the western boundary; Valley Blvd at the western boundary; Main Street at the Eastern boundary) and businesses (Bun N Burger, The Hat and Twoheys before they moved to South Pasadena))
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Type of Information: Neon Signs
Period of time represented: 1920s - 1960s
Why is this significant?: An important (and bright) way of advertising that was popular in the mid 20th century
Where can we find more information?: Alhambra Preservation Group's blog post:
https://proseofpreservation.org/2019/11/10/alhambras-neon-signs-return-in-a-blaze-of-glory/ 369
From: Squarespace [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, October 15, 2021 4:22 PM
To: Alhambra Historic Preservation <[email protected]> Subject: Form Submission - Historic Resources Identification Form Sent via form submission from City of Alhambra Historic Preservation Program Name of Person/Place/Story: Alhambra Preservation Group's blog "The Prose of Preservation" and Alhambra Preservation Group's Facebook page Address or Approximate Location (if applicable): www.proseofpreservation.org and www.facebook.com/alhambrapreservation
Type of Information: Alhambra Preservation Group started their blog in 2012 and published articles for their quarterly e-newsletter. Often times these articles featured historically and 370
architecturally significant homes, churches, schools and businesses. This blog has a wealth of information on Alhambra's built environment. Likewise, APG's Facebook page also has information on Alhambra's built environment. A scavenger hunt called "I Spy" was done a few years ago and featured little known characteristics about architecturally significant buildings in Alhambra.
Period of time represented: The articles and FB posts cover architecture ranging from Victorian to Mid-Century Modern and everything in between.
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From: Squarespace [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, October 15, 2021 3:37 PM
To: Alhambra Historic Preservation <[email protected]> Subject: Form Submission - Historic Resources Identification Form Sent via form submission from City of Alhambra Historic Preservation Program Name of Person/Place/Story: Artist's Alley on Champion Place Address or Approximate Location (if applicable): Champion Place just north of Main Street
Type of Information: Artist's Alley located on Champion Place just north of Main Street was a gathering place for artists at the turn of the 20th century. 372
Period of time represented: Late 1800s into the early 1900s Why is this significant?: Notable artists who came out to Alhambra and lived and created art on Champion Place included Norman Rockwell, Clyde Forsythe, Eli Harvey and others.
Norman Rockwell married Mary Barstow at an Arts and Crafts home that I believe is still standing on North Champion Place. Rockwell's art studio was above the garage at the home of Clyde Forsythe - the Orange Blossom Manor - located on North Almansor Avenue on the southeast corner of Almansor Avenue and Alhambra Road.
Where can we find more information?: The Alhambra Preservation Group did a home tour in 2009 and the Orange Blossom Manor was one of the homes featured on the tour. They would have information on the Forsythe home and Rockwell's studio. 373
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Sent via form submission from City of Alhambra Historic Preservation Program Name of Person/Place/Story: Alhambra's Artist Colony
Address or Approximate Location (if applicable): On Champion Place -- a short street running north from Main St. by the Alhambra Wash just before the San Gabriel City border Type of Information: This colony included some of the biggest names in Western and American art, including Norman Rockwell (whose 2nd marri
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2 Frank Tenney Johnson, Jack Wilkinson Smith, Eli Johnson, Tex Wheeler, Sam Hyde Harris and Marjorie Reed .
Period of time represented: This artist colony thrived in the 1920s and 1930s.
Why is this significant?: Association with important persons and cultural group Where can we find more information?: If you google "Alhambra Artist Colony on Champion Place" you will find many articles. On of the best articles (including many color photos of their famous artworks) can be found at this site https://www.pressreader.com/usa/western-art-collector/201802 01/281556586293844 Norman
Rockwell used some of the other artists there as models for some of his paintings.
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To: City of Alhambra Historic Preservation Program
Re: Draft History Context Statement
Date: November 11th, 2021
To whom it may concern:
I want to thank the City Council of Alhambra for beginning the project. It's a great idea.
