PCAD - Throop University, Building #1, Pasadena, CA

Structure Type: built works - public buildings - schools - university buildings

North Raymond Avenue and Chestnut Street
Pasadena, CA 91103

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southwest corner of Raymond and Chestnut.

When Throop Polytechnic Institute erected its new building, Throop Hall, in 1911-1912, this early campus was abandoned. It was rented out for a time in 1910s and demolished the following decade.

Caltech originated as Throop University (1891-1892); the school altered its name to Throop Polytechnic Institute (1893-1912) and subsequently to Throop College of Technology (1913-1919), before formally re-naming itself the "California Institute of Technology" in 1921.

Demolished in the 1920s.

PCAD id: 11905

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Builder and Contractor, 1, 03/22/1893. Carr, Jeanne C., "Throop University, Pasadena", Californian Illustrated, 31: 565-578, 09/1892. "Throop Polytechnic Institute", Los Angeles Times, 1, 04/02/1894. "Throop Polytechnic Institute", Los Angeles Times, 1, 04/05/1894.

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Throop University, Building #1, Pasadena, CA (1892-1893)

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