587--611 E. Colorado Blvd. and 30-44 N. Madison Ave., Pasadena, California. County/parish: Los Angeles.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places June 12, 1987. NRIS 87000941.
2 contributing buildings.Also known as:
First Trust Building and Garage, also known as Lloyd's Bank, is a historic 1927 building located on Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena, California. The building was designed by Cyril Bennett and Fitch Haskell; its design incorporates the Mediterranean Revival, Renaissance Revival, and Beaux-Arts styles. The design features decorative exterior stonework, a red tile hip roof topped with a cupola, and a frieze and balustrade on the south facade. The building's interior is decorated with murals depicting scenes from around Pasadena. Caltech professor R. R. Martel designed the building's earthquake-proof support system, which uses steel beams and girders with reinforcing concrete; the system was considered an important advancement in earthquake-proof construction and became a standard form of construction.
The First Trust Building and Garage was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123859117