Original survey photo
(ca. 1990)
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APN: 5823-023-012
AHAD ID: 15143
Year Built: 1926 (actual)
Year Built (Assessor): Not on File
Year Built (Other): Not on File
Legal Description: S 4 acres, Lot 44, Altadena Map #3
Quadrant: Not on File
Current Lot Size: Not on File
Historic Name: Orphan's Home
Style: Spanish Colonial Revival
Stories: 2
Type: Residence
CHRS: 3CD, 3CS
Architect: Hunt, Myron (confirmed)
Builders: Woodworth, J.H. & Son (attributed to)
Muchler, J.H. (attributed to) (1934)
Crown City Roofing Co. (attributed to) (1934)
Building Permits:
| Permit | Year |
| 3868 |
1934 |
| 53,121 |
1943 |
Alterations:
| Cost | Description | Year |
| $375 |
N/A |
1934 |
| $1,540 |
N/A |
1943 |
Original Owner: Pasadena Preventorium Ass'n
Original Owner Occupation: Not on File
Place of Business: Not on File
Other Owners:
| Name | Years | Comment |
| Boys & Girls Aid Society |
N/A |
N/A |
| Five Acres |
N/A |
N/A |
Original Cost: $300,000
Original Lot Size: Not on File
Moved on to Property: N
Former Addresses:
None on File
Note
Group of orphans' home bldgs., main bldg., hospital, 4 dorms, hollow concrete, stucco, clay tile roof; by one acct., builder was Orndorff Construction Co.; bldgs. opened 7/26; 1934: add to concrete block bldg., tile roof, 1 sto.; 1943: new comp. roof.
Sources
Builder & Contractor (journal) 4/17/25, p. 56
Builder & Contractor (journal) 8/21/25, p. 50
Builder & Contractor (journal) 10/23/25, p. 53
Builder & Contractor (journal) 10/30/25, p. 65
Builder & Contractor (journal) 10/15/26, p. 62 (NofC)
Builder & Contractor (journal) 1/26/34, p. 64
Builder & Contractor (journal) 7/23/43, p. 35
PSN 4/8/25
Sun 7/21/26
Myron Hunt, The Search for a Regional Architecture
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