After reading the Draft History Context Statement, however, I feel compelled to write to you about a small but important issue: that is, the tone of the parts of the Statement that have to do with the Franciscan Missions. Honestly, I consider this tone markedly biased at the least and propagandistic at the worst.
I do want to say at the outset that I am not accusing anyone involved in the process of writing the Draft of knowing and deliberate unfairness toward the padres. I understand that this is how history is being taught nowadays. But history is being taught in a biased and propagandistic way.
Therefore, I feel the need to speak out.
The parts I ask you to reconsider are highlighted below:
Under the heading, "Context: Spanish Rule: Colonization and Mission Establishment (1769-1820):
" ... Local native tribes were absorbed into the mission system, forced to convert to Christianity, and forced to work the mission's agricultural and ranch lands. At the San Gabriel Mission, the native Tongva inhabitants became known as the Gabrielinos.
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missions continued to hold these large tracts of land until the Mexican government declared its independence from Spain .... "
And, following, under "Context: Mexican Rule: Secularization and Subsequent Land Grants (1821-1849)":
"In 1821, Mexico won its independence from Spain, making Alta California part of Mexico.
By the 1830s, the influence of the mission system was waning, replaced by a focus on secular agricultural settlement. With growing pressure on the Mexican government to secularize the missions, in 1833 the Mexican Congres�assed the Act for the Secularization of the Missions of California. The missions were subsequently abandoned by the Franciscan padres and the majority of mission lands taken from the Catholic Church ....
My objections:
"Local tribes were absorbed into the mission system ... " This sentence, in the passive voice, reads in a way that suggests the mission system was an impersonal, unfeeling behemoth of an organization, something like the layman's view of a 376
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9 assertions such as the ones in the Draft History Context Statement are not helpful in promoting discussion or debate - they present the condemnation of the mission system as afait accompli.
One can only hope that, in time, the padres' moral failings will be more fairly weighed against their accomplishments, and that Californians will begin to view mission history more clearly.
In the meantime, I hereby ask that the writers of the Draft change its wording regarding the mission system to something more neutral - more like the treatment already given to the Spanish, Mestizo, and American settlers, as well as the California Indians themselves.
Thaulcyou,
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From: Squarespace [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2021 11:19 AM
To: Alhambra Historic Preservation <[email protected]> Subject: Form Submission - Community Feedback (Draft Historic Context Statement Outline) Sent via form submission from City of Alhambra Historic Preservation Program Feedback: Crawford Corner can use a face lift. I've lived in the neighborhood since 1971. My Granny worked at the Crawford market and Carol's Fabrics. Later she worked at Newberry's. 385
From: Squarespace [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, October 15, 2021 4:10 PM
To: Alhambra Historic Preservation <[email protected]> Subject: Form Submission - Historic Resources Identification Form Sent via form submission from City of Alhambra Historic Preservation Program Name of Person/Place/Story: Crawfords Corner
Address or Approximate Location (if applicable): Northwest corner of Valley Blvd and New Avenue
Type of Information: Crawford's Corner has one-of-a-kind mid-century architecture that features a western boom town theme.
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Period of time represented: 1964 was the year that Crawford's Corner was built Why is this significant?: It is significant because of the uniqueness of this mid-century architecture. It is also endangered because of its location - the City of Alhambra has plans to revitalize Valley Blvd. Its original sign was recently removed.
