#Tanner Motor Liven

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Architecture, Pasadena (No. 6)

144 West Colorado 

Constructed: 1910 Tanner Motor Liven Altered: 1929, Bennett and Haskell, architects This two-story Spanish Colonial Revival style building is topped by a tiled shed roof and sheathed in stucco. Constructed in 1910 for the Tanner Motor Livery, the original use is still evident from the two scored-concrete floor areas for washing horses. The facade is symmetrically organized with three large openings on the ground level. The central one is wider than those to each side and originally accommodated the ingress and egress of carriages and then automobiles. Multi-paned wood casement windows are set in pairs on the second story. Cast stone relief work is used as a decorative frieze as well as panels between the windows. The building underwent a certified rehabilitation in 1991.

132-134 West Colorado 

Constructed: 1919, R.E. Millsap, architect Altered: 1929, Leo Bachmann, architect This two-story Churrisgueresque style commercial building features a tower element on the east end. The tower is capped by a tiled roof and has two arched openings with multi-paned windows above the iron grille balcony and ground floor entrance. The main storefront is marked by large Baroque frieze of cast concrete depicting shield and portrait medallions topped with twelve finials. The storefront below the frieze has an expansive band of windows and a side entrance with a double-hung window arranged directly above the door. The painted brick rear facade is composed of two windows and a door asymmetrically arranged. The exposed brick east facade features six arched window openings. This building is in good condition and exhibits some of the exuberance of the Spanish Colonial with Baroque detailing. The building underwent a certified rehabilitation in 1986, and was subsequently altered in 1997.

124-128 West Colorado 

Constructed: 1923, D.E. Postle, architect This single-story Spanish Colonial Revival style commercial building was constructed to conform to the future street widening. Ornamental scalloped parapets that accentuate the center storefront set off the tiled shed roof. Plain pilasters frame either side of the building, and decorative moldings outline each of the three storefronts. Other details include thick bulkheads, recessed storefront entrances, and scalloped transoms. The building was rehabilitated in 1998

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