Altadena Historical Society Presents “Rockitecture”

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Altadena Historical Society Presents Rockitecture. Monday, July 24, 7pm

Stone architecture in Altadena — and a plug for Altadena Historical Society’s summer presentation TONIGHT!

Arguably the most famous of Altadena’s local buildings incorporating local river rock, the William Davies Building at Farnsworth Park is approaching its 90th birthday. Here’s a photo from 1934.

The next public presentation is tonight at the Altadena Community Center at 7:00 pm. Author, professor, and architect Barry Schweiger will speak about his recent book on indigenous rock architecture in southern California.