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The Second Los Angeles Aqueduct Cascades near Sylmar, California. The Historic-Cultural Monuments in the San Fernando Valley are spread across the Valley from Chatsworth in the northwest to Studio City in the southeast, and from the City of Calabasas in the southwest to Tujunga and La Crescenta in the northeast.
The 1930 Stonehurst Park Community Building, also by Dan Montelongo, is a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument in the HPOZ. [3] ... History of the San Fernando Valley;
Landmarks on the National Register of Historic Places located within the San Fernando Valley — in Los Angeles County, southern California. Pages in category "National Register of Historic Places in the San Fernando Valley"
History of the San Fernando Valley, in Los Angeles County, California ... List of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments in the San Fernando Valley; 0–9.
They are believed to have been grown from cuttings taken from the Spanish Colonial c. 1800 planted olive orchard trees at the Mission San Fernando Rey de España across the Valley. [2] When the site was designated a Historic-Cultural Monument in 1967, there were 76 olive trees along several blocks of western of Lassen Street.
The Chatsworth Calera is also a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument #141, [2] thus designated on April 2, 1975, by the Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Commission. The Chatsworth Calera kiln was used for burning limestone in the making of lime for concrete , mortar , and whitewash , a step in the construction of bricks and tiles.
The history of the San Fernando Valley from its exploration by the 1769 Portola expedition to the annexation of much of it by the City of Los Angeles in 1915 is a story of booms and busts, as cattle ranching, sheep ranching, large-scale wheat farming, and fruit orchards flourished and faded.
The Sentous Block or Sentous Building (19th c., demolished late 1950s) was located at 615-9 N Main St., with a back entrance on 616-620 North Spring St. (previously called Upper Main St., then San Fernando St.). Designed in 1886 by Burgess J. Reeve. Louis Sentous was a French pioneer in the early days of Los Angeles. [32]