We would love to hear from you about people, places, and stories that are important in Altadena. We are particularly interested in the lesser-known places that might have shaped your community.

These places may be important for a broad range of reasons, including architecture or landscape design; association with an important person; social, cultural and/or ethnic heritage; residential development, commerce, or industry.

The Altadena Historic Resources Survey & Historic Context Statement project will include properties and development trends dating from 1981 or earlier. All information received from the community will be considered by the project team and reviewed using professional standards for evaluation.

Tell Us about people, places, and stories important to Altadena’s history!

1. Name of Person/Place/Story

2. Address or Approximate Location (if applicable)

For neighborhoods, or historic districts, describe the boundaries of the area

3. Type of Place

e.g. gathering place, residential neighborhood, park, house, school, commercial building, business district, place associated with important person, street, natural feature, etc.

4. Period of time represented

Date of construction for a building or structure; general period of time for a story, person, neighborhood, or commercial area (e.g. early 20th century, 1940s, etc.)

5. Why is this significant?

e.g. architecture and design qualities, association with an important person, association with an important event, association with cultural group, etc.

6. Would you like to share any photos, videos, and/or audio recordings related to Altadena’s history? Note: You will be allowed to submit five attachments. If you would like to share more, please attach five using this form and email additional attachments to M. Rosalind Sagara, rsagara@laconservancy.org. Thank you!

Legal Agreement

By making or agreeing to submit photograph(s), video(s), and/or audio recording(s) you represent and warrant that you own or otherwise control all rights in and to the photograph(s), video(s), and/or audio recording(s), and that the photograph(s), video(s), and/or audio recording(s) do not infringe upon or violate the rights of any third party, including but not limited to intellectual property rights, copyrights, trademarks, rights of publicity or privacy, patents, trade secrets, or confidentiality obligations.

7. Where can we find more information?

e.g. people, organizations, other sources

By completing this form, you are giving the Los Angeles Conservancy and their contracted historic context statement project team permission to publish your comments on the website and in other educational materials. We will not publish your contact information.

8. The Los Angeles Conservancy may publish

Yes, you have my permission to publish my name to highlight the connection between people and places.No, please consider the resource(s) described above, but do not share my name.

Contact Information

First Name

Last Name

Street Address

City

State

Zip Code

Phone Number

Email Address

How should I decide what to identify?

In considering which people, places, or stories to identify, think about the following questions:

What are the neighborhoods, commercial areas, and landscapes that have distinctive architectural or cultural characteristics, or reflect important aspects of social history or planning and development? What qualities of these places make them important or unique?
What sites or buildings have traditionally served as gathering places or focal points in your community?
Which buildings and districts may have been associated with important architects, builders, designers, developers, or engineers whose work helped define the character of Altadena?
What people or places shaped social movements or the cultural evolution of your community?
Who are the important people in Altadena’s history? Where did they live and work?

To learn more about the Altadena Historic Resources Survey & Historic Context Statement, visit our website at laconservancy.org/altadena-recovery/altadena-survey or contact M. Rosalind Sagara, rsagara@laconservancy.org.