What do a National Baseball Hall of Fame inductee, the inventor of the coffee drip system & a past #MyGlendale mayor have in common? They all owned homes in Glendale and those homes were recently added to the City's Register of Historic Resources.
The City of Glendale is committed to historic preservation as part of its goal of planning for the future. By preserving key places that contribute to the history of all city residents we help the city develop and grow without erasing its past. The Glendale City Council recently approved adding 5 properties to the Register of Historic Resources. These properties are rich in history and are an important part of Glendale's colorful heritage.
The City of Glendale is committed to historic preservation as part of its goal of planning for the future. By preserving key places that contribute to the history of all city residents we help the city develop and grow without erasing its past. The Glendale City Council recently approved adding 5 properties to the Register of Historic Resources. These properties are rich in history and are an important part of Glendale's colorful heritage.
 | Glendale Register No. 105The Weaver House1440 N. Central Ave.
The house was designed in the Spanish Colonial Revival style by architect Benjamin W. Sherwood. The house is an excellent and unusual example of the Spanish Colonial Revival style in Glendale. It was built for Eugene L. Weaver, an executive with Ben-Hur Coffee, a division of the Joannes Brothers Corporation. Ben-Hur pioneered the world’s first drip coffee system under Weaver’s management, and he is credited with the invention.
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 | Glendale Register No. 106The Hovaguimian House2430 Bywood Dr.
The house was built in 1954 for a Los Angeles Department of Water & Power employee and his wife, Diran and Ellena Hovaguimian. The modest size home with carport is an example of Modern style post-and-beam construction. It is an early design by the architecture firm, Buff and Hensman. The house is significant for being a singular example of post and beam construction within the Glenoaks Canyon neighborhood of Glendale.
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 | Glendale Register No. 107The Wallace House141 S. Cedar St.
The house is an excellent example of the Craftsman style built in 1913 and the best and most intact example in the surrounding neighborhood which reflects the landscape of the early city. The property, currently houses the city’s Youth and Family Services center and is incorporated into the Cedar Heritage Garden mini-park, completed in 2010. The park is located at the northwest corner of the intersection of South Cedar Street and East Harvard Avenue. 141 South Cedar Street is one of the three original houses on the site now occupied by the park.
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Glendale Register No. 108The Lawson-Stengel House1663 Grandview Ave.
1663 Grandview Avenue is a two-story, single-family residence built for Lawson family in 1925. The house was designed in the Mediterranean Revival style, possibly by Glendale-based building designer Robert D. Jones. The house is significant for its association with Casey Stengel. His major contribution to American sporting history and popular culture is undoubted. The house is also significant for its connection with the Lawson family. Patriarch John W. Lawson was Mayor of Glendale from April 1955 to April 1957, and in 1957 co-founded Glendale-based Valley National Bank.
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 | Glendale Register No. 109The Harris House822 E. Wilson Ave.
The house is a two-story, single-family residence located at the southwest corner of Wilson Avenue and Cedar Street built in 1902. It is an outstanding and remarkably intact example of residential architecture in early Glendale. Its design reflects the stylistic shift that occurred as the late Victorian architectural styles transitioned into the simpler Craftsman style. The house was designated as “The Harris House” after its first owner, Harriet Harris, a widow who lived in the house until 1917.
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Visit our online map to take a virtual tour of all the listed properties in the register. To learn more, please visit the Community Development Department's historic preservation website.
