#3 Victorian Triumphant
This is one of the few Pasadena neighborhoods
that can boast pre-1900 houses in quantity and good repair. Orange Grove was the
prime residential street in town with large houses and even larger gardens, some
stretching down to the Arroyo. As more new residents arrived from the East,
Orange Grove addresses became scarce so new side streets were cut. Most of these
estates are now garden apartments,
but the side streets still have many turn- of-the-century houses. Built to
recall former homes, the earliest were staunch and upright "Queen
Anne" Victorians.
From end of Tour #2:
- Travel south on Orange Grove
Blvd.
- Left on California Blvd.
- Right on St. John Avenue
- Right on Bellefontaine Street
- Right on Orange Grove Blvd.
- Right on Markham Place
(dead end street; turn around and go back to
Orange Grove)
- Right on Orange Grove Blvd.
- Right on Congress Place
(dead end street; turn around and go back to
Orange Grove)
- Right on Orange Grove (continue north on Orange Grove)
- View Wrigley Mansion, home of the
- Tournament of Roses Association
- End tour on Orange Grove Blvd. and Arbor Street
To begin tour #4, turn left on Arbor, then left on Arroyo
Blvd.
