By , Gerkins sold his property to John Thomas, who established a 1,acre ranch in present day Whittier. Although Whittier was established on Quaker Friends principals, the Pickering Land and Water Company often donated land to non-Quaker congregations to develop their churches as well. The Company also reserved 20 acres of land for a future college that would later be named Whittier Academy or Whittier College as it is known today. Since then, schools and churches have been an integral part of the community.
Nelles Youth Correctional Facility, was also developed. In , the facility was closed by the State of California. During the s and s, residential and commercial development was becoming increasingly geared toward accommodating the automobile. Radford and Mary Ann Rummel. Call number Old Whittier, Harry A. Pioneer Families of Whittier. Virginia Mathony. Pioneer Families of Whittier II. Whittier: A picture postcard history. Rudy Valdez. Whittier Images of America.
Mike Garabedian and Becky Ruud. Whittier Revisited. Books on architectural styles common in Whittier. Paul Duchscherer. Call number DUC. Kathryn Masson. Call number MAS. Craftsman Style. Robert Winter. Gustav Stickley. Spanish Revival Architecture. Victorian Architectural Details: Designs for over stairs, mantels, doors, windows, cornices, porches, and other decorative elements.
Books with general reference information on History of Home research. William Morgan. American Houses: A field guide to the architecture of the home. Gerald Foster. A Field Guide to American Houses. Virginia McAlester. A Guide to Old American Houses, Call number R W. Library use only. IV: Present. Thomas W. House Histories: A guide to tracing the genealogy of your home. Sally Light. They moved in , and another local church owned and maintained the cemetery, but as of , that church had been torn down and ownership of the cemetery is unclear.
Some Whittier city directories are available on microfilm through family history centers. This is available on microfilm at a family history center or in book form at various libraries WorldCat.
Online maps from the city of Whittier include a map with a city directory surname index, as well as a street map from Those can be found here. In addition to the online digitized issues of the newspapers, the library has microfilm versions for the years through available for in-house use at both the Central Library and Whittwood Branch. Rose Hills Memorial Park has posted some obituaries starting in To search their database, click here. Box Whittier, CA Retrieved Climate Historical Summaries Weather".
Desert Research Institute. Retrieved February 12, Census Bureau. Retrieved July 12, UC Regents. Retrieved November 21, Civic Impulse, LLC. Retrieved on March 18, January 25, Retrieved on August 10, June 7, Whittier Daily News. Retrieved January 1, Rose Hills. Fisher [Hardcover].
North Point Press. ISBN Baseball Reference. Retrieved January Nixon The White House". Apple Jr. New York Times. County seat : Los Angeles. Greater Los Angeles Area. Categories Pages with broken file links Whittier, California establishments in California establishments in California Cities in Los Angeles County, California Incorporated cities and towns in California Settlements established in Settlements established in Gateway Cities Add category.
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