Pasadena Civic Center District | |
 Pasadena City Hall, 2008 | |
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| Location | Pasadena, California |
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| Coordinates | 34°08′52″N118°08′39″W / 34.14766°N 118.1443°W /34.14766; -118.1443 |
| Architectural style | Beaux Arts |
| NRHP reference No. | 80000813[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 28, 1980 |
ThePasadena Civic Center District is thecivic center of and ahistoric district inPasadena, California, United States. The district is roughly bounded by Walnut and Green Streets and Raymond and Euclid Avenues.
Construction on the buildings in the district was funded with a $3.5 million bond issuance in 1923. The plan was created by the Chicago firm of Bennett, Parsons and Frost. The elaborate designs of the buildings in the district were inspired by theCity Beautiful movement of the 1920s.[2]
The district was listed in theNational Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]
ThePasadena City Hall,Pasadena Central Library, andPasadena Civic Auditorium serve as the centerpieces of the district.
TheBeaux-ArtsMediterranean Revival City Hall building was designed by San Francisco architectsBakewell and Brown in the style of 16th-century Italian architect Andrea Palladio. The building resembles three ofPalladio's domed structures—the church ofSanta Maria della Salute in Venice, theHotel des Invalides in Paris andSt Paul's Cathedral in London. Without being a direct imitation, Pasadena City Hall is related to them all.[2]
The Pasadena Central Library was designed byMyron Hunt in 1924. The Central Library was dedicated on Lincoln's birthday (February 12), 1927, and was the first building completed of the new Civic Center Plan.[3]
Part of the district prior to the 1920s are: the Pasadena Post Office, Turner and Stevens Company Building, YMCA, and the YWCA designed byJulia Morgan.
After the Civic Center was formally planned, additional buildings were constructed in the area. These buildings include the American Legion Hall, the First Baptist Church, the Southern California Gas Company building, the Hall of Justice, the County Courts,All Saints Episcopal Church), and the Maryland Hotel Apartments.[2]
Memorial Park, the site of Pasadena's first public library, is also part of the district.[2]
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