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$12 million headquarters of the Angeles National Forest Service was dedicated yesterday. It is an environmentaly energy efficient 24,000 square feet administrative facility at 701 N. Santa Anita Avenue. Mary McGrath, of Mary McGrath Architects, was the executive architect on the project.

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Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: December 12, 2012

Pages: p. A3

Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: December 12, 2012

Pages: p. A3

Subjects: Angeles National Forest Service; McGrath, Mary; Mary McGrath Architects

Item ID: 33466AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The 49th Annual Pasadena Showcase House of Design "Empty House Party" draws a crowd of nearly 500 design enthusiasts and architecture aficionados in Arcadia, at the showcase home designed by architect Roland E. Coate, Sr. The house was built in 1941 for furniture executive C. Lawrence Barker, of the former furniture company Barker Brothers.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: February 7, 2013

Pages: p. 7

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: February 7, 2013

Pages: p. 7

Subjects: Barker, C. Lawrence; Charities; Coate, Roland E., Sr.; Gotch, Donna; Marksbury, Beverly; Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts (PSHA)

Item ID: 33566AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

55th wedding anniversary

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 8, 1970

Pages: p. 20 w/photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 8, 1970

Pages: p. 20 w/photo

Subjects: Forbes, Harry F.; Forbes, Frances

Item ID: 22763AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

73rd wedding anniversary.

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Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: December 20, 1997

Pages: p. D4

Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: December 20, 1997

Pages: p. D4

Subjects: Herzeg, Frances; Herzeg, Stephen

Item ID: 11866AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

After 25 years, Alfred L. Jean has been awarded the Purple Heart in recognition of wounds received in action on the western front in France.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 13,1944

Pages: p. 2

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 13,1944

Pages: p. 2

Subjects: Jean, Alfred L.

Item ID: 7986AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

American Institute of Architects, Southern California Chapter, held their Annual Hi-Jinks on Rancho Santa Anita. Photo shows baseball game in progress.

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Date: June 11, 1939

1 image

Date: June 11, 1939

Subjects: Rancho Santa Anita

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1715

Collection: Photographs

Images

An Arcadia family celebrates six living generations.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 12, 1987

Pages: p. B1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 12, 1987

Pages: p. B1

Subjects: Seabold, Hortense; Varner, Frances; Seabold, Carol Eugene; Bessex, Todd; Murset, Jeanne; Bessex, Jason

Item ID: 28260AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia City Council is divided over preservation vs. development. Should the city update a 2001 historic preservation survey of buildings and homes in Arcadia? Council members held a lively discussion about merits and costs of preserving Arcadia's historical commercial buildings and homes, designed by renowned architects.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: December 4, 2014

Pages: p. 1, 14

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: December 4, 2014

Pages: p. 1, 14

Subjects: Arcadia City Council Meetings; Development; Historic preservation

Item ID: 34232AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia Methodist Hospital celebrates opening of the new Hyperbaric Oxygen Center and its lifesaving possibilities for patients. A grant from H. N. and Frances C. Berger Foundation enabled the hospital to purchase and install a hyperbaric chamber in the hospital's Wound Healing Center.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: February 23, 2012

Pages: p. 14

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: February 23, 2012

Pages: p. 14

Subjects: Arcadia Methodist Hospital; Ausman, Dan; McGuire, Chris

Item ID: 33039AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia Public Library garden dedicated to the memory of Jesse Vanlandingham, known to many as Van. He was instrumental in founding the Arcadia Public Library Foundation and served as its president since its inception in 1995, until his death in 2000. The Vandlandingham Memorial Garden was designed by landscape architect Bob Ericksson.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: November 22, 2001

Pages: p. 21

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: November 22, 2001

Pages: p. 21

Subjects: Arcadia Public Library Foundation; Vandlandingham Memorial Garden

Item ID: 33600AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia Rotary Club and Arcadia Chinese Association (ACA) announce plans to restore Fort Rotary, a two-story western-style Boy Scout fort in the foothills behind Monrovia. This is historic, the first coordinated project between these two organizations. Architect Kevin Le from Le Architecture in Monrovia, has already volunteered his time to help. The project is expected to cost up to $140,000. So far, Boy Scouts of America (BSA) has pledged $25,000, ACA has pledged $25,000 and Arcadia Rotary has pledged $22,000 on behalf of Mary Hansen of Arcadia.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: December 5, 2019

Pages: p. 11

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: December 5, 2019

Pages: p. 11

Subjects: Arcadia Rotary Club; Arcadia Chinese Association (ACA); Boy Scouts of America (BSA); Hansen, Mary; Le, Kevin; Organizations

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia school officials have declined an offer by local Assembly- man Richard Mountjoy to try to get a legislative waiver for the district so it won't have to replace classrooms that were never inspected by the state architect.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 6, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 6, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools

Item ID: 2618AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia welcomes the 49th Pasadena Showcase House of Design. The house will be a 1941 Monterey Colonial house designed by renowned architect Roland E. Coate. It will be renovated by Southern California's prominent interior and exterior designers and will open for public tours April 21-May 19, 2013. The showcase house is a fundraiser that supports bringing music and art programs to children.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: November 15, 2012

Pages: p. 3, 19

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: November 15, 2012

Pages: p. 3, 19

Subjects: Coate, Roland E.; Historic houses; Hofgaarden, Kathryn; Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts (PSHA); Pasadena Showcase House of Design

Item ID: 33437AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Architects (Benton, Arthur B.)

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Contents: 1. Arthur B. Benton, architect of Anoakia. Who Was Who in America, 1943. 2. Arthur B. Benton. Biographical Dictionary of American Architects, p.52; obituary from Architect and Engineer, October 1927, p.108; Benton, Arthur Burnett - "Autobiography", typed biography from the California History fi…

Contents: 1. Arthur B. Benton, architect of Anoakia. Who Was Who in America, 1943.; 2. Arthur B. Benton. Biographical Dictionary of American Architects, p.52; obituary from Architect and Engineer, October 1927, p.108; Benton, Arthur Burnett - "Autobiography", typed biography from the California History file of the Los Angeles Public Library. Information received from MCLS Reference Service, December 1, 1995.; 3. Arthur B. Benton. from: Toward a simpler way of life: the arts and crafts architects of California (1997); 4. Arthur Burnett Benton. History of San Bernardino and Riverside Counties (1922); 5. Benton, Arthur Burnett. Cyclopedia of American Biography, Supplementary Edition (1926); 6. "Arthur B. Benton," from TOWARD A SIMPLER WAY OF LIFE, ed. by Robert Winter.

Subjects: Architects (Benton, Arthur B.)

Item ID: 13AF

Collection: Subject Files

Architects (Kaufmann, Gordon B.)

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Contents: 1. "Gordon B. Kaufmann, 61 - Famous architect dies (of Santa Anita Park)." Los Angeles Times, November 2, 1949. 2. "Gordon B. Kaufmann." Article from Biographical Dictionary of American Architects (deceased), p.332. 3. MCLS Reference Service memo, September 22, 1992.

Contents: 1. "Gordon B. Kaufmann, 61 - Famous architect dies (of Santa Anita Park)." Los Angeles Times, November 2, 1949.; 2. "Gordon B. Kaufmann." Article from Biographical Dictionary of American Architects (deceased), p.332.; 3. MCLS Reference Service memo, September 22, 1992.