Where can we find more information?: This blog post by Alhambra Preservation Group has additional information: https://proseofpreservation.org/2018/07/31/focus-on-crawfords-corner/ 387
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To: Alhambra Historic Preservation <[email protected]> Subject: Form Submission - Historic Resources Identification Form Sent via form submission from City of Alhambra Historic Preservation Program Name of Person/Place/Story: Father of the Bride Movie / National Velvet / The Little Things Address or Approximate Location (if applicable): 500 North Almansor Avenue, Midwick Country Club Polo barns and fields, Bun N Burger at 1000 E. Main Street Type of Information: A backyard scene of the 1990 Father of the Bride movie starring Steve Martin was filmed at the home at 500 N. Almansor Avenue; Elizabeth Taylor and Mickey Rooney filmed scenes from National Velvet at the Midwick Country Club's barns and fields; 388
Denzel Washington filmed a scene from a recent movie "The Little Things" at Bun N Burger Period of time represented: Various times are represented in this entry: 1944 for National Velvet, 1990 for Father of the Bride and 2020 for The Little Things Why is this significant?: Association with movie stars and the use of Alhambra as movie sets Where can we find more information?: imdb.com may list the set locations for these movies 389
From: Squarespace [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, November 1, 2021 9:08 PM
To: Alhambra Historic Preservation <[email protected]> Subject: Form Submission - Contact Us
Sent via form submission from City of Alhambra Historic Preservation Program Message: Hello,
I actually know a WWII VET who attended Marguerita Elementary and graduated from Alhambra High school. He was raised in Alhambra and even helped built his family home before the war, on Edith Ave and Shorb. He is 96 and doing great! He wrote a book titled "It Only Takes One" you can find it on amazon or I can get you one for free. He retired as a Fire Captain from the Alhambra Fire Dept in the 1980's and currently resides in Temple City. He is one of my best friends and I'm sure he can tell you many stories about Alhambra. Feel free to reach me and I will get you in contact with one of his kids. I am a Captain for Alhambra fire, just FYI.
Thank you for your time.
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Message: Hi, my husband, David, and I are working on completing some family genealogy research, and we are looking for documentation linking Tristram P. Hoxsey to his father Will iam "Bill" Hoxsie. We realize that both Bill and Tristram were part of t he earliest settlers to Alhambra. Do you have any documentation that you can sh are on them or any others within the Hoxse y family? Your help will be very much appreciated! Sent via form submission from City of Alhambra Historic Preservation Program Name:
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Message: Hi, my husband and I are working on completing some family genealogy research, and we are looking for documentation linking Tristram P. Hoxsey to his father William "Bill" Hoxsie. We realize that both Bill
and Tristram were part of the earliest settlers t o Alhambra. Do you have any documentation that you can share on them or any others within the Hoxsey family ? Your help will be very much appreciated!
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From: Squarespace [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, October 15, 2021 3:54 PM
To: Alhambra Historic Preservation <[email protected]> Subject: Form Submission - Historic Resources Identification Form Sent via form submission from City of Alhambra Historic Preservation Program Name of Person/Place/Story: Judson Studios - Renowned Stained Glass Studio in Highland Park
Address or Approximate Location (if applicable): 805 N. Electric Avenue and 919 N.
Marguerita Avenue
Type of Information: In 1917, Judson family members were living in homes on North Marguerita and North Electric Avenue. One of the homes has an original stained glass window 392
(I believe its in the Marguerita Avenue home in the dining room) designed and created by the Judson studios.
Period of time represented: Late 1800s and early 1900s
Why is this significant?: The Judson Stained Glass Studios is the oldest stained glass studio in America having been established in 1897. To have an original Judson studios creation in an Alhambra home is noteworthy.
Where can we find more information?: The 1917 Alhambra directory lists Paul and Blanche Judson as living at 805 N. Electric Avenue and Walter and Mable Judson as living at 919 N.
Marguerita Avenue.
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1 From: Squarespace [mailto:form‐[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, March 2, 2022 3:28 PM
To: Alhambra Historic Preservation <[email protected]> Subject: Form Submission ‐ Community Feedback (Draft Historic Context Statement Outline) CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization.
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Feedback: I would like to add the *Lindaraxa Park residential community *Hedges/Lamposts
*Green Space/Median with Lamposts
to be included and recognized as a neighborhood that is a of and part of the great historical significance to the City of Alhambra.
The City of Alhambra when incorporated was promoted as the “city of homes” at that time the Alhambra Construction Co located on Main St. Went to work and found the perfect location. Just North and within accessibility to Main St.
They created a subdivision where many homes have historical references to people prominent to Alhambra, California and the United States.
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2 The Lindaraxa Park Neighborhood is within the original Alhambra addition tracts.
