Editing Altadena, California (section)

=== Development ===
[[File:woodburys.jpg|thumb|right|[[Woodbury–Story House]] (1882), the home of Capt. John Woodbury, is extant and occupied.]]
John Woodbury established the Pasadena Improvement Company in 1887, with a plot plan of residential development referred to as the Woodbury Subdivision. They contacted Byron O. Clark, who had moved away, and asked if he could use the name "Altadena" for his subdivision; Clark agreed.

The newly sprouted community of Altadena immediately began to attract millionaires from the East. In 1887 [[Andrew McNally]], the printing magnate from Chicago, and his friend, [[George Gill Green]], had built mansions on what was to become Millionaire's Row: Mariposa Street near [[Christmas Tree Lane|Santa Rosa Avenue]]. Newspaper moguls William Armiger Scripps and William Kellogg built homes side by side just east of [[Fair Oaks Avenue (Pasadena, California)|Fair Oaks Avenue]]. A bit farther east, [[Zane Grey Estate|Zane Grey]] bought a home from Arthur Herbert Woodward, and added a second-floor study. The famous Benziger Publishing Company built a mansion on the corner of Santa Rosa Avenue (Christmas Tree Lane) and Mariposa. Mariposa was taken from the Spanish name for a butterfly. The grandson of Andrew McNally, [[Wallace Neff]], became a famous Southern California architect. He started his career in Altadena with the design and construction of St. Elizabeth of Hungary Catholic Church (parish est.&nbsp;1918), which was dedicated in October 1926.

From 1924 to 1926, 160 homes were built in Altadena by [[fugitive]] conman Elisha Paul Janes, with distinctive steep roofs and multiple gables; despite his lack of qualifications, they proved popular, and this neighbourhood was designated as a heritage area in 2002.<ref>{{cite web |title=Janes Village |url=https://www.janesvillage.org/index.html |access-date=September 7, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Kaiser |first1=Laura |title=Many Popular Houses in L.A. Were Part of a Scam by a Con Artist Who Disappeared |url=https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/los-angeles-home-scam |website=Atlas Obscura |access-date=September 7, 2024 |date=November 9, 2023}}</ref> 
Many notable buildings followed in the 1930s, including Eliot Junior High School (1931) and Davies Community Center in [[Farnsworth Park]] (1934).<ref>{{cite news |last1=Foster |first1=R. Daniel |title=Neighborhood Spotlight: Altadena offers varied architectural styles but few places left to build anew |url=https://www.latimes.com/business/realestate/hot-property/la-fi-hp-neighborhood-spotlight-altadena-20180512-story.html |newspaper=LA Times |access-date=September 7, 2024 |date=May 11, 2018}}</ref>