Church of the Angels in Garvanza

Photograph of an exterior view of the Church of the Angels, 1100 North Avenue 64, Garvanza (later Highland Park, near Pasadena), showing the landscaping in the foreground, ca.1880-1940. A driveway curves along right foreground to the church at center. Large, flowering bushes and thick trees decorate the left foreground. More bushes and trees stand next to the large, brick church. Plants climb the exterior walls where a clock hangs from the center bell tower. "Garvanza was the first town to be founded in Northeast Los Angeles. During the middle of the nineteenth century, Garvanza was a part of the Rancho San Rafael. The area was named for the garbanzo plants which once covered the surrounding hills. Legend has it that Don Julio Verdugo built an adobe nearby and planted these beans in 1833. Later, the adobe was abandoned, but the garbanzos flourished and spread." -- unkown author. "The church of the Angeles is the oldest church along the Arroyo Seco. It was built by Francis Campbell-Johnson as a memorial to her husband, Alexander, and a place of worship for the people of Garvanza. The Campbell-Johnston's were early settlers of the area from England. They arranged to purchase 2,200 acres north of Meridian Avenue in 1883, and called it San Rafael Ranch. The Campbell-Johnstons returned to England, while three of their ten sons managed the ranch. The Campbell-Johnston returned to the ranch with his wife early in 1888, but was taken ill and died on January 21. Mrs. Campbell-Johnston returned to England with the remains for burial and while in London decided to build a church to perpetuate the memory of her husband. She selected a site near the town of Garvanza over the objections of friends who thought it should be built either in the Pasadena or Los Angeles. Later the area was annexed by the City of Pasadena. The plans were drawn by Arthur Edmund Street, an English architect and modeled after Holmby St. Mary's Church near Dorky, Surrey, England, Ernest Coxhead, a distingu

Church of the Angels in Garvanza

Photograph of an exterior view of the Church of the Angels, 1100 North Avenue 64, Garvanza (later Highland Park, near Pasadena), shown through the trees, ca.1880-1940. Trees shade the grass and small plants in the foreground while obstructing the view of the church at center. The church is brick with plants climbing up its exterior walls and a clock hanging from its bell tower. A trimmed, grass yard can be seen through the trees at right. "Garvanza was the first town to be founded in Northeast Los Angeles. During the middle of the nineteenth century, Garvanza was a part of the Rancho San Rafael. The area was named for the garbanzo plants which once covered the surrounding hills. Legend has it that Don Julio Verdugo built an adobe nearby and planted these beans in 1833. Later, the adobe was abandoned, but the garbanzos flourished and spread." -- unkown author. "The church of the Angeles is the oldest church along the Arroyo Seco. It was built by Francis Campbell-Johnson as a memorial to her husband, Alexander, and a place of worship for the people of Garvanza. The Campbell-Johnston's were early settlers of the area from England. They arranged to purchase 2,200 acres north of Meridian Avenue in 1883, and called it San Rafael Ranch. The Campbell-Johnstons returned to England, while three of their ten sons managed the ranch. The Campbell-Johnston returned to the ranch with his wife early in 1888, but was taken ill and died on January 21. Mrs. Campbell-Johnston returned to England with the remains for burial and while in London decided to build a church to perpetuate the memory of her husband. She selected a site near the town of Garvanza over the objections of friends who thought it should be built either in the Pasadena or Los Angeles. Later the area was annexed by the City of Pasadena. The plans were drawn by Arthur Edmund Street, an English architect and modeled after Holmby St. Mary's Church near Dorky, Surrey, England, Ernest Coxhead, a distinguished local architec

Panoramic view of Highland Park looking northeast from Pasadena Avenue between Avenue 40 and Avenue 41

Photograph of a panoramic view of Highland Park looking northeast from Pasadena Avenue (formerly North Figueroa Street) between Avenue 40 and Avenue 41, ca.1880-1888. Train tracks from the Santa Fe railroad are visible past the brush in the foreground at Pasadena Avenue and Dayton Avenue, beyond which a field with trees evenly spaced is Highland Park. Behind this to the extreme left, the residence of Judge D.P. Hatch is partially visible, a white spot of exterior wall. More, larger houses are visible to the right behind the park, standing in front of a ridge of hills. One of these houses is the old Potts home. The home pictured in the center distance is 4012 Pasadena Avenue. Mountains and more hills are visible in the background.

