Church of the Nazarene, Placentia, Orange County

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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Boysen Cactus Garden, Anaheim, Orange County

Boysen Cactus Garden

Charles Rudolph “Rudy” Boysen was Anaheim Superintendent of Parks from 1921 to 1950. In about 1932, Boysen, an avid horticulturist and “cactus enthusiasts,” started construction of a cactus garden in Anaheim’s City Park (now Pearson Park).

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St. Andrew Church, Pasadena, Los Angeles County

St. Andrew Church

St. Andrew Church, founded in 1886, is the oldest Catholic parish in Pasadena. The current church building, the inspiration of Monsignor John McCarthy and architect Ross Montgomery based on churches in Rome, was constructed in 1927.

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