Old Mill

Los Angeles County · 1120 Old Mill Road, Pasadena · location approximate

The old mill, El Molino Viejo, was designed by Father José María de Zalvidea and built of heavy masonry to serve Mission San Gabriel. There is some controversy as to the date of construction. Somewhere between 1810 and 1816. Another gristmill was built nearer the mission and the old mill was gradually abandoned and passed from mission control in 1846. After being owned by numerous individuals, Henry E. Huntington, in 1903, bought the building and restored it to its former proportions.

1971 register text, presented as a historical document. It uses the period's terms for Native people; the state's landmark listings still carry most of this wording, and the California Office of Historic Preservation maintains the program's current texts.

Many of these plaques have since been recast or their texts revised. The California Historical Landmarks program and its current texts are maintained by the California Office of Historic Preservation. California Office of Historic Preservation ↗

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Marker data: State of California, Department of Parks and Recreation, California Historical Landmarks (1971)

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