Queen Anne Victorian with mansard tower, designated City of Monrovia Historic Landmark No. 2. Located at 329 N. Melrose Avenue.

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Queen Anne-style home, attributed to Joseph Cather Newsom, with elements variously described as "Eastlake" and "Italianate". Designated a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument (No,145) in 1975.

Located at 3537 Griffin Avenue in the Lincoln Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles. Please do not use this image in any media without my permission. © All rights reserved.

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Pinney House, Joseph Cather Newsom, Architect 1886.t he original house had much less adornment. In the 1930s, a movie company added spindle work and other embellishments from a house on Wilshire Boulevard that was being demolished. Located at 225 Lima Street in Sierra Madre. The ten bedroom, 11 bath house is currently (October 2013) on the market listed for sale for $2,495,000. The house is a Sierra Madre Historic Monument (No. 27).

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The architects designed the home for Gen. William Anderson Pile and his wife, Hannah Cain Pile in 1887-88. Pile served in the Civil War as a Union Army General, was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, and later was Governor of the New Mexico Territory and Minister to Venezuela. He was one of the first trustees of the City of Monrovia and also served the town as Mayor. He died in 1889 and is buried at Live Oak Memorial Park (Monrovia)..

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One of the first residences built with financing from California Bank was the Sam Lewis House. Sam Lewis served as a captain in the Civil War, where he participated in the siege of Chattanooga, battles at Peachtree Creek, Chattahoochee River and Jonesboro.

The Sam Lewis house still stands today at 1425 Miramar Street in Los Angeles, around the corner from Witmer Street and the Witmer estate, which is on the national register of historic properties. The home has been used throughout the years for different movie sets and backdrops.

The architect was one of the great builders of early California; many of his best known projects may still be seen, including the Carson Mansion (Eureka); Fitzgerald House, and the Severance House, both in Los Angeles.

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