Seville Building - Monrovia, CA
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saopaulo1
N 34° 08.880 W 118° 00.068
11S E 407706 N 3779018
A sign in downtown Monrovia.
Waymark Code: WM9TVG
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 09/29/2010
Views: 3
"The first building on this site, constructed in 1886 to house the real estate office of Monroe and Pile, was moved here from the corner of Mrytle and Colorado in 1909. In 1924, the building was moved again and the present building was constructed. The first floor housed a modern market with Separably owned businesses. These included Bay Cities Mercantile Company, selling meats: H.A. Chaplin, selling fruits;The Monrovia Bakery and Piggly Wiggly, selling groceries. The building's second floor contained offices.
By 1935, the first floor market had become the Pay'n Takit store. Two years later Safeway stores inc was operating its Monrovia store in this location. By the 1940s, the market had moved to another location and this first floor had been divided into three storefronts. Some long term tenants were Van De Kamp's bakery, Sherwin-Williams Paints, The balling Baby Shop, and Park Way Shoe Repair. In 1984, the building was extensively renovated but retained its traditional exterior appearance."
Group that erected the marker: City of Monrovia
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
Myrtle and Lime
Monrovia, CA USA
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: Not listed
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