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Raymond Hill is a neighborhood in Pasadena, California. The northern part of the district is sometimes referred to as Arroyo Del Mar. It is an industrial strip about one mile long and 1/4 mile wide; bordered by Del Mar Boulevard to the north, South Pasadena to the south, Fair Oaks Avenue to the west, and Marengo Avenue to the east. When the 710 Freeway is completed, the western boundary will be extended three blocks further. Despite its name, Raymond Hill itself is a few blocks south of the neighborhood, in South Pasadena.

The Raymond Hotel was a hotel in South Pasadena, California, and first major resort hotel of the San Gabriel Valley. Largely a winter residence for wealthy Easterners, it was built by Mr. Walter Raymond of Raymond & Whitcomb Travel Agency of Boston, Massachusetts. The hotel was built atop Bacon Hill which lies between Pasadena and South Pasadena and was renamed Raymond Hill with the opening of the hotel in 1886. The original hotel, a grand and unequivocal Victorian edifice was burned to the ground in 1895. A second building, of a later and more fireproof style, was erected in 1901 and equally replaced the older in grandeur. The hotel was foreclosed following the Great Depression and was razed for commercial development.

South Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 25,619, up from 24,292 in the 2000 census. It is located in West San Gabriel Valley. It is 3.42 square miles (8.9 km2) in area and lies between the much larger city of Pasadena, of which it was once a part, and the metropolis of Los Angeles. South Pasadena is the oldest self-builder of floats in the historic Tournament of Roses Parade.

The Glenarm Power Plant is a power plant in Pasadena, California that began operating on July 4, 1907.

Blair High School is a public high school in Pasadena, California, a part of the Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD). Blair is an International Baccalaureate World School serving grades 6–12. Blair offers the International Baccalaureate (IB) Middle Years Programme and the IB Diploma Programme.

The Howard Longley House is a historic house in South Pasadena, California, U.S. In 1897, Greene and Greene recorded job no. 23 as a residence for Howard and Etta Longley at 1005 Buena Vista Street, with a valuation of $3,876. Mr. Longley was "the brother-in-law of Dr. Greene's [i.e., Charles and Henry Greene's father] sister, Alice." The house is significant as one of the earliest surviving residences designed by Greene & Greene. On 6 August 1897, the Los Angeles Journal reported that plans for the house were being prepared. The Longley house stands next to the Lucretia Garfield House (designed by Greene & Greene in 1904 for the widow of President James Garfield). The Longley House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 16, 1974.

The Miltimore House is a historic house in South Pasadena, California, U.S.. It was designed by architect Irving Gill. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since March 24, 1972.

The Garfield House is a historic two-story house in South Pasadena, California. It was built in 1904 for First Lady Lucretia Garfield, the widow of James A. Garfield who served as the 20th President of the United States in 1881. It was designed by Greene & Greene in the American Craftsman style. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since April 24, 1973.

St. James' Episcopal Church is a parish of the Episcopal Church in South Pasadena, California, and part of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles. The church's mission is "To Learn, to Love, to Live the Word of God."

Oak Knoll is the southernmost neighborhood in Pasadena, California. It is bordered by Oak Knoll Circle to the north, Old Mill Road to the south, South Oak Knoll Avenue and South Oakland Avenue to the west, and the San Marino border (Kewen Drive and Encino Drive) to the east.The eponymous knoll is a 150 ft-high ridge formed by the Raymond Fault.An upscale neighborhood on rolling, oak-covered terrain, it was developed in 1905 by a corporate partnership between prominent Northeastern United States and California residents A. Kingsley Macomber, Henry E. Huntington and William R. Staats.

Governor Stoneman Adobe, Los Robles was the home of George Stoneman, the 15th Governor of California, from January 10, 1883, to January 8, 1887. The home was built in 1876 on his 400-acre estate, that was on the former Rancho San Pascual, present-day San Marino, California,. The location was designated a California Historic Landmark (No. 669) on December 1, 1958. Nothing remains of the home as it was destroyed in a fire, which was rumored to have been started by one of his political enemies. George Stoneman was a general in the Union Army in the American Civil War, who led the last cavalry raid of the war. After the war, Stoneman moved to California, the place of which he had dreamed since his service as a young officer before the war. He and his wife settled in the San Gabriel Valley on a 400-acre (160 ha) estate called Los Robles. He was appointed as a state railroad commissioner, serving from 1876 to 1878. In 1882, Stoneman was elected governor of California as a Democrat and served a single four-year term. He was not renominated by his party for a second term. After his house burned down, he was broken financially by the disaster and was in poor health. He returned to New York State for medical treatment. He died following a stroke in Buffalo, New York, on September 5, 1894, at age 72. He is buried in the Bentley Cemetery in Lakewood, New York.

The House at 1050 S. Madison Ave. is a historic house located at 1050 South Madison Avenue in Pasadena, California. Architect Reginald D. Johnson designed the Colonial Revival house for himself in 1911. The one-story house has a "U"-shaped plan surrounding a brick terrace in the rear. The house's hipped roof features jerkinhead ends at either side of the front facade; the front door and windows are arranged symmetrically between the two ends. Both the roof and the exterior walls are covered with shingles.The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 6, 1998.