A Photography Project
Edward G Lewis set out to develop the master-planned Atascadero Colony in 1913. The 4-story Administration Building was designed by S.F. architect Walter D. Bliss. Completed in 1918, it was the Atascadero Colony Holding Company HQ.
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The Pasadena Community Playhouse in Pasadena, as an organization was founded in 1917 by theater impresario Gilmor Brown. The Pasadena Community Playhouse, as a performance venue designed by Elmer Grey and as illustrated, opened in 1925.
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The Greek Revival style Banning House in Wilmington was was built in 1863-64 by Phineas Banning, founder of the city of Wilmington and “Father of the Port of Los Angeles.” The house and surrounding land were acquired by the City in 1927.
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Manuel Dominguez began construction of the Dominguez Ranch Adobe in 1826. It is located on its original site, now in Compton, surrounded by 15 acres of extensive lawns, gardens, palms, and trees. It was opened as a museum In 1976.
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On Sept. 1, 1772, Fr. Junipero Serra celebrated Mass with a cross erected by San Luis Creek, founding Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa. The Church and Priest’s residence was built by 1794. The mission was thoroughly restored in the 1930s.
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The Governor of California, Manuel Micheltorena, granted 44,322 acres to Juan José Warner in 1844. From 1849 to 1861, the ranch was important as a stop for emigrant travelers and the Butterfield Overland Mail stagecoach line.
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The California Oil Museum in Santa Paula was established by the Union Oil Company in 1950 on the first floor of the building where the company itself had been established in the offices on the second floor in 1890.
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