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.