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Baldwin, Clara. Houses

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Artist
Edna Lenz
Description
Clara Baldwin's Home -- Harold and Clara Baldwin Stocker purchased this home in 1907. Located on Foothill Blvd between Baldwin and Santa Anita Avenues, it still stands as a private residence.

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Artist
Edna Lenz
Description
Clara Baldwin's Home -- Harold and Clara Baldwin Stocker purchased this home in 1907. Located on Foothill Blvd between Baldwin and Santa Anita Avenues, it still stands as a private residence.
Item ID
93L
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Harris, O.D.. Houses. Arcadia Board of Trade

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Artist
Edna Lenz
Description
Arcadia's First House -- Built in 1880 by O.D. Harris on what is now the corner of Colorado Boulevard at Santa Anita Avenue, this was reportedly Arcadia's first house. The initial meeting of the Arcadia Board of Trade was held here in 1914. The house was torn down in the 1950s.

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Artist
Edna Lenz
Description
Arcadia's First House -- Built in 1880 by O.D. Harris on what is now the corner of Colorado Boulevard at Santa Anita Avenue, this was reportedly Arcadia's first house. The initial meeting of the Arcadia Board of Trade was held here in 1914. The house was torn down in the 1950s.
Item ID
70L
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Artist
Edna Lenz
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Bender House -- This house, made of poured concrete, was the house of John Bender, a childhood friend of William Cullen; these two men came West together and filed homestead papers on land near the foothills.

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Artist
Edna Lenz
Description
Bender House -- This house, made of poured concrete, was the house of John Bender, a childhood friend of William Cullen; these two men came West together and filed homestead papers on land near the foothills.
Item ID
34L
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Artist
Edna Lenz
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Ruddock House -- Built in the '90s by C.H. Ruddock, a wealthy Chicagoan, as his winter home, and located at the east end of San Bernardino Road in what is now Covina, this showplace (known as Mountain View) was "a rendezvous for the social elect" of the area. The tropical landscaping surrounding th…

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Artist
Edna Lenz
Description
Ruddock House -- Built in the '90s by C.H. Ruddock, a wealthy Chicagoan, as his winter home, and located at the east end of San Bernardino Road in what is now Covina, this showplace (known as Mountain View) was "a rendezvous for the social elect" of the area. The tropical landscaping surrounding the 3-story, 17-room mansion is rumored to have cost $4,000. The house was razed in 1951 to make room for tract homes.
Item ID
39L
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Artist
Edna Lenz
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Gutzon Borglum Home -- Built in 1896 by the famous Mt. Rushmore sculptor, this studio-cottage at 218 West Manzanita Street in Sierra Madre, was torn down in 1966.

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Artist
Edna Lenz
Description
Gutzon Borglum Home -- Built in 1896 by the famous Mt. Rushmore sculptor, this studio-cottage at 218 West Manzanita Street in Sierra Madre, was torn down in 1966.
Item ID
61L
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La Puente. Dibble House

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Artist
Edna Lenz
Description
Dibble House -- Built in 1855, this two-storied structure is notable because it was made of bricks from a kiln on the rancho, and was one of the first Southern California dwellings to have been influenced by eastern U.S. architecture. Located in what is now La Puente, it was razed to make room for …

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Artist
Edna Lenz
Description
Dibble House -- Built in 1855, this two-storied structure is notable because it was made of bricks from a kiln on the rancho, and was one of the first Southern California dwellings to have been influenced by eastern U.S. architecture. Located in what is now La Puente, it was razed to make room for a housing tract.
Item ID
18L
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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
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