Singer Building (Pasadena, California)

Singer Building
Location 16 S. Oakland Ave. and 520 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, California
Coordinates 34°8′44″N 118°8′22″W / 34.14556°N 118.13944°WCoordinates: 34°8′44″N 118°8′22″W / 34.14556°N 118.13944°W
Built 1926
Architect Babcock,Everett Phipps
Architectural style Spanish Colonial Revival
Governing body Private
NRHP Reference # 85001066[1]
Added to NRHP May 16, 1985

The Singer Building in Pasadena, California is a Spanish Colonial Revival building located at 520 E. Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena, California. Built in 1926, the building was designed by Everett Phipps Babcock and is his only surviving non-residential design. The Spanish Colonial Revival design of the building was popular in Pasadena in the 1920s. Prominent features of the building's design include a red tile roof, a stone frieze with a tiled pattern, and piers with decorative moldings. The building originally housed a Singer Sewing Machine Company showroom and has since been used for other commercial purposes.[2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 16, 1985.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13.
  2. Heumann, Leslie; Lorraine Melton (July 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Singer Building". Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service. Retrieved May 10, 2013.

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