743 E Calaveras St

APN: Not on File

AHAD ID: 11136

Year Built: 1903 (estimated)

Year Built (Assessor): Not on File

Year Built (Other): Not on File

Legal Description: Lot 10, Altadena Map 1

Quadrant: southwest

Current Lot Size: Not on File

Historic Name: Altadena Elementary School

Style: Moderne

Stories: 2

Type: Education

CHRS: 3CS

Architects: Edwards, William B. (attributed to)

Allen, F.S. (attributed to) (1905)
Edwards, W.B. (attributed to) (1906)
Edwards, W.B. (attributed to) (1908)
Marston & Maybury (attributed to) (1916)
Arch. Dept. of Pas. High School (attributed to) (1923)
Marston & Maybury (attributed to) (1933)
Marston & Maybury (attributed to) (1935)

Builders: Not on File

Gene B. Foster (attributed to) (1923)
O.H. Strauser (attributed to) (1935)
Altadena School (attributed to) (1939)

Building Permits:

Permit	Year
8590	1934
12804	1935
82426	1939

Alterations:

Cost	Description	Year
$1,983		1906
$38,293		1923
$100,000		1933
$1,800		1934
$121,000		1935
$1,895		1939

Original Owner: Altadena School (Spouse: ; Occupation: ; Place of business: )

Original Owner Occupation: Not on File

Place of Business: Not on File

Other Owners: None on File

Original Cost: $35,000

Original Lot Size: Not on File

Moved on to Property: N

Former Addresses:

Address	Years
615 E. Calaveras Altadena, CA 91001

Note

1905: school bldg., Mission style, 12 rms., landscaped;

1906: add to school bldg., 1-story frame;

1908: enlargement of school bldg.;

1933: circular reservoir, 75 ft. diameter;

1933: reinforced concrete retaining wall & fence, 335 ft. long, 5 ft. high

1934: demolish school bldg;

1935: primary grades bldg, 2-story, hillside structure, reinforced concrete, tile (comp.?) roof;

1939: alter cafeteria

Sources

Builder & Contractor (B&C, journal), 8/27/03;

B&C 12/15/04;

B&C 6/28/06;

B&C 8/13/08;

Altadena's Golden Years by Robert H. Peterson (Peterson, book), pp. 9, 80;

Altadena by Sara Noble Ives (Ives, book), p. 254

PES 8/24/03;

PES 12/16/04;

PES 5/2/06, p. 1;

PDN 6/6/14 . . .

California Historical Resource Status (CHRS) Codes Key

Code	Description
1S	Individual property listed in National Register by the Keeper. Listed in the California Register.
3CD	Appears eligible for California Register as a contributor to a California Register eligible district through a survey evaluation.
3CS	Appears eligible for California Register as an individual property through survey evaluation.
3S	Appears eligible for National Register as an individual property through survey evaluation.