Lyon Pony Express Museum -- Sharp's Indian Trading Post was one of several buildings that comprised W. Parker Lyon's Pony Express Museum in Arcadia. Located at the intersection of Huntington Drive and Colorado Place, the Museum was a popular City attraction from the mid-1930s until the early 1950s.
Lyon Pony Express Museum -- Sharp's Indian Trading Post was one of several buildings that comprised W. Parker Lyon's Pony Express Museum in Arcadia. Located at the intersection of Huntington Drive and Colorado Place, the Museum was a popular City attraction from the mid-1930s until the early 1950s.
First Charter Oak Post Office -- This 10' x 12' building, which served for many years as a post office, (known as "the Federal Building"), was moved from its original location by a real estate company that used it as an office.
First Charter Oak Post Office -- This 10' x 12' building, which served for many years as a post office, (known as "the Federal Building"), was moved from its original location by a real estate company that used it as an office.
Arcadia's First City Library Building -- This small frame house just north of the old City Hall was given to the City Council "without alterations, for use as a library," in 1924. ( A room in City Hall had served as the municipal library since the summer of 1920 when a proposition placed on the ba…
Arcadia's First City Library Building -- This small frame house just north of the old City Hall was given to the City Council "without alterations, for use as a library," in 1924. ( A room in City Hall had served as the municipal library since the summer of 1920 when a proposition placed on the ballot to establish a city library had received a favorable vote earlier in the year. From 1914 to 1920 the local library had been a branch of the Los Angeles County Library, housed in the McCoy Block.) This building served as the City's library until a new building was constructed in 1930.
The Arcadia Public Library was located at the southwest corner of First Avenue and Wheeler Street from 1930 to April 1961. Plate on the bottom of the frame reads In Memory of Drexel E. Watson. (This painting appears to be separate from the series of 100 historical paintings by Lenz and Wishek that …
The Arcadia Public Library was located at the southwest corner of First Avenue and Wheeler Street from 1930 to April 1961. Plate on the bottom of the frame reads In Memory of Drexel E. Watson. (This painting appears to be separate from the series of 100 historical paintings by Lenz and Wishek that Friends of the Arcadia Public Library had donated to the Arcadia Public Library in 1967).