Church of the Angeles in Garvanza

Photograph of an exterior view of the Church of the Angels, 1100 North Avenue 64, Garvanza (later Highland Park, near Pasadena), showing a statue, ca.1880-1940. A statue depicting an angel carrying a cross on its back stands in the left foreground facing the church at center. It is surrounded by short plants which are contained by a wire fence. Behind the wire fence a tall tree stands at left and bushes decorate the trimmed lawn in front of the church. The church is brick with a clock tower at its center. Plants climb the walls and trees stand behind it in the right background. "Garvanza was the first town to be founded in Northeast Los Angeles. During the middle of the nineteenth century, Garvanza was a part of the Rancho San Rafael. The area was named for the garbanzo plants which once covered the surrounding hills. Legend has it that Don Julio Verdugo built an adobe nearby and planted these beans in 1833. Later, the adobe was abandoned, but the garbanzos flourished and spread." -- unkown author. "The church of the Angeles is the oldest church along the Arroyo Seco. It was built by Francis Campbell-Johnson as a memorial to her husband, Alexander, and a place of worship for the people of Garvanza. The Campbell-Johnston's were early settlers of the area from England. They arranged to purchase 2,200 acres north of Meridian Avenue in 1883, and called it San Rafael Ranch. The Campbell-Johnstons returned to England, while three of their ten sons managed the ranch. The Campbell-Johnston returned to the ranch with his wife early in 1888, but was taken ill and died on January 21. Mrs. Campbell-Johnston returned to England with the remains for burial and while in London decided to build a church to perpetuate the memory of her husband. She selected a site near the town of Garvanza over the objections of friends who thought it should be built either in the Pasadena or Los Angeles. Later the area was annexed by the City of Pasadena. The plans were drawn by Arthur Edmund Stree

Los Angeles and San Gabriel Railroad bridge under construction over the Arroyo Seco from Highland Park

Photograph of a Los Angeles and San Gabriel Railroad bridge under construction over the Arroyo Seco from Highland Park, Los Angeles, 1885. A hill is visible in the foreground, sloping down towards the narrow, unpaved road below. Past some low-growing vegetation, a train is visible moving across a bridge over the Arroyo in the distance. More hills are visible still farther back, along with a house to the left. See also CHS-7073.

Church of the Angels in Garvanza

Photograph of an exterior view of the Church of the Angels, 1110 North Avenue 64, Garvanza (later Highland Park, near Pasadena), ca.1880-1940. A driveway curves in from the right foreground to the brick church at center. The church has a bell tower at its center which also displays a clock. Plants climb the exterior walls of the church while others decorate the foreground. Trees stand in the right background in front of the grassy hills that continue into the distance. "Garvanza was the first town to be founded in Northeast Los Angeles. During the middle of the nineteenth century, Garvanza was a part of the Rancho San Rafael. The area was named for the garbanzo plants which once covered the surrounding hills. Legend has it that Don Julio Verdugo built an adobe nearby and planted these beans in 1833. Later, the adobe was abandoned, but the garbanzos flourished and spread." -- unkown author. "The church of the Angeles is the oldest church along the Arroyo Seco. It was built by Francis Campbell-Johnson as a memorial to her husband, Alexander, and a place of worship for the people of Garvanza. The Campbell-Johnston's were early settlers of the area from England. They arranged to purchase 2,200 acres north of Meridian Avenue in 1883, and called it San Rafael Ranch. The Campbell-Johnstons returned to England, while three of their ten sons managed the ranch. The Campbell-Johnston returned to the ranch with his wife early in 1888, but was taken ill and died on January 21. Mrs. Campbell-Johnston returned to England with the remains for burial and while in London decided to build a church to perpetuate the memory of her husband. She selected a site near the town of Garvanza over the objections of friends who thought it should be built either in the Pasadena or Los Angeles. Later the area was annexed by the City of Pasadena. The plans were drawn by Arthur Edmund Street, an English architect and modeled after Holmby St. Mary's Church near Dorky, Surrey, England, Ernest Coxhead,

