Herkimer Arms | Los Angeles Conservancy
Photo courtesy Heritage Housing Partners

Herkimer Arms

Built in 1912, Herkimer Arms is the only surviving apartment building designed by master architects Charles and Henry Greene. Greene and Greene were commissioned to design Herkimer Arms to accommodate long-term visitors to California as Pasadena’s population boomed in the early 20th century. The guests required furnished apartments, resulting in built-in furnishings including hideaway trundle beds built into armoires. The armoires contained bookshelves, drawers, and a pull –out “breadboard” desk.

Herkimer Arms is one of few gunite structures designed by Greene and Greene. 

Originally located at 527 East Union Street, the building was used for many years as housing for students of nearby Fuller Theological Seminary. When threatened with demolition, Pasadena Heritage and other local preservation advocates stepped in. The building was ultimately purchased by Heritage Housing Partners, cut into two pieces, and moved to its current location in 2009.

Herkimer Arms was converted from its original eight units into two four-bedroom units; the two units were sold to low-income first-time homebuyers. This project earned a 2013 Conservancy Preservation Award.

Park La Brea
Photo courtesy Architectural Resources Group

Park La Brea

L.A.'s largest and best-known garden apartment community originally boasted views out of every living room window into a large park.
Photo by Stephen Russo

Million Dollar Theatre

Created for theatre impresario Sid Grauman as his first Los Angeles venue, the 1918 Million Dollar Theatre was one of the earliest and largest movie palaces in the country, boasting 2,345 seats.
Sakai-Kozawa Residence/Tokio Florist, 2018. M. Rosalind Sagara/L.A. Conservancy
Sakai-Kozawa Residence/Tokio Florist, 2018. Photo by M. Rosalind Sagara/L.A. Conservancy

Sakai-Kozawa Residence/Tokio Florist

The Sakai-Kozawa Residence/Tokio Florist and Pole Sign is Historic-Cultural Monument #1198. The property is significant for its association with the Sakai-Kozawa family and their longtime floral business, Tokio Florist, which operated at this location from 1960 to 2006.