Lanterman House
& ARCHIVES
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the impressive home of Dr. Roy Lanterman and his wife, Emily, is now owned by the City of La Cañada Flintridge and maintained and administered by the non-profit Lanterman Historical Museum Foundation. The home, covering about 11,500 square feet, including the basement, was the first totally reinforced concrete home built west of the Mississippi River. It was designed by architect Arthur Haley in 1915 and features a U-shaped Mexican Colonial hacienda design with a fountain courtyard in the middle, pergolas with plantings on all sides of the house, and English Arts and Crafts design elements throughout.
The Lanterman House History Center and Archives is the center for historical research on La Cañada Flintridge and the greater Cañada-Crescenta Valley. The ever-expanding collection contains original documents, photographs, architectural records, scrapbooks, photo albums, newspapers and more. The History Center also maintains a register of historically and architecturally significant buildings located in La Cañada Flintridge.
The mission of the Lanterman Historical Museum Foundation is to collect, preserve and share the resources of the Lanterman House and Archives in order to engage the public in the discovery, understanding and appreciation of the diverse history and development of the city of La Cañada Flintridge and the Crescenta Cañada Valley.