Altadena Heritage is a nonprofit volunteer-based advocacy organization dedicated to protecting, preserving, and raising awareness of our foothill community’s rich architectural, environmental, and cultural heritage.
Upcoming Events
Third Thursday
Reducing Single Use Plastics in Altadena
March 19th, 7-9 pm
Altadena Community Center
Learn about the issues with single use plastics (SUP) and hear from the experts on the impacts and proposed legislation. We will screen the KCET film, Life in Plastic: California’s Recycling Woes
LWV-PA 9th Annual
Climate Change Forum
Saturday March 28th – 9:00am – Noon
Fellowship Hall at First United Methodist Church
500 East Colorado Blvd. Pasadena, CA 91101
Free public event – Co-sponsored by Altadena Heritage
Altadena Heritage News
Abolitionist Owen Brown’s Altadena Grave to be Preserved in Compromise with La Vina Developer
After decades of strife around the preservation of abolitionist Owen Brown’s Altadena grave site and the until-now unrelated battles facing the La Vina development, both projects are finally set for completion in an unexpected crossing of paths for two of this community’s longest running pains.
Owen Brown Gravesite Land Acquisition
Watch the video and learn the back story.
Back in the late 1980s, Altadena Heritage made the leap from committee of the Town Council to independent 501(c)(3). The mission: to protect and preserve Altadena’s architectural, historical, cultural, and natural heritage.
Among our first projects was an attempt to gain California Landmark status for Owen Brown’s hillside gravesite (he died here in 1889). Owen was among the last survivors of the failed 1859 raid on the federal armory at Harper’s Ferry, Virginia, led by his father John Brown.
