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The historic Mount Lowe Railway was a scenic railway that once carried passengers to any of four resort hotels high in the San Gabriel Mountains above Altadena and Pasadena. Although the mountains and the remains of the railway are not strictly in Altadena, the most direct trail to the sites, the Sam Merrill Trail , starts in Altadena at the ...
Topographical map. The railway terminal, called Mountain Junction, was located at the corner of Lake Avenue and Calaveras Street in the unincorporated community of Altadena. The line was divided into three divisions: the Mountain Division, the Great Incline, and the Alpine Division.
The Andrew McNally House in Altadena, California was the home of Andrew McNally (1838–1904), co-founder and president of the Rand McNally publishing company. The Queen Anne Style house is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. It remained a private house, until it was destroyed by the Eaton Fire on January 8, 2025. [1]
The Queen Anne-style mansion in Altadena that dates back to 1887 and was commissioned for wealthy map-maker Andrew McNally was lost in the Eaton Fire. Designed by architect Frederick L. Roehrig, the house had nine bedrooms, six bathrooms, seven fireplaces, a distinctive bell-shaped turret (that had a view of the San Gabriel Mountains and the ...
The Woodbury–Story House is a National Register of Historic Places structure (site #93001463) in Altadena, California.It was placed on the Register in 1993 for its significance as an example of Italianate and Colonial Revival architecture styles and its association with Capt. Frederick Woodbury, [1] one of the founders of Altadena.
Amongst the thousands of acres set aflame by the Los Angeles wildfires, Altadena, a historically Black neighborhood, is left incinerated. […]
The maps were color-coded: Wealthy White areas were shaded green, ... Veronica Jones, president of the Altadena Historical Society, has lived in the area for the last 60 years. She said she and ...
The William D. Davies Memorial Building shortly after the Eaton Fire. Gen. Charles S. Farnsworth County Park, also known as Farnsworth Park, is a Los Angeles County park and National Register of Historic Places district (site #97000027) in Altadena, California.