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Whittier (/ ˈ hw ɪ t i ər /) is a city in Southern California in Los Angeles County, part of the Gateway Cities.The 14.7-square-mile (38.0 km 2) city had 87,306 residents as of the 2020 United States census, an increase of 1,975 from the 2010 census figure.
Pío Pico State Historic Park is the site of El Ranchito, also known as the Pío Pico Adobe or Pío Pico Mansion, the final home of Pío Pico, the last governor of Alta California under Mexican rule and a pivotal figure in early California history. Located in Whittier, California, at 6003 Pioneer Blvd. near Whittier Blvd. and Interstate 605, it ...
Poet Gardens is a food hall located on the ground floor of the historic Nixon Plaza in Uptown Whittier. [3] Poet Gardens opened in the fall of 2019, becoming the first food hall to open in the city. [4] [5] The market has a square footage of over 15,000 square feet (1,400 m 2), and is anchored by the Whittier Brewing Company and houses 7 food ...
A view of the cemetery from the east, with the SkyRose Chapel in view. Mausoleums. Whittier Heights Mausoleum, built in 1917 as "Mausoleum #1" or "The Little Mausoleum", was the second public mausoleum in California (the first being at Anaheim Cemetery in Anaheim) and portrays a sense of early California architecture with its Spanish Renaissance influence.
Jonathan Bailey was born in Prince George County, Virginia, in 1819.When just a boy, the Bailey family relocated to Ohio along with many other Quaker families. As an adult, Jonathan Bailey married Rebecca Frazier, [3] owned a successful mill, was a farmer, became a church and community leader, and at the age of 68, he and his wife moved to Whittier, California.
Southern Pacific Railroad Depot in Whittier, California is a train depot built in 1892 that is being preserved by the City of Whittier to house a railroad museum and community center. The depot is a rectangular two-story, wood-frame building.
The Fred C. Nelles Youth Correctional Facility was in essence [clarification needed] a prison for youth located on Whittier Boulevard, in Whittier, California.Operated by the California Youth Authority, now part of California Department of Corrections, it once quartered young people incarcerated for law-breaking until it was closed by the state of California in June 2004. [2]
Whittier is a city in Los Angeles County, California about 12 miles southeast of Los Angeles. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 83,680. It is the home of Whittier College and Southern California University of Health Sciences.