A Photography Project
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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The town of Orange was surveyed and plotted in a rectangular grid by William Glassell in 1871. Four historic quadrants surrounding the Plaza Historic District comprise the 1+ square mile of original development in the City of Orange.
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El Campo Santo, on the grounds of the Homestead Museum in the City of Industry, is one of the oldest private cemeteries in Southern California. The first recorded burial there was that of William Workman’s brother, David, in 1855.
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Completed in 1927, the history of the Temple residence, La Casa Nueva, at the Homestead Museum in the City of Industry carries the story of the Workman family forward through their grandson, Walter P. Temple, and his wife, Laura.
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On May 6, 1856, Thomas Whaley began construction on a new home in what is now the Old Town area of San Diego and proclaimed “My new house, when completed, will be the handsomest, most comfortable and convenient place in town or within 150 miles of here.”
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The history of the Workman House at the Homestead Museum in the City of Industry reflects the fortunes of area pioneer William Workman. Originally built in l842 as a simple, rectangular building, it expanded to its present form in 1872.
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The houses, cemetery and gardens of the Workman & Temple Family Homestead Museum in the City of Industry provide visitors the opportunity to explore what life was like in the area from the days of the Mexican ranchos to the Roaring 20s.
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