PCAD - Hopkins Building, Old Pasadena, Pasadena, CA

Structure Type: built works - commercial buildings - office buildings; built works - commercial buildings - stores

Union Street and Fair Oaks Avenue
Old Pasadena, Pasadena, CA 91103

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The Hopkins Block stood on the northwest corner of West Union Street and North Fair Oaks Avenue.

Overview

The Hopkins Building leased office space in Pasadena's central business district in 1888. Architect Edwin W. Houghton, who would leave Southern California in 1889 for Seattle, leased space in Room #11 of the building in 1888. Capitalist Caspar T. Hopkins had his office in Room #8 of his office building. as did Wiiliam B. Hopkins, agent of the Anglo-Nevada Assurance Corporation. (See "Business Directory of Pasadena," Los Angeles, California, City Directory, 1888, p. 1019.)

PCAD id: 22638

Hopkins Building, Old Pasadena, Pasadena, CA demolished