Mark your calendars for our annual home tour on
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2010:
Adobe To Atomic: Glendale's Ranch Heritage
See below for more details: BUY TICKETS NOW!
 
 

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Adobe to Atomic:
Glendale's Ranch Heritage

Our annual home tour features houses
in the great California ranch tradition.

Sunday, October 3rd
11:00 am - 4:00 pm

A self-guided driving tour of Glendale
ranch houses
representing different
eras of the city's development.
$20 member price (limit of 4 tickets)
$30 non-member price

If you are not a TGHS member, join now and qualify to purchase four tickets online at $20/each.

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Note: tickets will not be mailed to you. They will be picked up at the tour start point on the day of the tour. A confirmatory letter with all the details and information about the tour and ticket pick up will be emailed to you under separate cover.

 

 

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Candlelight Tours
of the Doctors House

 

Two Saturdays

December 11, 2010
December 18, 2010

Continuous self-guided tours
through the house from
6:30 to 8:30 pm

Relax and travel back to a slower simplier time with us

Refreshments, candlelight, fun, and a relaxed self-guided tour through Glendale's Victorian Era landmark house in Brand Park.

$2 donation at the door requested

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Docent Led Tours of
The Doctors House Museum

Sundays *
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

 

The Doctors House Museum
Brand Park
1601 W. Mountain, Glendale, 91201
Enter at Western and Mountain

Tours: Every Sunday from
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm, continuously*

Take a guided stroll back in time through the Victorian era home
of three of Glendale's prominent physicians and
see it just as it looked back then.
Then enjoy a peaceful stroll in the park.

*NOTE: There are some exceptions to
operating hours;  for further details visit The Doctors House page on this website.

 

Backstage Tours

of Glendale's historic Alex Theatre

See the inner workings of
on of our region's most celebrated and historic entertainment venues!


Call (818)243-7700 or email
boxoffice@alextheatre.org.

Visit www.alextheatre.org for more info
and historic photographs.

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Free Noon Concerts

Enjoy free concerts in the sanctuary
of this historic church built by prominent architect Charles Cressey in 1926.

First Baptist Church of Glendale
209 N. Louise Street
Glendale, 91206

 

Click here for further information

A sample of some of The Glendale Historical Society's Past Events

Finding Chaplin, Keaton, and Lloyd in Glendale
Three Silent Screen Legends in Glendale (2010)

History Ride of Glendale's Historic Parks with the LA County Bicycle Coaltion
and City of Glendale (2010)

Tour: Glendale Then and No-Two Iconic Buildings from Opposite Ends
of the 20th Century (2010)

Tour: Cedar Heritage Garden, Glendale's newest historic park
A special event for TGHS members (2010)

History Ride of Glendale's Historic Neighborhoods with the LA County Bicycle Coaltion and City of Glendale (2010)

Members' Holiday Party (2009)
View pictures of this event on TGHS Flickr page

Tour: At Home in Glendale's Historic Districts (2009)

The Glendale Historical Society's 30th Anniversary and Annual Meeting (2009)
View pictures of this event on Jeri Anderson's Flickr page

Crime Wave screening. 1950s Noir Classic filmed in Glendale.
View screen captures from "Crime Wave" at Tropico Station blogspot.

View pictures from this event on Jeri Anderson's Flickr page
View pictures from this event on Amy DeSouza's Flickr page

Glendale History Walk co-sponsored with the LA County Bicycle Coalition and
City of Glendale Parks and Recreation
View pictures from this event on Graeme Whifler's Flickr page

A Taste of Old California at Glendale's Historic Casa Verdugo Restaurant
View pictures from this event on TGHS Flickr page

Walking Tour of the Cottage Grove Historic District

How to Get Your Property Listed on the Glendale Register (Jay Platt and Tim Gregory)
A workshop at historic Wellman House (2009)

Glendale History Ride (Sponsored by the LA County Bicycle Coalition), 2009
View pictures from this event on Scott Lowe's Flickr page

Tour: Modestly Modern Glendale (2008)

Tour: The Royal Boulevard Historic District (2007)

Garden Tour
(special event to benefit Glendale Adventist Cancer Fitness Program), 2008

Uncovering Leslie Brand's Secret Life - Presentation by Cecilia Rassmussen

Remembering the 1918 Influenza Epidemic - Doctors House Exhibit

Panel Workshop: "The Real Skinny On Historic Districts"

Mid-20th Century Art Glass (Laura Friedman, owner of www.planetglass.net)

The Leisure Architecture of Wayne McAllister (Chris Nichols)

Centennial Home Tour (Mayor's Commendation), 2006

Vintage Home Tour (2004)

Antiques Appraisal Fair (2006)

Nell Shipman Exhibit at The Doctors House Museum

Your Government in Glendale (with the Los Angeles Conservancy Modern Committee), 2000 & 2002

Film by Jeff Blyth: Glendale Unified School District: 125 years

Tour: The Verdugo Adobe

Annual Candlelight Tour of the Doctors House

Two Armenian Sisters and Their Dowries at The Doctors House Museum

Tour: A Trip to Tropico

Tour: The Brand Park District

Tour: From Stone Castles to Cottages