Workers laying the last rails of the San Gabriel Railroad, Highland Park, Los Angeles, 1885

Photograph of workers laying the last rails of the San Gabriel Railroad, Highland Park, Los Angeles, 1885. Five men shoulder a heavy I-beam of track while an adolescent boy stands in the background to the right. Finished tracks stretch out beneath their feet. To the extreme right, a line of hitched horses face away from the camera, behind which a man further back stands shirtless with his hands on his hips. Carts are visible in the background, and power lines can be seen overhead. Tree foliage frames the picture.

Panorama of Garvanza

Photograph of a panoramic view of Garvanza looking north from Sugarloaf Hill, showing the villa across from the Arroyo Seco, ca.1886. A hillside covered with brush and shrubs is partially visible in the right corner foreground, descending into a cleared depression below. Further into the background, above the depression, the district can be seen, a large manor house standing to the left of center, with other large houses spaced far apart to the right of it. Behind this, closer-spaced residential housing can be seen, along with hilly terrain.

The Garvanza Hotel in Highland Park, Los Angeles, 1887

Photograph of the Garvanza Hotel in Highland Park, Los Angeles, 1887. A huge, three-story Victorian manor with a multi-leveled roof, spires, shaded porch and third-level balcony is pictured at center, dominating most of the frame. Most of the upper windows feature slatted shutters, which lift out, rather than opening to the sides. Vegetation around the hotel is sparse, although it seems that some attempt has been made to landscape. A tree is visible in the background to the right, while the beginning of a hill is visible at left.

Los Angeles and San Gabriel Railroad train on the bridge at Garvanza, the first trestle across the Arroyo Seco, approaching Highland Park from South Pasadena, ca.1885

Photograph of a Los Angeles and San Gabriel Railroad train on the bridge at Garvanza, the first trestle across the Arroyo Seco, approaching Highland Park from South Pasadena, ca.1885. The trestle, which was replaced later by the Santa Fe trestle, extends out from the forest, supporting a steam engine trailing two passenger cars behind it. Two men stand on the tracks at back, one with his hand on the last passenger car. Two more men stand to the side of the tracks in front of the engine. Mountains and trees are visible in the background behind the bridge.

Pasadena Ave from Sycamore Grove

Photograph of a view of Pasadena Avenue (formerly North Figueroa Street) looking north from the beginning of Sycamore Grove, Highland Park, ca.1888-1890. A horse-drawn carriage in the distance makes its way down the wide dirt road at center. A few two-story houses are visible behind a cluster of trees to the right. They are surrounded by short picket fences. Rubble is also visible along the foreground right side of the road.

Johnston Lake in Highland Park

Photograph of three people (one holding an open parasol) in a rowboat on Johnston Lake, also known as Campbell-Johnston Lake or Wilson Lake near the Church of the Angels in Garvanza (later Highland Park), Pasadena, 1888. Trees, bullrushes and mountains in the background. Johnston Lake was later privately owned and surrounded by houses.