It had been known by various names
*Boabdil Blvd tract
*Dixie tract
*Granada tract
*Orange Blossom Manor tract
*Orienta Ranch
*Story Park
*Tres Robles tract
*Court Lindaraja
Now Lindaraxa Park.
The Alhambra Construction Co. began work on this subdivision in 1912. It would market it for three years until it was ready. They went on to describe it as the most:
*Beautiful subdivision in Alhambra
*Where people could own a *Beautiful home amid surroundings of distinctive quality *An Exclusive residence
*Alhambra’s Beautiful Home Spot
*Where every house is a home
Adding distinctive features that are unique to North East Alhambra as in the pillars at each end of the entrance way. The hedge with the lampposts that are in the center and it’s open green space.
All of these features that Lindaraxa boast as one of the original tract neighborhoods should be highlighted for its place in Alhambra’s history.
Lindaraxa should have an ordinance for historical preservation.
As they give an actual untouched look as to what was back in 1912.
It is like an interactive day museum for everyone to see, enjoy actually surround themselves as they walk, drive pass through Lindaraxa Park a glimpse of architecture and development standard that should remain in its original and undisturbed condition.
In the Lindaraxa Park tract you I will share a couple of of homes that were owned, used by prominent leaders and visionary to Alhambra:
1) 502 N Story Pl was the home of Francis Q Story who was among Alhambra’s first leaders. He played a huge part in the success of Ca. and it’s fledgling citrus industry by creating the Sunkist brand of oranges that ensures today. Mrs. Story was key in establishing Alhambra’s first library. 2) Norman Rockwell was a known figure here in Alhambra but in the Lindaraxa tract he had a studio that he would use above a garage located on N Almansor St. where he would get much of his inspiration by looking out the windows enjoying the quaint Lindaraxa tract neighborhood while no doubt taking in the SGV mountains that would be his view.
I have photos as well
Thank you for your consideration
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From: Squarespace [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, October 15, 2021 4:44 PM
To: Alhambra Historic Preservation <[email protected]> Subject: Form Submission - Historic Resources Identification Form Sent via form submission from City of Alhambra Historic Preservation Program Name of Person/Place/Story: Mark Keppel High School
Address or Approximate Location (if applicable): 501 E. Hellman Avenue, Alhambra, CA Type of Information: School designed by Sylvanus Marston with murals created by Millard Sheets
Period of time represented: The school was built in the mid to late 1930s as part of the Roosevelt's WPA.
Why is this significant?: The Streamline Moderne architecture of Mark Keppel High School is noteworthy, as is the architect who designed the building (Sylvanus Marston). Millard Sheets is a renowned muralist.
Where can we find more information?: https://proseofpreservation.org/tag/mark-keppel- high-school/
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Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2021 9:37 PM
To: Alhambra Historic Preservation <[email protected]> Subject: Layered Google map ‐ submissions to Draft Historic Context Statement CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization.
Hi
I’m not sure if you’re still accepting submissions to the Alhambra Historic Context Statement, but this is a work in progress/labor of love toward Alhambra’s history, and please use and share it as you see fit.
Google map:
https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=1rQyx_8pFi9q4xDtCdIRTFlS3sLEqB2lj&usp =sharing This is a layered Google map
of places mentioned throughout the years since around 1880s of specific places mentioned in the newspaper, pinned onto a modern-day Google map, with a picture of the want-ad or article in the historic paper.
Sources:
a) The images and addresses come from the now defunct Alhambra Advocate newspaper that is in the Alhambra library/ City Hall archives, now also on microfiche in the library but in hard-copy original format as well.
b) Google maps
Why significant: shows what was in Alhambra and when; gives context for the area and its uses of the time; shares how people spent their time or what professions were popular then.
