National Register of Historic Places

First Trust Building and Garage

Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California
Listed
June 11, 1987
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
87000941

About this property

First Trust Building and Garage, also known as Lloyd's Bank, is a historic 1927 building located on Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena, California. The building was designed by Cyril Bennett and Fitch Haskell; its design incorporates the Mediterranean Revival, Renaissance Revival, and Beaux-Arts styles. The design features decorative exterior stonework, a red tile hip roof topped with a cupola, and a frieze and balustrade on the south facade. The building's interior is decorated with murals depicting scenes from around Pasadena. Caltech professor R. R. Martel designed the building's earthquake-proof support system, which uses steel beams and girders with reinforcing concrete; the system was considered an important advancement in earthquake-proof construction and became a standard form of construction. The First Trust Building and Garage was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.

Location

587--611 E. Colorado Blvd. and 30-44 N. Madison Ave.
Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California
34.14625, -118.13786

Categories

ARCHITECTURE
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Sources

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When was First Trust Building and Garage listed on the National Register?

First Trust Building and Garage was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 11, 1987.

What type of historic resource is First Trust Building and Garage?

First Trust Building and Garage is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for First Trust Building and Garage is recorded as the industrial era.

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