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Artist
Edna Lenz
Description
Arcadia's First City Hall -- Erected on the northwest corner of Huntington Drive and First Avenue. It was a two-story colonial-style building designed by architect Xavier Lourdou. Dedicated on July 13, 1918, it served as Arcadia's seat of municipal government until 1948. It was torn down in 1950.

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Artist
Edna Lenz
Description
Arcadia's First City Hall -- Erected on the northwest corner of Huntington Drive and First Avenue. It was a two-story colonial-style building designed by architect Xavier Lourdou. Dedicated on July 13, 1918, it served as Arcadia's seat of municipal government until 1948. It was torn down in 1950.
Item ID
86L
Collection
Paintings
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Monrovia Planet Building

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Artist
Edna Lenz
Description
Monrovia "Planet" Building -- The Monrovia Townsite Committee offered E.L. Buck the landsite if he would start a newspaper. Buck built this structure on East Lemon, between Myrtle and Ivy Avenues; he used the first floor as a publishing plant and lived upstairs. The first issue of "The Monrovia Pla…

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Artist
Edna Lenz
Description
Monrovia "Planet" Building -- The Monrovia Townsite Committee offered E.L. Buck the landsite if he would start a newspaper. Buck built this structure on East Lemon, between Myrtle and Ivy Avenues; he used the first floor as a publishing plant and lived upstairs. The first issue of "The Monrovia Planet" was printed on Saturday, November 10, 1886.
Item ID
46L
Collection
Paintings
Images
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