Photo of Arcadia Civic Center Master Plan. Marion J. Varner & Associates, Architects. Site plan for proposed Community Recreation Center showing existing City Hall and Police building.
Exterior view of the brand new City of Arcadia Community Center, and its sign reading "City of Arcadia Community Center, Recreation Department, Historical Museum, Senior Services." Community Center is at 365 Campus Drive.
Lower Arcadia City Hall walkway that leads to the upper part of City Hall. Notice no murals on the walls, they have not been uncovered yet. 240 West Huntington Drive. Photograph by Terry Miller.
Exterior view of the front of brand new City of Arcadia Community Center. The large covered area in the front is a passenger drop-off point. Community Center is at 365 Campus Drive.
Exterior view of the back of the brand new City of Arcadia Community Center. Barely visible on the ground, in the foreground, are painted outdoor shuffleboard courts. Community Center is at 365 Campus Drive.
Exterior view of the back of brand new City of Arcadia Community Center. The middle grassy area is the future location of the Hugo Reid and Family statue. Community Center is at 365 Campus Drive.
Exterior view of the brand new City of Arcadia Community Center's northern driveway entrance on the one-way Huntington Drive (this part of Huntington Drive is going northeast). Community Center is at 365 Campus Drive.
Exterior view of the brand new City of Arcadia Community Center's northern driveway entrance on the one-way Huntington Drive (this part of Huntington Drive is going northeast). Community Center is at 365 Campus Drive.
Exterior view of the Recreation Department office at brand new City of Arcadia Community Center, from the walkway leading toward the Arcadia Historical Museum. Community Center is at 365 Campus Drive. A pay phone is in view.
View east across lawn to front of Arcadia City Hall shortly after addition of new offices situated in low building seen in front here and connected to main building by a covered walk.
Looking west on Huntington Drive from intersection at First Avenue. Corner of City Hall shows on right side of photo. Two people standing are: George Ackerman, City Treasurer; and Louis Altona Building inspector. Building on north side of Huntington Drive with square tower, is Community Presbyterian Church. Service station is opposite City Hall. Part of panorama, ID#s 916-921.
Three prints of Arcadia's city hall, two of which are taken from slightly different angles but apparently on the same day. There are two copies of one of the photos. Originally built in 1918, it was on the NW corner of Huntington Drive and First Avenue. A photo from a similar angle in 1924 shows ivy growing all the way to the roof. In these photos, the ivy is half way up the outer wall. In one of the prints, a car is seen just entering the photo from the right.
Pat Carlin is the small boy standing with the tire in front of service station owned and operated by his father and his aunt, J.A. and M.A. Carlin on the NE corner of First and LaPorte. This building is the same one as shown in photo #490 and which served briefly as City Hall.
First building used as City Hall. (The very first City Hall offices were located in the Oakwood Hotel and next in the McCoy Building.) This apparently was known as the A.W. Hibbard Building (see Eberly, p. 69) and was used for only about two years; June 1914 to April 1916. It was on First Street at LaPorte. Sign on left above window reads: Standard Oil Co. Scrip Accepted. Back of photo reads, "first City Hall, 1913, Walter and Nell Schrader. Mr. Schrader converted old City Hall into garage." Arcadia Garage building shown with a car/truck "for sale" and a little boy posing by the back tire.