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Gen. Charles S. Farnsworth County Park, also known as Farnsworth Park, is a Los Angeles County park and National Register of Historic Places district (site #97000027) in Altadena, California. The land was purchased by Los Angeles County in 1921 for use as a nursery. When the County built new nurseries in the 1930s, a movement to turn the land into a county park was spearheaded by General Charles S. Farnsworth and William O. Davies. Farnsworth designed the park and supervised its grading and landscaping. Davies began planning for a community center. Funds for the construction of the community center came from grants from the Public Works Administration.〔Robert H. Peterson, ''Altadena's Golden Years'', Alhambra, California: Sinclair Printing and Litho, Inc., 1976, pp. 92-93.〕 The park was completed in 1934. The park was originally named Altadena Park. The park project included a two-story arts and crafts American craftsman style building that was later christened the William D. Davies Memorial Building. The park was renamed in honor of Farnsworth in 1939.〔Peterson, pp. 92-93.〕 It was placed on the Register in 1997 for its significance as a recreation and architecture site. ==External links== *(National Register of Historic Places ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gen. Charles S. Farnsworth County Park」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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