Fire Engines from Station 12

Photograph of two horse-drawn fire engines from Station 12, Los Angeles, ca.1890. The two engines are moving very quickly across the image from left to right. Both vehicles are being pulled by a two-horse team and have several firefighters aboard. The second engine, seen at left, has a large brass tank on the back. In the background at center is a large, two-story building with a tall tower at right. This station was in service from1903-1949, and more pictures of it can be seen at the Old Plaza firehouse. 5221 Pasadena Avenue (Figueroa Street)

Sheep on Church of the Angels grass

Photograph of grazing sheep in front of the Church of Angels in Garvanza, Los Angeles, ca.1888. Two sheep stand side by side at the bottom right of the photo, while numerous others flock across the grazing land, a large group of which is pictured farther back, at right. The Church of the Angels can be seen just behind them, beyond treecover in the distance. Hills and mountains are visible in the background. Avenue 64, then known as Mountain Avenue, can be as a dirt road between sheep and church.

Mrs. Etta Kadish, a Woman Farmer of Garvanza

Photograph of Mrs. Etta Kadish, a woman farmer of Garvanza, 1893. In the foreground at left, a woman is visible sitting on a bench under a pergola surrounded with wire mesh. A dog can be seen in her lap, and her broad hat at her side. At right, a man stands in front of her with a wheelbarrel full of squash of varying size, color and shape. On the ground are baskets full of vegetables or fruit. A house is visible in the background. The area was later named Highland Park. 2708 East 3rd Street

View looking east on Pasadena Avenue in Highland Park, ca.1894-1986

Photograph of a view looking east on Pasadena Avenue (formerly North Figueroa Street) in Highland Park, ca.1894-1986. Principally rural with agricultural plots and orchards to the left, and suburban with many dwellings among trees to the right. The railroad track swings across the foreground and to the left. Mountains are visible in the background.

Church of the Angels

Photograph (streetscape, horizontal photography) of the Church of the Angels, 1100 North Avenue 64, Highland Park (near Garvanza?), Los Angeles, ca.1895-1899. The Victorian-style church is about four-stories tall. It features a clock tower, inclined roofs, and stone masonry walls. A built to surround the property also is made of stone masonry. Trees surround the property. Hills are visible in the background. "The church was originally built in 1889 for Mrs. Alexander Campbell-Johnston in memory of her late husband. It was designed by Architect Ernest Coxhead and was built in a style reminiscent of a church that Mrs. Campbell-Johnston remembered from her native Scotland. This photo also shows stone wall that appears to be under construction along Avenue 64, then Mountain Avenue. The wall was designed in 1895 by Architect Fred L. Rohrig." -- unknown author. "Church of the Angels is located on Avenue 64 and Church Street, Highland Park. The story of how a charming stone Victorian church came to stand on what was once a Spanish land grant goes something like this: In 1798 land was granted to Jose Maria Verdugo, an area encompassing thousands of acres of what we now call Pasadena and Burbank. It was known then as Rancho San Rafael. The Verdugos prospered; the land was handed down to children and children's children. But the prosperity passed and hard times forced descendants of Jose Maria to sell much of the land. In 1869 a man named Prudent Beaudry lived up to his name by gaining several thousand acres of Rancho San Rafael in a loan forfeiture. He went on to become mayor of Los Angeles in 1874. About a decade later, a British diplomat named Alexander Robert Campbell-Johnson visited Southern California. He must have liked what he saw, because in 1883 he and his wife, Frances, purchased 2,000 acres from Beaudry. They quickly developed the land for farming, turned over operations to their sons and left for England. A few years later, Alexander and Frances returned to the r

Bridge across the Arroyo Seco at Garvanza

Photograph of a bridge across the Arroyo Seco at Garvanza, showing the first cable-car to cross it, ca.1895. A group of eighteen people pose around and in front of a cable-car coming across the trestle from Cawston's Ostrich Farm in South Pasadena, approaching the U.S.C. College of Fine Arts in Garvanza. The man at the controls is named G.J. Roller. The L.A. and San Gabriel Valley Railroad, completed in 1885, is visible in the background crossing a second trestle across the arroyo. A hill is visible in the left distance.