For example, in 1917, at 12 N. Garfield, there was a “Teter Motar Car” dealership. 397
From: Squarespace [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2021 7:28 PM
To: Alhambra Historic Preservation <[email protected]> Subject: Form Submission - Historic Resources Identification Form Sent via form submission from City of Alhambra Historic Preservation Program Name of Person/Place/Story: Additional information about Midwick Country Club in LA Times Article
Address or Approximate Location (if applicable):
Type of Information: Newspaper article
Period of time represented:
Why is this significant?: History of Alhambra
Where can we find more information?:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-07-19-me-14670- story.html%3f_amp=true
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From: Squarespace [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, October 18, 2021 11:27 AM
To: Alhambra Historic Preservation <[email protected]> Subject: Form Submission - Historic Resources Identification Form Sent via form submission from City of Alhambra Historic Preservation Program Name of Person/Place/Story: Midwick Tract
Address or Approximate Location (if applicable):
Type of Information: History
Period of time represented: 1920s to 30s this area was a fancy country club and golf course for Los Angeles’s wealthy and movie stars. The areas included a polo grind as well. There’s a Facebook page dedicated to Midwick tract.
Why is this significant?: History
Where can we find more information?:
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From: Squarespace [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2021 3:25 PM
To: Alhambra Historic Preservation <[email protected]> Subject: Form Submission - Contact Us
Sent via form submission from City of Alhambra Historic Preservation Program Message: Hi Project Team!
I just wanted to let you know that I attended the 10/13/21 meeting regarding development of an historic context statement, and you did a really fantastic job. I am so pleased that HRG was hired for this segment of the project. I first became involved in activism related to historic preservation in Alhambra in 2004. Oscar Amaro and Kathy Hildreth had established what became Alhambra Preservation Group a few months previously -- I did the work to incorporate it as a nonprofit organization and served two terms as its president. I am now working with a group to revive the Alhambra Historical Society. I am confident that we can get your researchers into the local museum to see what resources can be utilized (with the cooperation of the former board of trustees). Our members include five people who were present on the 10/13 Zoom meeting, as well as Bruce Risher -- who wrote the book on Alhambra's first 100 years.
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For what it's worth, I hope that you will utilize some of the materials we developed in Alhambra Preservation Group. I left the board of directors in 2016, but before that time we presented annual Heritage Home Awards, recognizing the owners of historic buildings who had done particularly fine work of restoration and rehabilitation. We researched and wrote narrative histories of those award-winning houses -- at least 4-6 per year. We also presented several home tours between 2004 and 2013, and copies of the program booklets from those events should still be available through APG or the Historical Society. If not, I have most of them. Another project of ours was the research and writing of about 5 Home Histories for donors. I did much of the writing, and I think I have copies of all of them. Oscar and Joyce Amaro can provide them also, of course -- as well as providing you with lots more info on all the organization has done since 2016.
I will read the draft context statement in the next few days, and provide specific input. In the meantime, I'm hoping that one of its elements will be a statement on the influence of the Pacific Electric Rail system on the development of residential and commercial areas between 1900 and 1925.
Thank you so much for your work! Those of us who have been in this fight for decades feel like the cavalry has finally arrived!
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From: Squarespace [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, October 15, 2021 4:33 PM
To: Alhambra Historic Preservation <[email protected]> Subject: Form Submission - Historic Resources Identification Form Sent via form submission from City of Alhambra Historic Preservation Program Name of Person/Place/Story: Covered/Inaccessible Pedestrian Tunnel under Valley Blvd at 6th Street
Address or Approximate Location (if applicable): Valley Blvd at 6th street Type of Information: A pedestrian tunnel that was originally built in the 1930s? is currently covered and inaccessible to pedestrians. The tunnel is located on the east side of 6th Street and goes under Valley Blvd.
Period of time represented: 1920s? 1930s?
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Why is this significant?: It is an interesting streetscape feature that has been covered and inaccessible for decades. I'm guessing that it was originally built when Ramona Elementary School was built in the early 1930s and may have been put in when the Mayfair housing tract was built in the late 1920s. I pass this hidden pedestrian underpass almost daily and am fascinated by its history and the reasons why it was covered and not used anymore. I'm not sure that it is sigificant. It's just one of those hidden street scape features that many people don't notice or know about.
Where can we find more information?: Not sure where additional information can be found.
