Search Results | Arcadia History Collection

A history of the Van de Kamp's windmill atop the Denny's Restaurant currently at the northeast corner of Santa Anita Avenue and Huntington Drive. The Arcadia windmill was built nearly 40 years ago as part of an architectural movement called programmatic architecture, or roadside vernacular, wherein the buildings reflected their tenants. See hard copy in VF "Buildings."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31206

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: April 10, 2003

Pages: p. 1, 18

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: April 10, 2003

Pages: p. 1, 18

Subjects: Architecture; Denny's Restaurant; Historic Buildings; Van de Kamp's; Windmills

Item ID: 31401AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Traces the history of the house recently demolished at the northeast corner of First and Wheeler. Dr. Flecher Green Sanborn, the first doctor in Arcadia, bought the house in 1919 (original owner unknown).

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1704

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 22, 1978

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 22, 1978

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Historic houses

Item ID: 1703AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

A multi-story medical building is being planned for the old library site at the corner of First and Wheeler. An excellent history and background of the old library is given.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper686

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 9, 1975

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 9, 1975

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Buildings

Item ID: 686AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

A portion of the Eaton's restaurant property on the corner of Colorado and Michillinda has been sold by the Times Mirror Company to Younson Construction, who will build 18 residences on the site.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1499

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 5, 1974

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 5, 1974

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Restaurants, Bars, etc - Eaton's Santa Anita Hotel and Restaurant

Item ID: 1498AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Traces the redevelopment of the downtown area in the past year including the medical building at First and Wheeler, the Sawmill Restaurant to be built on the site of the old San Gabriel Valley Lumber Company, etc.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1266

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 9, 1977

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 9, 1977

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Community Redevelopment

Item ID: 1265AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The windmill will stay as part of the redesign of Denny's at the corner of Santa Anita Avenue and Huntington Drive. The windmill was originally built for a Van de Kamp's coffee shop in 1967.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26977

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: August 12, 1999

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: August 12, 1999

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Restaurants - Denny's; Restaurants - Van de Kamp's; Architecture

Item ID: 27176AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Iconic Arcadia windmill will turn, turn, turn. Former Arcadia Mayor George Fasching spearheaded the effort to get Denny's windmill running again. Restoration work will begin soon, with June as the target for the windmill to run again. The windmill was the trademark for Van de Kamp's Holland Dutch Bakery, which was at this site, at the corner of Huntington Drive and Santa Anita Avenue, in 1967.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34520

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: April 7, 2016

Pages: p. 1, 17

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: April 7, 2016

Pages: p. 1, 17

Subjects: Bissner, Harold; Denny's Restaurant; Fasching, George; Historic Buildings; Sargis, Joe; Van de Kamp's Bakery; Windmills; Zook, Harold

Item ID: 34712AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Some Arcadia redevelopment land was OK'd for sale to Dr. James Chinn for the development of a new medical building. The property is at the corner of First and Wheeler, the site of the old library. The cost of the land and building is estimated at $900,000.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper688

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 4, 1975

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 4, 1975

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Buildings

Item ID: 688AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Article reports on progress with two parcels involving a proposed Hometel 300-room hotel at the northeast corner of Second Avenue and Huntington Drive and a proposed office building at the southwest corner of Huntington Drive and Fifth Avenue.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1276

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 7, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 7, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Community Redevelopment

Item ID: 1275AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arcadia Redevelopment Agency may sell 3.74 Acres of land on the northeast corner of Huntington Drive and Second Avenue to Grand Royale Hometel for 1.3 million dollars. After the parcel is sold, the city plans to rezone the property for the developers raising the value to about 3.5 million.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1278

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 7, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 7, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Community Redevelopment

Item ID: 1277AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

On April 4, First Avenue PTA held their Honorary Service program and talent show. Many parents and a teacher were honored including 6th grade teacher Linda Davis, and Shuchen Tay, Jim and Sandy Rider, Jeff and Mary Ann Laun.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30249

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: April 25, 2002

Pages: p. 8

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: April 25, 2002

Pages: p. 8

Subjects: Awards - honors - recognitions; Educators; First Avenue School - teachers; PTA

Item ID: 30436AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Iconic Arcadia windmill atop Denny's to be dedicated June 29, thanks to restoration efforts of former Arcadia mayor George Fasching and Joe Sargis. The windmill's new variable speed motor will run about 6 rotations per minute and it will be illuminated at night. Denny's is at northeast corner of Santa Anita Avenue and Huntington Drive. The location used to be Van de Kamp's Holland Dutch Bakery and this windmill was its trademark. See also Arcadia Weekly, p. 1, 13, June 23, 2016.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34599

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: June 16, 2016

Pages: p. 1, 17

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: June 16, 2016

Pages: p. 1, 17

Subjects: Denny's Restaurant; Historic Buildings; Van de Kamp's Bakery; Windmills

Item ID: 34791AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Birth. To Lt. and Mrs. Robert L. Walker.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper7705

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 14, 1945

Pages: p. 5

Announcement Type: Birth

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 14, 1945

Pages: p. 5

Announcement Type: Birth

Subjects: Walker, Judith

Item ID: 7573AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Forty firefighters battle apartment fire in Arcadia in the 600 block of Windsor Road. The fire appeared accidental. Two units were damaged with an estimated fire loss of $50,000 in contents and $25,000 to the structure.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33835

