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Welcome to La Verne, CA
With the rugged backdrop of the San Gabriel Mountains, the City of La Verne provides residents a glimpse of the past in the midst of contemporary living at it's best.
CIVIC CENTER La Verne's City Hall and Community Center are located at "D" Street just south of Foothill Boulevard. City Hall demonstrates adaptive reuse of a former convalescent hospital's administrative offices. Since 1977 the building has functioned as home to city employees. The fire and police departments are located on Third Street just west of "D" Street in Lordsburg. The Community Center was constructed in 1989. The facility contains multipurpose rooms for community classes ranging from dance and exercise to martial arts and weight control. The facility also has a large centralized meeting room and commercial-sized kitchen. The center provides lunch Monday through Friday for seniors over 60 and their spouses (regardless of age). Reservations are required and a $1.50 donation is suggested. The La Verne branch of the Los Angeles County Library system is located next to the Community Center. The library is currently open Tuesday through Saturday. Please call 909-596-1934 for specific operating hours.
GREEN SPACES AND RECREATIONAL PLACES La Verne is home to 18 parks, which provide a variety of recreation and leisure activity. The newly constructed Sports Park sited at "D" Street and Durward Way borders Bonita High School. This million-dollar complex features four multipurpose fields for soccer and other sports, two baseball diamonds, an all-weather track, and lighted tennis courts. Heritage Park is situated in the northern sector of the City at Via de Mansion and Wheeler Avenue. Each spring, residents and visitors have an opportunity to pick oranges in the midst of the City's agriculture and citrus park and museum. Sierra La Verne Country Club and Golf Course occupies 111 acres in north La Verne. This private enterprise provides golf in an attractive foothill setting and offers local organizations to host golf tournaments. The banquet facilities are available for rent for parties and weddings. Marshall Canyon Golf, equestrian, hiking and bike trails all provide additional opportunities to experience outdoor life in La Verne. PUBLIC ART
History In 1887, Isaac W. Lord was the founder of "Lordsburg," the first name for La Verne. He was los Angeles businessman who owned quite a bit of property in the area. Once he persuaded the Santa Fe Railroad to extend its lines to his area, he sent bands to play in Los Angeles and San Bernardino inviting the people to come out to Lordsburg to see what they could buy there. He was successful and many people came and built homes and businesses in Lordsburg.
When the boom busted in 1889, M. M. Eshelman, a member of the Brethren Church, was instrumental in bringing an influx of Brethren people to the area so their youth could attend college in the now transformed hotel. In 1891 Lordsburg College was established; today that institution is the well respected University of La Verne, home to 2,600 full time equivalent students. See ULV Homepage http://www.ulaverne.edu. HISTORIC LORDSBURG Lined by towering Deodar trees (Cedrus deodara), Third Street epitomizes the architecture of early La Verne.
Queen Anne condominiums at Bonita and E Street combine features from buildings within a two-mile radius, making the project characteristic of the Lordsburg area. Cafe Allegro provides sidewalk dining on Third Street, just east of "D" Street. The popular Italian cuisine allures diners for lunch and dinner. The imposing tower of The Brethren Church on "E" Street, exemplifies Gothic Moderne architecture. CARRION ADOBE The historic Carrion adobe was built in 1868 for Saturnino Carrion on 380 acres. The parcel was part of the enormous Rancho San Jose land grant held by Carrion's uncle Ygnacio Palomares and his partner Ricardo Vejar. Today, the adobe sits on 2.13 acres just north of Brackett Airfield and Puddingstone Reservoir. The L-shaped dwelling was is believed to have been designed by an Italian architect. Timbers for the building were hauled from Los Angeles by carretas (carts) and horseback. The beams, joints and walls were white washed. The original windows were unglazed and screened with vertical wooden bards and wooden shutters. Carrion lost his property in 1909 after mortgaging it
to fight the creation of the Puddingstone Reservoir on his land. The
neglected property was identified in the 1937 Historic American Buildings
Survey as: "Present condition: Very poor and neglected, used as a chicken
corral and grain storage." La Casa de Carrion has been designated as
California
Successive owners revived the house gradually adding electricity and a kitchen, bathroom and bedroom wing. Today the home is privately owned. The current owners are in the process of restoring the property with historic authenticity.
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The
population of La Verne was about 30,897 with approximately families is
11,113 as of 1990). La Verne's elevation is 1,000-1,700 feet above sea
level, and the median income is $46,587. La Verne is located near Pomona,
east of Los Angeles. The average annual rainfall is 15 inches per year
with average temperature is 67 degrees F.
La
Verne was founded in 1887 by Los Angeles businessman Issac Lord as a
railroad boom town to capture Midwesterners enticed by fierce competition
between the Southern Pacific and Santa Fe Railroads. The grand 60 room
Lordsburg hotel was built but never had a paying guest.
Art
in Public Places is a burgeoning program in the City, with murals located
in eight locations. A newly uncovered WPA mural circa 1939 was discovered
at Damien High School. Historic La Verne is depicted by artist Frank
Watringa at the Bagelry at 2095 Foothill Boulevard. 
Among
the new residents was the L. H. Bixby family. They lived in the foothills
to the north on their ranch. They named their area La Verne, which means
"growing green or spring-like" in French. They also named the land company
of which they were a part by the same name of La Verne. By 1912, the
people of Lordsburg wanted to change their name to La Verne, but this met
with resistance from Mr. Lord. After he died in March of 1917, there was
no longer any resistance to the name change and the name of La Verne was
voted in. There was even a mock wedding of "Miss Lordsburg" to Mr. La
Verne" to show the name change to all. 
Mainiero
Square, at the southwest corner of "D" and Third Street, is a pocket park
that leads to the eastern edge of the University of La Verne campus.
Mainiero Square was rededicated in the spring of 1995, after extensive
redesign and landscaping. 
Registered
Landmark 386. 
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