William D. Davies Memorial Building

The Davies Memorial Building was built in the early 1930s when locals from the Altadena Community Theatre Association applied for government funds from the Works Progress Administration. They wanted to create a community center that contained a real theatre – thinking that a live theater would generate some income for the community by providing jobs for unemployed residents. They also persuaded Los Angeles County to use a former nursery at Lake Avenue and Mount Curve Street to create a park and home for a theater company.