Perhaps the City of Alhambra Department of Public Works - Street Services? 403
From: Squarespace [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2021 11:55 AM
To: Alhambra Historic Preservation <[email protected]> Subject: Form Submission - Historic Resources Identification Form Sent via form submission from City of Alhambra Historic Preservation Program Name of Person/Place/Story: Pedrini's Music Store
Address or Approximate Location (if applicable): Main & 1st Streets in Alhambra Type of Information: Important cultural resource. I lived in Alhambra from 1969-79.
Pedrini's was where I purchased sheet music, albums, musical instruments, took music lessons, learned about classical music. To me, it was a musical resource in my home town within walking distance of my home, a store and a music studio where I took lessons. The Pedrini family had been at this location for over 60 years and contrubuted greatly to the cultural development of many via music.
Period of time represented: See above response.
Why is this significant?: Important cultural resource for all types of music. My interest was classical.
Where can we find more information?: The Pedrini family. Look them up. Not sure if Geraldine Pedrini is still alive, but her relatives may be. 404
From: Squarespace [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, October 15, 2021 9:50 AM
To: Alhambra Historic Preservation <[email protected]> Subject: Form Submission - Historic Resources Identification Form Sent via form submission from City of Alhambra Historic Preservation Program Name of Person/Place/Story: Ramona Park Building Company, principles were John and Daniel Althouse
Address or Approximate Location (if applicable): Ramona Park Historic District: Although technically not a historic district, the area is bounded by South 6th Street on the west, Garfield Bl on the east, Valley Bl on the north and Interstate 10 on the south Type of Information: John and Daniel Althouse were principles of the Ramona Park Building Company, which build several Arts and Crafts styled homes in the Ramona Park area. A cluster of their built homes can be found on South 2nd Street between Norwood and Glendon Way. Additional homes can be found on S 3rd and at 1808 S. 6th Street. The Althouse brothers were contemporaries of the Greene and Greene brothers and the four collaborated on at least one home in South Pasadena on Milan Avenue.
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Period of time represented: The period of time represented includes the early 20th century - from 1900 - 1920.
Why is this significant?: This is significant because of the quality of the homes they designed as well as their association with the Greene and Greene brothers.
Where can we find more information?: Joyce and Oscar Amaro live at 1808 S. 6th Street in one of the homes built by the Ramona Park Building Company. 406
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Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2021 11:04 PM
To: Alhambra Historic Preservation <[email protected]> Subject: Scripps Kensington and 268 trees
Hi
I filled out the form about this.
Please consider the links to the The Scripps Kensington and The Chapel (https://concernedalhambrans.wordpress.com) plus the mention of these historic trees. I have tons of pictures. Unfortunately the trees are all gone now but the 1923 chapel still stands. Not everything is on the website. There’s also some on the Marengo Avenue Water Brigade Facebook page with video drive bys etc.
Mention of the tireless Marengo Avenue Water Brigade community activists and neighbors should be considered because they were there from the beginning to try to save both the chapel and the trees. I was the volunteer community organizer for the group.
Also, the tree report has the list of every single tree - type, quality and tree number. I honestly feel they each deserve a special mention or listing. They are now killed and gone. You mentioned special trees tonight in the presentation. They were there during the Scripps Kensington time, 407
providing the seniors shade, air and serenity.
Attached are some pictures. The picture of some of the group in front of the chapel with some of the beloved trees and at other public demonstrations. We called ourselves the Water brigade because the owners topped watering so we brought water in buckets. The brown tree trunk picture by the brown house is a tree that was 80-100 years old (my arborist told me). The chapel is still standing as luxury condos etc are being built around it, called “Woodhaven” (!). There’s no one picture that does justice to the trees. That’s me walking amongst the last few standing that as i said, are all annihilated. There’s before and now areal pictures from Google. It was because of this effort and extreme loss that Alhambra instituted a tree ordinacne, less than a year after approval to demolish.
This place and the people and trees associated with it is 1000% historic.
If you need any documentation or pictures or anything, please let me know.
Thank you.
