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APN: 5840-003-002
AHAD ID: 14290
Year Built: 1897 (estimated)
Year Built (Assessor): 1920
Year Built (Other): 1910
Legal Description: Lots 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 & 7, Blk. 12, Altadena Map #1
Quadrant: Not on File
Current Lot Size: Not on File
Historic Name: Glengarry
Style: Mediterranean
Stories: 2
Type: Residence
CHRS: 3CS
Architects: Roehrig, E.L. (confirmed)
Grey, Elmer (attributed to) (1920)
Hall, Peter (attributed to) (1920)
Davis & Davis, Inc. (attributed to) (1933)
Lytle, John W. (attributed to) (1938)
Building Permits:
| Permit | Year |
| 927 |
1933 |
| 57,848 |
1938 |
Alterations:
| Cost | Description | Year |
| $40,000 |
N/A |
1920 |
| $3,000 |
N/A |
1933 |
| $735 |
N/A |
1938 |
Original Owner: Cameron, Daniel R. (Occupation: Co. President; Place of business: Cameron-Amberg Stationery)
Original Owner Occupation: Co. President
Place of Business: Cameron-Amberg Stationery
Other Owners:
| Name | Years | Comment |
| Cantile (Cantlie?), Col. James A. |
1920 |
N/A |
| Smith, Douglas |
N/A |
N/A |
| Ellis, Edward |
N/A |
N/A |
| Ellis, Mrs. E.W. |
1938 |
N/A |
| Theosophical Society |
1951 |
N/A |
Original Cost: $7,480
Original Lot Size: 4 acres (5.1 acres?)
Moved on to Property: N
Former Addresses:
| Address | Years |
| Mariposa & Santa Rosa, NE Corner Altadena, CA 91001 |
1920 |
| 521 E. Mariposa Altadena, CA 91001 |
1933 |
Note
Orig. described as a 'mansion' to cost over $15,000; orig. owner Cameron from Chicago; 1920: additions & alterations, 14 rms., 6 baths, concrete found., plastered ext., frame superstructure, clay tile roof; one acct., describes as 7 bedrms., 6-car garage
Sources
Builder & Contractor (journal) 12/30/96
Builder & Contractor (journal) 3/12/20, p. 15
Builder & Contractor (journal) 6/4/20, pp. 12, 17
Builder & Contractor (journal) 7/14/33, p. 62
Builder & Contractor (journal) 4/22/38, p. 64
LA Journal 12/27/96, p. 2
Pasadena Evening Post (newspaper) 6/6/20
PSN 6/8/20
California Southland 10/21
Altadena by Sara Noble Ives (book), p. 100
Altadena's Golden Years by Robert H. Peterson (book), p. 36
Pac. Coast Arch. 8/24
Information from William Wilson Co. real estate files
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