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Resource Summary
3360 E FOOTHILL Blvd
Resource Summary
Address: 3360 E FOOTHILL Blvd APN: 5752-024-034 [print]

This property is listed individually in the National Register of Historic Places. *
 
RESOURCE OVERVIEW
Address: 3360 E FOOTHILL Blvd
City: Pasadena State: CA
Zip Code: County: Los Angeles
County Code: 37
Historic Name: Stuart Company Plant & Office Common Name:
APN: 5752-024-034 Zoning:
Building Sq. Ft: Site Size (Acres): 0.000
Year Built: 1958 Documented District:
District: Property Status: Designated
Resource Description:
The Stuart Company Plant and Office Building, designed in the New Formalism style, is a steel and concrete building measuring 190 feet by 190 feet. An arcade consisting of a patterned concrete wall with a flat roof above, supported by round steel columns, is an integral part of this building, and extends easterly for a total of 403 feet. The north and east elevations are glass and aluminum curtain walls; the west and south walls are of concrete block cast with an oval "capsule" pattern. Distinguishing the north facade of the building is a one-story concrete screen, set beneath an overhanging flat roof. Slender, regularly placed, round steel columns, animated with thin metal stock in a meandering geometric pattern, support the roof. The columns have a gold lacquer finish. The white screen wall, which consists of individual concrete blocks in a repeating circle-and-square pattern, extends across the front facade of the main building and continues to the east. Raised brass bosses punctuate the surface of the screen at each corner intersection of concrete blocks. Seven large gold-lacquered saucers, suspended from chains, enliven the front of the east screen. Identical metal saucers, originally used as planters for vines and ferns, also appear inside the central atrium of the building. A recessed main entrance to the complex divides the screen wall into two sections. To the west of the entrance, fountains and freestanding circular planters are set within the reflecting pool. The black-bottomed pool extends to just east of the entrance; beyond it, running 192 feet to the east, the screen steps back in place and, as a perforated freestanding wall, delineates the southern edge of the parking area. At night, the latticed screen wall was originally brilliantly illuminated from behind. The effect is a dramatic tableaux: interior offices appearing through a transparent, gossamer-like wall and reflected below in the pool. Originally, the fountains inthe basin of the pool were also illuminated.
Legal Description:
RESOURCE DETAILS
Primary Architectural Style: New Formalism
Secondary Architectural Style: Corporate International Style
Architect: Edward Durell Stone
Builder:
Contractor:
Context: Recent Past 
Original Owner:
Original Use:
Original Location:
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.