Gen. Charles S. Farnsworth County Park
- Gen. Charles S. Farnsworth County Park
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name = Gen. Charles S. Farnsworth County Park
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location = 568 E. Mount Curve Ave
Altadena, California
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lat_degrees = 34
lat_minutes = 12
lat_seconds = 02
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 118
long_minutes = 07
long_seconds = 52
long_direction = W
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architect = Charles H. Kyson
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added = February 7, 1997
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refnum = 97000027
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Gen. Charles S. Farnsworth County Park, also known as Farnsworth Park, is a Los Angeles County park and National Register of Historic Places district (site #97000027) in Altadena, California.
The land was purchased by Los Angeles County in 1921 for use as a nursery. When the County built new nurseries in the 1930s, a movement to turn the land into a county park was spearheaded by General Charles S. Farnsworth and William O. Davies. Farnsworth designed the park, and supervised its grading and landscaping. Davies began planning for a community center. Funds for the construction of the community center came from grants from the Public Works Administration [Robert H. Peterson, "Altadena's Golden Years", Alhambra, California: Sinclair Printing and Litho, Inc., 1976, pp. 92-93.] . The park was completed in 1934. The park was originally named Altadena Park.
The park project included a two-story arts and crafts building that was later christened the William D. Davies Memorial Building. [cite web | title =Charles S. Farnsworth Park | work =Department of Parks and Recreation | publisher =Los Angeles County | url =http://parks.lacounty.gov/Parkinfo.asp?URL=cms1_033258.asp&Title=Farnsworth | accessdate =2008-01-07] The park was renamed in honor of Farnsworth in 1939. [Peterson, pp. 92-93.]
It was placed on the Register in 1997 for its significance as a recreation and architecture site. [cite web | title =CALIFORNIA - Los Angeles County | work =National Register of Historic Places.com | publisher =| url =http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/ca/Los+Angeles/state3.html | accessdate =2008-01-07]
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