A Photography Project
In Oct 1926, local dignitaries were invited to speak at the ground breaking for a new library building in Placentia. The cornerstone was laid in November. In March 1927, the Placentia Public Library was officially opened for business.
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In 1870, Gilbert Sproul built a house for himself and his family near the planned path of the Southern Pacific Rail Road. After deeding 20+ acres to SPRR, Sproul surveyed a town site that was recorded officially as Norwalk in 1877.
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The San Diego County Administration Center is sited on 16.7 acres of reclaimed tidelands of San Diego’s bayfront. Nicknamed the Jewel on the Bay, the main 4-story building with central 10-story tower has 3-story wings on each side.
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When retired Army Col. John Porter settled in Poway in 1948, he had a dream: revitalize Old Poway. Through the years, he acquired and built the start of a historic village that the City completed as Old Poway Park after his death in 1979.
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The first Santa Fe Railroad Depot in San Dimas opened in 1889, but was destroyed by fire in 1933. The current building replaced it in 1934 and operated until 1961. The building was repurposed as a museum by the Pacific Railroad Society.
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Just up the hill from the widely-known Carroll Avenue in the Angeleno Heights area of Los Angeles, a sign on Kellam Avenue advises visitors of the “Highest Concentration of Victorian Residences” with references to five LAHCMs.
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The Leonis Adobe in Calabasas, one of the oldest surviving residences in the San Fernando Valley, was built some time in the 1840s. Acquired in the mid-1800s by Miguel Leonis, it was where he and his wife, Espiritu, moved in the 1870s.
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