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Downey was founded by and named for the former and youngest ever governor of California, John Gately Downey, who was born in Ireland. Although he was an Irish Democrat, he supported the Republican Lincoln in his efforts to keep the Union intact during the American Civil War .
The seventh McDonald's, at 1057 East Mission Boulevard in Pomona, California, opened in 1954 and closed as a McDonald's in 1968. It later became a taco stand, and as of 2020, was a doughnut shop. [7] It is currently the second-oldest existing McDonald's building after the Downey location.
The Casa de Parley Johnson is a historic house in Downey, California, U.S. It was built for Alexander Parley Johnson, an heir to citrus fields, real estate and oil investments, in 1927. It was designed in the Spanish Revival architectural style by Roland Coate. [2] It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since March 20, 1986.
Rancho Santa Gertrudes was a 21,298-acre (86.19 km 2) 1834 Mexican land grant, in present-day Los Angeles County, California, resulting from a partition of Rancho Los Nietos. A former site of Nacaugna, the rancho lands included the present-day cities of Downey, Santa Fe Springs and the northern part of Norwalk. [1] [2]
Designated a Challenger Learning Center, [7] the museum has a variety of camps, workshops, and other monthly events to generate interest in STEM, and hands-on exhibits.Now 20,000 square feet, the two-story building has a robotics lab, HD computer lab, and a wide range of interactive exhibits on Space Shuttle operations, living and working on the International Space Station, exploration of the ...
The Downey Studios was a production studio in Downey, California. [1] The studio featured 320,000 square metres (79 acres) of indoor and outdoor production space including a 4,600-square-metre (50,000 sq ft) building and a 23,000 square metres (250,000 sq ft) building which was home of the largest indoor water tank in North America.
John Gately Downey (June 24, 1827 – March 1, 1894) was an Irish-American politician and the seventh governor of California from January 14, 1860, to January 10, 1862. He was the first governor of California born outside the United States and the first to live in Southern California .
Johnie's Broiler, originally known as Harvey's Broiler and currently operating as Bob's Big Boy Broiler, is a restaurant located in Downey, California.It first opened in 1958 by Harvey Ortner, a former partner in the Clock Broiler restaurants chain in the Los Angeles area.