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Anoakia Oaks, LLC, developers of the Anoakia estate, are willing to give away the Anita Baldwin mansion or it will be demolished.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27155
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 11, 1999
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 11, 1999
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p. 1
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Anoakia
Anoakia Oaks, LLC
Baldwin, Anita
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Lowery McCaslin, owner of the Anoakia estate, has been given a three month deadline to present a revised plan for the 20 acres.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper422
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 20, 1976
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p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 20, 1976
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p. 1
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Anoakia
Item ID
422AN
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Three residents representing a group they call "Friends of Anoakia" have sued the city in an attempt to stop demolition of the historic Anoakia estate. Forrest Besocke, Winston Besocke and Michael Mulvehill filed the lawsuit Friday.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper18182
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 22, 2000
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 22, 2000
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p. A1
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Anoakia
Besocke, Forrest
Besocke, Winston
Mulvehill, Michael
Item ID
18429AN
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A developer who wants to replace the historic Anoakia estate with a 31-home gated community received tentative approval Tuesday night from the Planning Commission.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper17837
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 11, 1999
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p. A3 w/ photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 11, 1999
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p. A3 w/ photo
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Anoakia
Item ID
18037AN
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People from the Historic Landmarks division of the National Park Service will visit Anoakia the last of January. The mansion is being considered as an historic landmark on the basis of its architect, Arthur Benton.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper427
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 23, 1977
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p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 23, 1977
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p. 1
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Anoakia
Item ID
427AN
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Preservationists who are concerned about developers' plan to demolish Anoakia say the city and developers should try harder to save the historic home.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper17182
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 21, 1999
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p. A1 w/photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 21, 1999
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p. A1 w/photo
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Anoakia
Item ID
17601AN
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A group calling itself the "Friends of Anoakia" filed a suit in LA Superior Court to stop the destruction of the Anoakia mansion.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27176
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 27, 2000
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 27, 2000
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p. 1
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Anoakia
Lawsuits
Item ID
27374AN
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The 1913 mansion, Anoakia, former home of Anita Baldwin, is about to be demolished.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27157
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 2, 1999
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 2, 1999
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p. 1
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Anoakia
Baldwin, Anita
Item ID
27355AN
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Demolition crews using an acetylene cutting torch set fire to an old dormitory building on the Anoakia estate on Monday.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper19261
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 20, 2000
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p. A1 w/photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 20, 2000
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p. A1 w/photo
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Anoakia
Item ID
19503AN
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Lowry B. McCaslin, owner of the 20-acre estate Anoakia, died at the age of 88. His life is profiled.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper4834
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Los Angeles Times
Date
August 11, 1995
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p. A22
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Los Angeles Times
Date
August 11, 1995
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p. A22
Subjects
McCaslin, Lowry B
Anoakia
Item ID
4710AN
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A potential benefactor, who offered to rescue Arcadia's historic Anoakia mansion, said this week she is no longer interested in saving the property.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper18061
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 24, 1999
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 24, 1999
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p. A1
Subjects
Anoakia
Item ID
18263AN
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The walls came tumbling down Wednesay at the Anoakia Mansion, marking the final demise of the 87-year-old Anita Baldwin estate to make way for a gated tract of houses.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper19473
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 24, 2000
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 24, 2000
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p. A3
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Anoakia
Item ID
19713AN
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Residents fighting to save the historic Anoakia mansion from development lost a court battle, as a judge upheld the city's decision to allow demolition of the property.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper18889
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 11, 2000
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 11, 2000
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p. A1
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Anoakia
Item ID
19131AN
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Lowery McCaslin, owner of Anoakia, has asked that his application for a general plan change for the property be withdrawn. He has been working with a local builder who has a good feel for the area and would like to develop the property at a density of 2.4 homes per acre. Late in this same meeting, the council voted to change the zoning on the estate to match the existing general plan. What this might do to future McCaslin plans is not clear.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper425
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 14, 1976
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p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 14, 1976
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p. 1
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Anoakia
Item ID
425AN
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City Council voted 3-2 to allow the developer to proceed with demolishing Anoakia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper18001
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 8, 1999
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p. A1 w/photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 8, 1999
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p. A1 w/photo
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Anoakia
Item ID
18202AN
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Anoakia Estates construction will begin by the end of the year by Hover Development Company.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27698
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 14, 2000
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 14, 2000
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p. 1
Subjects
Anoakia
Housing
Item ID
27895AN
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Fall of the House of Baldwin. Part 3 of a 6 part series: What happened to the Jinks Room murals by Maynard Dixon? The Jinks Room had nine Dixon murals. The Lowry B. McCaslin family, which owned Anoakia at the time, held onto three murals, the rest were donated to the University of Southern California (USC). The McCaslin family bought the Anoakia estate after Anita Baldwin passed. By Galen Patterson. See hard copy in VF Baldwin, Anita

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35459
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 24, 2019
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p. 1, 4
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 24, 2019
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p. 1, 4
Subjects
Anoakia
Baldwin, Anita
Dixon, Maynard
McCaslin, Lowry B.
Murals
Patterson, Galen
Item ID
35651AN
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Arcadia City Council to decide the future of founding family's historic mansion.

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Los Angeles Times
Date
December 21, 1999
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p. B3 w/photo
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Los Angeles Times
Date
December 21, 1999
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p. B3 w/photo
Subjects
Anoakia
Item ID
18261AN
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An informal committee of some 15 people was initiated by the Arcadia Historical Society in mid-September in an effort to preserve the old Anoakia School site, now that the school has relocated to Duarte.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper433
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 14, 1990
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p. A-1 photos
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 14, 1990
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p. A-1 photos
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Anoakia
Item ID
433AN
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Demolition permits have been approved and the project of building new homes where the Anoakia mansion stands is now underway. Artifacts from the mansion have been given to the Arcadia Historical Society and the Arboretum.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27679
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 13, 2000
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p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 13, 2000
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p. 1
Subjects
Anoakia
Housing
Item ID
27876AN
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