Sunday, June 8, noon to 4 p.m. (rain or shine)
The Friends of the Castle Green will hold their annual tour of the historic Castle Green on Sunday, June 8, 2025, from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.
The Castle Green was the second annex to the Hotel Green. When it was built in 1898, it boasted a steel and concrete ‘fireproof’ structure, exotic Moorish and Turkish ladies’ writing rooms, a rooftop solarium, and a grand salon.
All public rooms will be open as well as select private apartments scattered across the various floors of Castle Green. The apartments are each unique as testament to the varied nature of the residents.
This year we have several new exhibits to share. The first is the watercolor paintings of Keni Arts, an Altadena artist who has been painting his community for almost 40 years. He has painted houses, businesses, and community buildings, most of which have been destroyed by the fire. For the past months he has revisited many of these sites and captured the remains before they have been cleared. The resulting artwork he has called: “Beauty from Ashes.”
The second is an artistic interpretation in stoneware of the Castle Green made by Rurik Leif Kallis for his Masters in Fine Arts project for University of Southern California in 1965. It is both beautiful and amazing, measuring 3 feet by 6 feet by 3 feet in height. He was taken with the elastic forms in older buildings and how these images lent themselves to clay.
And, as always, we will display objects from the archive room. These will be on the bridge where artists such as Charles White and later Kenton Nelson each have had their art studios.
Additionally, the Pasadena Lawn Bowling and Pasadena Croquet Clubs will be demonstrating their skills and love of the game on the lawns in front of the Castle Green. So break out your summer whites!
This is a self-guided tour with historic lectures at 1 or 2:30 p.m.
Tickets: Purchase tickets at Eventbrite: Springtime at the Castle Green
General Admission: $50
Friends of the Castle Green is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to raising funds through our tours for restoration projects on the historic Castle Green. For further information visit friendsofcastlegreen.org or contact susanfutterman@mac.com or 626 824 8482.
Some of the Friends of the Castle Green restoration projects over the past thirty years:
- Reproduction of the metal lanterns on the Veranda and Sunroom and later reproduction of the opaline hand-blown glass shades.
- Restoration of the interior bridge woodwork, faux panels and installation of restruck carpet.
- Plaster repair and painting of the veranda and bridge and reproduction of roof tiles.
- Restoration of historic elements to the penthouse entrance and interiors.
- Restoration of the faux marble panels at the entrance, stairway, and second floor.
- Our last project was the restoration of the dome on the bridge.
