The Security Pacific Building (1924) uses a terra cotta facade to mimic pink granite. It is an eight-story Second Renaissance Revival structure located at the corner of Colorado Boulevard and Marengo Avenue, featuring an arcade loggia at its entrance.
The Citizens Bank Building (1914) stands nearby with a Neoclassical attitude. It features Doric pilasters at the entrance and between the first-floor windows, a bracketed cornice, and a metal clock facing the intersection. It also uses a terra cotta facade on its first floor. These structures were used by financial institutions in the early 20th century, built between 1905 and 1928.
Down North Marengo, the MacArthur Building (1926) is a two-story brick building with a terra cotta front facade and Ionic columns on each side of the doorway. The Mutual Building (1905-1909) is a two-story brick building whose first floor was faced in wood and stucco after construction. It is joined to the Crown Building (1907) by a wooden deck. The Crown Building is a two-story brick building with a Beaux-Arts second story and a terra cotta facade added in 1928.
Today, these five buildings are on the National Register of Historic Places. The district remains a notable example of early 20th-century architecture and design in Pasadena, California.
Sources: Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons
Written by Kyle McLonely
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