Singer Building (Pasadena, California) Explained

Singer Building
Location:16 S. Oakland Ave. and 520 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, California
Coordinates:34.1456°N -118.1394°W
Built:1926
Architect:Babcock, Everett Phipps
Architecture:Spanish Colonial Revival
Added:May 16, 1985
Refnum:85001066

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.[1]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 16, 1985.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Heumann. Leslie. [{{NRHP url|id=85001066}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Singer Building]. Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service. May 10, 2013. Lorraine Melton . July 1984.