Passengers on the Sierra Madre Stage Coach, Highland Park, Los Angeles

Photograph of passengers on the Sierra Madre Stage Coach, Highland Park, Los Angeles, ca.1895. A group of at least a dozen passengers sit in a large carriage pulled by two horses, one white, one black. Rail tracks are visible embedded alongside them in the foreground, possibly from the San Gabriel Rail Road that the Stage's route was connected with for Los Angeles at Highland Park. Trees in the background overhand the travelers.

"El Alisal" in Garvanza

Photograph of an exterior view of Charles F. Lummis's rock home "El Alisal", ca.1898-1910. The two-story stone building can be seen at center. A tall cylindrical tower can be seen on the corner of the structure at center, and several large arched windows can be seen as well. Leafless trees are visible in the foreground, while a line of hills can be seen in the background at right.

Church of the Angels

Photograph of an exterior view of the Church of the Angels, showing a large yard in the foreground, 1900. Trees cast shadows over the grass yard in the foreground while the sun shines over it at center. A patch of flowers lies towards the back of the yard while an electrical pole stands amongst thick woods on the far left. The church stands at center background with a tall steeple and various trees behind it. Automobiles sit parked in front of the church in the right background.

Church of the Angels

Photograph of an exterior view of the Church of the Angels, Garvanza, which is now Highland Park near Pasadena, 1898. A tree extends over a dust road from the right foreground casting a large shadow. Two people ride a horse-drawn carriage through an open gate at center. Trees stand to either side of the carriage and a small, brick church stands behind it. The church's tower displays a clock near its top. Hills stand at the end of the street in the left background. Donated by Jim Lewis. "Garvanza was the first town to be founded in Northeast Los Angeles. During the middle of the nineteenth century, Garvanza was a part of the Rancho San Rafael. The area was named for the garbanzo plants which once covered the surrounding hills. Legend has it that Don Julio Verdugo built an adobe nearby and planted these beans in 1833. Later, the adobe was abandoned, but the garbanzos flourished and spread." -- unkown author. "The church of the Angeles is the oldest church along the Arroyo Seco. It was built by Francis Campbell-Johnson as a memorial to her husband, Alexander, and a place of worship for the people of Garvanza. The Campbell-Johnston's were early settlers of the area from England. They arranged to purchase 2,200 acres north of Meridian Avenue in 1883, and called it San Rafael Ranch. The Campbell-Johnstons returned to England, while three of their ten sons managed the ranch. The Campbell-Johnston returned to the ranch with his wife early in 1888, but was taken ill and died on January 21. Mrs. Campbell-Johnston returned to England with the remains for burial and while in London decided to build a church to perpetuate the memory of her husband. She selected a site near the town of Garvanza over the objections of friends who thought it should be built either in the Pasadena or Los Angeles. Later the area was annexed by the City of Pasadena. The plans were drawn by Arthur Edmund Street, an English architect and modeled after Holmby St. Mary's Church near Dorky, Surrey, England

Johnston Lake in Garvanza

Photograph of Johnston Lake on the Campbell-Johnston ranch in Garvanza, ca.1900. Oak branches reach from the right to the left in the foreground, partially obscuring the view of the lake beyond. The water is calm and smooth and it reflects much of the landscape around it. There is a small dirt peninsula jutting out into the lake at center, and on it is the stump of a tree. The trunk of this tree is lying on the ground at left. There are grassy hills in the background.

"El Alisal" in Garvanza

Photograph of the two-story stone house of Charles F. Lummis, "El Alisal", ca.1898-1910. A man and a woman stand facing each other near a door at right. The wooden main door at left bears a decorative initial "CFL". A few trees can be seen towering behind the house. The house was build by Lummis with the help of a 12-year-old Indian boy in the Highland Park area of Los Angeles. Lummis was born at Lynn, Massachusettes in 1859 and died in 1928. He founded the Southwest Museum (Los Angeles) and had an enduring interest in the American southwest and Indians in particular. He was city librarian, 1905-1910. He founded the magazine "Land of Sunshine" later called "Out West".