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Singer Building (Pasadena, California)

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Built
  
1926

NRHP Reference #
  
85001066

Area
  
1,214 m²

Architect
  
Babcock,Everett Phipps

Opened
  
1926

Added to NRHP
  
16 May 1985

Singer Building (Pasadena, California)

Location
  
16 S. Oakland Ave. and 520 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, California

Architectural style
  
Spanish Colonial Revival

Similar
  
Rose Bowl, Pasadena Playhouse, Strawberry Peak, Scottish Rite Cathedral, Pasadena Convention Center

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.

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

References

Singer Building (Pasadena, California) Wikipedia