Hay Tree
The Hay Tree in Paramount is the only reminder of the area’s busy hay and dairy industry in the mid-1900s. The camphor tree, planted in the late 19th century, is preserved in a corner of the Paramount Civic Center Plaza.
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Janss Investment Company Building
Brothers Edwin and Harold Janss developed Westwood Village immediately south of the UCLA campus. In 1929, they commissioned the architectural firm of Allison & Allison to design the headquarters of the Janss Investment Company.
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Faith Bible Church
Northridge was the town of Zelzah and the Carpenter Gothic Victorian style Faith Bible Church was the Norsk Evangelisk Luther’s Kirke, or the Norwegian Lutheran Church, when it was the first church built in the town in 1917.
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Lewis House
Lewis House is a residence built in 1890 for Samuel J. and Mary Agnes Lewis in what was once the Crown Hill area of Los Angeles. It was designed by Joseph Cather Newsom in what is considered “quintessential California Queen Anne style.”
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Botanical Building, Balboa Park
On Dec 6, 2024, San Diego city dignitaries, staff and members of the local community gathered in Balboa Park to announce the reopening of the Botanical Building after a $26.5M renovation project that restored it to its original 1915 state.
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Water Towers
Water towers aren’t rare. Nor do they always “tower” over the area. But they are all landmarks, to a greater or lesser extent, as they all “enable someone to establish their location.”
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Church of the Nazarene
By the beginning of 1973, the Church of the Nazarene (Iglesia del Nazareno) had moved into the church built by the Placentia Presbyterian Church in 1912 on land provided by city founder Albert Sumner Bradford to “anyone who would build a church.”
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