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From: Squarespace [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2021 6:50 PM
To: Alhambra Historic Preservation <[email protected]> Subject: Form Submission - Historic Resources Identification Form Sent via form submission from City of Alhambra Historic Preservation Program Name of Person/Place/Story: Scripps Kensington
Address or Approximate Location (if applicable): Valley/Marengo (1518 Marengo Avenue, Alhambra)
Type of Information: Scripps Kensington was a skilled nursing facility of the Episcopal Church. There were 268 historic trees on these 12 acres of land up until 2018, when they were razed
Period of time represented: 1920s - 1960s approx. in its hey day.
Why is this significant?: There's a chapel by a famous architect, and fortunately thanks to community outrage and Alhambra Preservation Group activism, that got saved. But the trees got razed. I think it's historically significant for the fact that seniors gave up their property and net worth to the Church and in return the Church promised to take care of them and provided them a serene place to retire. Not only is the historic use of the property important, but the community coming together to save the trees and Chapel. 419
Where can we find more information?: https://concernedalhambrans.wordpress.com (Marengo Avenue Water Brigade community group that fought for 1+ year to save the trees and chapel) I was the lead organizer and would love to submit to you modern day photos I took before demolition.
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From: Squarespace [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2021 12:08 PM
To: Alhambra Historic Preservation <[email protected]> Subject: Form Submission - Historic Resources Identification Form Sent via form submission from City of Alhambra Historic Preservation Program Name of Person/Place/Story: St. Therese Church
Address or Approximate Location (if applicable): Alhambra Road and Vega Street Type of Information: Important architectural landmark and cultural resource of Catholics.
Period of time represented: Built in the 1940's, but example of an earlier style, Art Deco, Zigzag Moderne. Also important cultural resource for Catholics. J. Earl Trudeau, architect, 1908-1990. Important So. Calif. church architect.
Why is this significant?: See above response
Where can we find more information?: St. Therese Church and website. 421
1 From: Squarespace [mailto:form‐[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2021 2:24 PM
To: Alhambra Historic Preservation <[email protected]> Subject: Form Submission ‐ Contact Us
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Message: Dear Historical Alhambra,
My name is , I am currently researching Alhambra history. My family founded Tom's Uniforms (formally Tom's Boys & Mens Wear) on E. Main Street & Chapel. I'd love to speak with you regarding locating historic photographs of E. Main Street, Alhambra, and my family's business from the 1950s to the 1970s/80s.
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1 From: Squarespace [mailto:form‐[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2022 12:03 AM
To: Alhambra Historic Preservation <[email protected]> Subject: Form Submission ‐ Community Feedback (Draft Historic Context Statement Outline) CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization.
Sent via form submission from City of Alhambra Historic Preservation Program Name:
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Feedback: Consider for historical preservation
in Alhambra: the beautiful STONE MORTUARY CHAPEL
built in 1942 at 550 E. MAIN ST., Alhambra 91801 on the SW corn er of Main St. at Almansor St. This was originally the Turner & Stevens Mortuary and is currently the Rose Hills Alhambra mortuary. (Note: the LA Co. Tax Assessors map refers to this parcel as 512 E. Main St., but both the mortuary and Post Office call it 550 E. Main St.)
REASON#1: HISTORICAL EVENT: On April 14, 1949, this mortuary is where hundreds of mourners gathered to view the body and pay their respects to little Kathy Fiscus who at age 3 had died after falling into a 90 foot deep 14 inch wide abandoned well in nearby Sa
n Marino. (The UCLA Library Dept. of Special
Collections has a photo of the mourners gathered in front of this mortuary chapel from fo r this service which
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TV newscasts rarely exceeded 15 minutes in length and usually featured just a talking face. There were only about 20,000 TV sets in the LA area at the time, but KTTV a nd KTLA rushed early camera crews to the site of
the rescue effort and KTLA alone
broadcast live from the scene 27 hours and 30 minutes of the 55 hour rescue effort -- causing crowds to gather wherever television sets were available in department store windows or bars where they had been set up for sporting events. People looked for any house that had an antenna to find where to watch. TV new was changed forever by this event. For a riveting concise story of this trag edy and rescue effort (complete with incredibly high quality pictures) and its effect on the growth of T V and TV news, see the excellent 1999 article by Patt Morrison in the LA Times which c an be viewed at:
https://www.latimes.com/visuals/photography/la-me-fw-archives-three -year-old-kathy-ficus-falls-into- abandoned-well-20190328-htmlstory.html.
