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Homestead Acre and Hill Palmer House is what remains of the 230- acre homestead owned by the Hill family. In 1956, Minnie Hill Palmer sold the land to the City of Los Angeles, but arranged to live in the bungalow located at 10385 Shadow Oak Dr. rent- and tax-free until her death. The family built the bungalow known as the Hill Palmer House in about 1911. Today, the house remains a monument to pioneers who homesteaded the Valley and is the last remaining homestead.
Through the efforts of the Chatsworth Historical Society and the community, the stand was designated a Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument.
The Lassen Street Olive Trees, also known as 76 Mature Olive Trees, is located on Lassen Street between Topanga Canyon Boulevard and Farralone Street. In 1967, it was designated a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument. Today, only 49 trees remain. The trees were originally planted in 1890 by N. A. Grey, an early settler to the area from cuttings believed to be taken from olive trees at Mission San Fernando.
The Munch Box is located at 21532 Devonshire Street. The yellow and red hotdog and hamburger stand has been owned and operated by the Barker family since it opened in 1956. It purportedly once had a hitching post so local equestrians could stop and tie up their horses while they ate. The famous singer and cowboy actor Roy Rogers and his wife actress Dale Evans were among its celebrity patrons. In 2002, the stand was threatened by a new shopping center and storage facility being built on the property.
Old Stage Coach Trail Property ran through the Santa Susana Pass between the San Fernando Valley and Simi in the latter part of the 1800s. The northeast corner of the Santa Susana Pass State Historic Park is about 55 acres immediately south and west of Chatsworth Park South and includes the Old Stagecoach Trail. The trailhead is in Chatsworth Park South and leads west, up the hill, past the paved road to the water pumping station. It continues up the Devil’ s Slide, the very steep and dangerous trail cut into the side of the mountain. Along the way, there are drainage chutes, and grooves in the rock left by the stagecoach wagon wheels. Near the top of the historic slide is a historic marker placed by the Native Daughters of the American West, which commemorates " Old Santa Susana Stagecoach Road, 1859-90."
Pioneer Church was the first church built in Chatsworth. It was a community church originally located at 10051 Topanga Canyon Boulevard. The Church was moved by The Chatsworth Historical Society to Oakwood Memorial Park, 22601 Lassen Street in 1965 to preserve the building. Built with volunteer labor the church served as a community center and as the venue for high school classes for several years. The church is now the home of St. Mary the Virgin Anglican Rite Catholic Church with services held every Sunday morning at 10 a. m.
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