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: May 8, 2014

Pages: p. 26

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: May 8, 2014

Pages: p. 26

Subjects: Fires

Item ID: 34029AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

American Savings, which has been in temporary quarters at the southwest corner of Santa Anita Avenue and Wheeler Avenue in Arcadia since 1976, is seeking a new location. Site has been found at 30 South First Avenue but parking problem is proving to be a major stumbling block.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper734

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 12, 1984

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 12, 1984

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: American Savings and Loan

Item ID: 734AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Birth. To Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Walker, Oct. 11.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper13849

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 20, 1955

Pages: p. 13

Announcement Type: Birth

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 20, 1955

Pages: p. 13

Announcement Type: Birth

Subjects: Walker, Sanborn Lee

Item ID: 14043AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Birth. To Mr. and Mrs. Robert Walker Engle, July 2.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper15219

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 11, 1957

Pages: p. 15

Announcement Type: Birth

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 11, 1957

Pages: p. 15

Announcement Type: Birth

Subjects: Engle, daughter

Item ID: 15789AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia City Council in its role of Arcadia Redevelopment Agency Tuesday night moved very close to an agreement for the sale of the former Thrifty Drug Store site at the northwest corner of Huntington Drive and First Avenue.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper829

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 7, 1983

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 7, 1983

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Thrifty Drug Store

Item ID: 829AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Three-story office building nears reality after reported approval. Will be constructed on a two-acre site at the southwest corner of Huntington Drive and Fifth Avenue in the Arcadia redevelopment area.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper702

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 18, 1983

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 18, 1983

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Buildings

Item ID: 702AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Construction begins on Anoakia luxury housing development, on the former site of Anoakia, Anita Baldwin's mansion, on the corner of Baldwin Avenue and Foothill Boulevard in Arcadia. The Anoakia Mansion was demolished last August to make way for 31 homes to be built by Hover Development Inc. of Newport Beach. Anita Baldwin, daughter of Lucky Baldwin, lived there until her death in 1939. It was used as a girls' school from 1941 to the late 1970s. The new housing development is 19 acres.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33318

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: August 16, 2001

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: August 16, 2001

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Anoakia housing development; Anoakia Mansion--history; Anoakia School; Baldwin, Anita

Item ID: 33514AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Revise Search

Traces the history of the house recently demolished at the northeast corner of First and Wheeler. Dr. Flecher Green Sanborn, the first doctor in Arcadia, bought the house in 1919 (original owner unknown).

A multi-story medical building is being planned for the old library site at the corner of First and Wheeler. An excellent history and background of the old library is given.

A portion of the Eaton's restaurant property on the corner of Colorado and Michillinda has been sold by the Times Mirror Company to Younson Construction, who will build 18 residences on the site.

Traces the redevelopment of the downtown area in the past year including the medical building at First and Wheeler, the Sawmill Restaurant to be built on the site of the old San Gabriel Valley Lumber Company, etc.

The windmill will stay as part of the redesign of Denny's at the corner of Santa Anita Avenue and Huntington Drive. The windmill was originally built for a Van de Kamp's coffee shop in 1967.

Some Arcadia redevelopment land was OK'd for sale to Dr. James Chinn for the development of a new medical building. The property is at the corner of First and Wheeler, the site of the old library. The cost of the land and building is estimated at $900,000.

Article reports on progress with two parcels involving a proposed Hometel 300-room hotel at the northeast corner of Second Avenue and Huntington Drive and a proposed office building at the southwest corner of Huntington Drive and Fifth Avenue.

The Arcadia Redevelopment Agency may sell 3.74 Acres of land on the northeast corner of Huntington Drive and Second Avenue to Grand Royale Hometel for 1.3 million dollars. After the parcel is sold, the city plans to rezone the property for the developers raising the value to about 3.5 million.

On April 4, First Avenue PTA held their Honorary Service program and talent show. Many parents and a teacher were honored including 6th grade teacher Linda Davis, and Shuchen Tay, Jim and Sandy Rider, Jeff and Mary Ann Laun.

Birth. To Lt. and Mrs. Robert L. Walker.

Forty firefighters battle apartment fire in Arcadia in the 600 block of Windsor Road. The fire appeared accidental. Two units were damaged with an estimated fire loss of $50,000 in contents and $25,000 to the structure.

American Savings, which has been in temporary quarters at the southwest corner of Santa Anita Avenue and Wheeler Avenue in Arcadia since 1976, is seeking a new location. Site has been found at 30 South First Avenue but parking problem is proving to be a major stumbling block.

Birth. To Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Walker, Oct. 11.

Birth. To Mr. and Mrs. Robert Walker Engle, July 2.

Arcadia City Council in its role of Arcadia Redevelopment Agency Tuesday night moved very close to an agreement for the sale of the former Thrifty Drug Store site at the northwest corner of Huntington Drive and First Avenue.

Three-story office building nears reality after reported approval. Will be constructed on a two-acre site at the southwest corner of Huntington Drive and Fifth Avenue in the Arcadia redevelopment area.