Pasadena Founders - Pasadena, CA
Posted by: Metro2
N 34° 09.719 W 118° 08.953
11S E 394071 N 3780713
This sign commemorates the 1874 founding of the city.
Waymark Code: WMH31Y
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 05/13/2013
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This city website (
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"Founder’s Monument (Pioneer Plaque Rock)
Designed by Walter C. Beckwith.
Dedicated Wednesday, January 27, 1954. Rededicated November 12, 1986 when a new plaque replaced the original marker, which had been stolen.
A green sandstone wall and a bench at the corner of Orange Grove and Colorado are made of stone from the 1890 building of the Pasadena Public Library. A plaque bears the names of the 27 original colonists of Pasadena, which are also listed in the Pasadena Post, June 3, 1937.
The sandstone wall and bench was repaired in 2003 using sandstone from a wall at the Hillmont House (privately owned). (Pasadena Star News 7-3-03
Inscribed: “This monument is dedicated in honor of the twenty-seven founders of the City of Pasadena. Near this spot on January 27, 1874 the original purchasers of land in the Rancho San Pasqual met and selected each his choice of lots. With the 27 names following, many of them still prominent in the City.'"