Mercantile Place - Pasadena, California
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BruceS
N 34° 08.714 W 118° 09.025
11S E 393939 N 3778857
Historical marker giving a brief history of one of the many alley ways in Old Pasadena.
Waymark Code: WM73WK
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 08/29/2009
Views: 3
Text of marker:
Mercantile Place
This well-named service road ran behind some of the most important retail merchants that fronted Colorado Boulevard from 1887 to the end of the 19th century. Among the retailers in this block were Hertel's Dry Goods, J.W. Woods (the druggist who later became a well known local historian), and Conrad & Hotaling, Men's Outfitters. A.C. Vroman established his first bookshop on this block in 1894. This block also was the location of Valley Union newspaper offices and shops for a grocer, a confectioner, a baker and a jeweler.
Group that erected the marker: Danny & Jeanette Mellinkoff
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
Mercantile Place
Pasadena, California United States
91105
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: Not listed
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