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Resource Summary
60 E COLORADO Blvd
Resource Summary
Address: 60 E COLORADO Blvd APN: 5722-028-018 [print]

This property is in a historic district listed in the National Register of Historic Places. *
 
RESOURCE OVERVIEW
Address: 60 E COLORADO Blvd
City: Pasadena State: CA
Zip Code: County: Los Angeles
County Code: 37
Historic Name: Eldredge/Stowell Building Common Name:
APN: 5722-028-018 Zoning:
Building Sq. Ft: Site Size (Acres): 0.120
Year Built: 1888 Documented District: OLD PASADENA
District: OLD PASADENA (designated)
 Property Status: Designated
Resource Description:
This two-story stucco-over-brick building anchors the southwest corner of the intersection of Raymond Avenue and Colorado Boulevard. The second story retains most of the original decorative elements from the 1928 remodel including a series of symmetrical scrolled ornaments projecting above the parapet, and a wide checkerboard frieze framed by two cornices just below the parapet. The multi-pane second story windows are accented by heavy lintels and mock pilaster capitals in a scroll-and-leaves design above each window, and a decorative false metal balcony below each window. An egg-and-dart patterned horizontal band separates the first and second stories. The first story includes plain pilasters with Doric capitals dividing multiple storefronts, large glass display windows, marble-faced bulkheads and a ribbon-window transom. The building is historically important as the long-time location of Vroman’s bookstore and for its connection with Alexander Stowell, a prominent Pasadenean. The building underwent a certified rehabilitation in 1982.
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RESOURCE DETAILS
Primary Architectural Style: Vernacular Masonry
Secondary Architectural Style:
Architect: Cross, Pierce & Bishop (1895), Bennett & Haskell (1928)
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Demolished: no
Notes:
Moved: no
Date Moved: n/a
Designation Date: n/a

* This is a simplified statement of the property's status. Please review the NRHP Status Code field on the search screen for official, adopted status language.