Hastings Ranch, Pasadena, California
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Hastings Ranch is a neighborhood of Pasadena, California it lies east of that city and north of the suburb of East Pasadena. Its only commercial operation is a cluster of supermarkets nearby East Pasadena. Its main roads are Sierra Madre Boulevard and Michillinda Avenue.
In 1882, Charles Cook Hastings purchased 1,100 acres of land between Pasadena and Sierra Madre for $7.00 per acre. He named his ranch "Mesa Alta Rancho" and began the planting of 300 acres with grape vines and the construction of a mansion. Soon after he died, his son, Charles Houston Hastings, assumed responsibility for the land. Charles Houston Hastings imported unusual specimens of plants and trees and populated the ranch with peacocks, pheasants, cats, dogs (32 collies) and champion horses. In 1928, the Hastings mansion caught fire and burned to the ground. After that, the ranch fell into a state of disrepair and its operation was left to managers.
Following the death of Charles Houston Hastings in 1942, the ranch was sold by the Hastings Foundation to a syndicate for over $1 million. The land was subdivided into luxury housing tracts. In the late 1940s, about 600 homes were built in lower Hastings; in the early 1950s, 800 houses were constructed by Coronet Homes, Inc.; and in the early 1960s, the top northern portion of the ranch was developed.
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