REASON#2: THE UNIQUE AND OUTSTANDING DESIGN OF THE BUILDING. The building exterior on Main Street has remained the same over all these years. Great pictures are available by going to this site:
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The 4th photo here shows the inside of the stone breezeway which remains remarkably cool even on a very hot day. Toward the end are some photos that are not that representative of the mortuary itself, namely (a) the last one which shows only a very distant shot of the back of the mortuary from far south on Almansor St and primarily shows the adjacent big 4 story orange brown medical administrative building to the left and (b) the 4th one from the end that shows the First United Methodist Church across Main St. from the mortuary.
REASON#3: THE MAGN
IFICENT TREE in front of the building. Go to this site and just look at the image on the right of the huge tree:
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There are other large mature trees on this site also. These are some of the best trees in Alhambra and provide beautiful filtered light, coo
ling and fresh oxygen generation. They certainly deserve preservation too.
I hope this helps your efforts. If you need to contact me by phone, I can be reached at .
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From: Squarespace [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, October 15, 2021 5:13 PM
To: Alhambra Historic Preservation <[email protected]> Subject: Form Submission - Historic Resources Identification Form Sent via form submission from City of Alhambra Historic Preservation Program Name of Person/Place/Story: Three Alhambra 1920s Housing Tracts Address or Approximate Location (if applicable): Various locations - Mayfair Tract, Emery Park Tract, and Orange Blossom Manor Tract
Type of Information: Homes and their varying architectural styles built in the 1920s in three of Alhambra's housing tracts
Period of time represented: 1920s
Why is this significant?: These housing tracts included a wide variety of architectural styles - from Spanish Colonial Revival to English Tudor Revival to English Colonial Revival and more.
Where can we find more information?: Alhambra Preservation Group wrote a blog article on 1920s Alhambra neighborhoods last year:
https://proseofpreservation.org/2020/09/27/focus-on-alhambras-1920s-neighborhoods/ 426
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Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2021 10:33 PM
To: Alhambra Historic Preservation <[email protected]> Subject: addendum to my forms I submitted, Twohey's
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pictures from Oct. 2020
Property sold, up for demolition soon. Still stands Huntington/Garfield 429
From: Squarespace [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2021 10:37 PM
To: Alhambra Historic Preservation <[email protected]> Subject: Form Submission - Historic Resources Identification Form Sent via form submission from City of Alhambra Historic Preservation Program Name of Person/Place/Story: Twoheys and The Diner on Main Address or Approximate Location (if applicable): Garfield/Huntington and 201 W. Main Type of Information: restaurant, Googie -type diners
Period of time represented: 1940s-50s
Twohey's is slated for demolition. It's now empty. I have emailed you some interior pictures from 2020.
Why is this significant?: diner architecture
Where can we find more information?: Twohey's and Diner on Main owners 430
From: Squarespace [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, October 15, 2021 4:53 PM
To: Alhambra Historic Preservation <[email protected]> Subject: Form Submission - Historic Resources Identification Form Sent via form submission from City of Alhambra Historic Preservation Program Name of Person/Place/Story: Victorian homes in Alhambra Address or Approximate Location (if applicable): Various locations - there is a cluster of Victorian homes on Beacon Street just east of Garfield Blvd.
Type of Information: Alhambra features many Victorian homes that are still standing Period of time represented: 1880s - 1910
Why is this significant?: The Victorian homes in Alhambra are some of Alhambra's oldest architecture. The homes are located throughout Alhambra - from the city's center to North Granada to a few in the southwest corner of Alhambra, near Granada Park.
Where can we find more information?: Alhambra Preservation Group's Prose of Preservation featured an article that highlighted Alhambra's Victorian architecture a few years ago. https://proseofpreservation.org/2019/02/15/focus-on-alhambras-victorian-homes/ 431