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Built in the early 1930s by unemployed Altadenans under the flag of the Works Progress Administration [WPA], the Davies Memorial Building was named in honor of Altadena booster William D.  Davies.  Photo taken during construction. The building was completed in… Read More »Farnsworth Park’s Davies Building

 Next time you visit Altadena library, make a point to look at the magnificent painting on the south wall, Millard Canyon at Granite Gate, donated by Mr. and Mrs. Guy Fisher quite a few years ago.  Painted by George Gardner… Read More »Altadena Library Painting by George Gardner Symons

Charles and Henry Greene in Altadena By Kathy Hoskins, AHS volunteer Charles and Henry Greene are famous for the many beautiful homes they built in Pasadena including the Gamble and Blacker houses.  Altadena has it’s own share of these wonderful… Read More »Altadena’s Greene and Greene Houses

Many of Altadena’s grand homes still stand, but some of the grandest have been lost to fire and flood. Boulder Crest, built by Reinhardt Busch (not of the Adolphus Busch family) and completed in 1914, was destroyed by the 1935 Las… Read More »Altadena’s Boulder Crest 1914 – 1935