Singer Building (Pasadena, California)

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Location16 S. Oakland Ave. and 520 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, California
Coordinates 34°8′44″N118°8′22″W / 34.14556°N 118.13944°W / 34.14556; -118.13944
Built1926
ArchitectBabcock, Everett Phipps
Architectural styleSpanish Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No. 85001066 [1]
Added to NRHPMay 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]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  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.