Colonial Honda Building (formerly Colonial Buick)
144 S. Glendale Ave., 1912
An eclectic landmark on Glendale Ave. combines Spanish Baruoque, Art Deco and Medieval inspiration.
Submitted by Greg Grammer
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Casa Verdugo Library Building,
1152 N. Brand Blvd., 1951
Architect was Adrian Wilson. Good example of understated but slightly formal Modernism, popular for civic buildings designed in the 1950s and 1960s. A spacious reading room is flooded with natural light from clerestories and a huge picture window. Submitted by John LoCascio
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Grandview Library Building, 1535 Fifth Street, 1963
Designed by prominent Glendale architect Graham Latta. Excellent example of mid-20th century American civic architecure. Horizontal bands of windows, overhanging flat roof, decorative brickwork are all classic features of late International style Modernism.
Submitted by John LoCascio
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Civic Auditorium, 1401 N. Verdugo Rd., 1938
A California classic: a blend of Spanish Revival and Art Deco styles typical of the period.
Submitted by Greg Grammer
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Clinker Brick storybook home, Moncado Drive, 1928.
Clinker bricks are denser and heavier than regular bricks. Click here to learn the fascinating origin of the "clinker brick". These bricks gained favor with architects arond 1900 to create distinctive and unusual architectural detailing; associated with the Arts and Crafts Movement. This type of brickwork is very rare; this house is exemplary of the style.
Submitted by Sonia Montejano
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Mission Revival Building, 230 S. Orange St., circa 1940.
This 75,000 square ft gem, wedged between the Americana at Brand and the Golden Key Hotel, was once a recording studio; it's now for lease; looking for a restaurant tenant. Mission Revival is a very rare style for a Glendale commercial building; it features capped buttresses, curved mission parapet
and bowstring truss roof.
Submitted by Arlene Vidor
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Bank of the West Building, 400 N. Glendale Ave.
This was formerly Lloyds Bank.
Submitted by Marcia Hanford.
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This intact Spanish Colonial Revival home on north Cedar is nestled beyond a stunningly beautiful and enormous ficus treee - likely a Moreton Bay Fig - whose trunk takes
up most of
the front yard.
Submitted by Elaine Wilkerson
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This house on Kenneth Road is very different from those in northwest Glendale. It is very modest and has a stone facade, more like those seen in the Crescenta Valley.
Submitted by Elaine Wilkerson
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Foxy's Restaurant, 206 W. Colorado, 1965
This ski-lodge style A- frame was a popular restaurant style of the mid-20th century "roadside attraction" era. This one is a ski-lodge fantasy, designed by Burt Richardson.
You don't get this at the mall, folks.
Submitted by Arlene Vidor
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The Great White Hut, established 1947,
121 W. California Ave.
Submitted by Martin Schall: You are here.com
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Cottage style wood sided home on Acacia St. in Adams Hill. "I would love to know more about this house;
looks to
be in good condition with
very little compromise over the years."
Submitted by Randall Von Bloomberg
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The Huntley-Evans Building (1921)
156 S. Brand Blvd; built for Pendroy Dry Goods Co.
Submitted by Martin Schall:. You are here.com
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The oldest Building on Brand Blvd., 1905
Originally housed the First National Bank of Glendale
108 N. Brand Blvd.
Submitted by Scott Lowe
Visit Scott's blog, Tropico Station, for details and pictures.
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Bekins Van and Storage Warehouse, 1930
933 S. Brand Blvd.,
Architect F. Eugene Barton
Submitted by Martin Schall: You are here.com
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