PIONEER OF PASADENA IS CALLED
Milton D. Painter Known as Host of Famous La Pintoresca Hotel
Milton D. Painter, one of Pasadena's pioneer residents and well known throughout the Southland, died yesterday at the home of his sister, Mrs. Ellen Michener, 643 South Serrano avenue.
Mr. Painter for many years was the proprietor of La Pintoresca Hotel in Pasadena, a famous hostelry which burned about twelve years ago. After the hotel was destroyed, Mr. Painter gave the land as a gift to the city, and it is known now as La Pintoresca Park.
With his brother, the late Alonzo Painter, he built the first car line in Pasadena, which ran from the Santa Fe station to Devil's Gate.
Mr. Painter was 72 years of age at the time of his death, and came to Pasadena from Le Grande, Iowa, in 1882. He leaves a daughter, Mrs. Marion Gayload of Berkeley, two sons, Charles W. and Robert A., and two sisters, Mrs. Ellen Michener and Mrs. C. W. Tibbetts of Whittier.
Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 2 p.m., from the C. S. Land & Son chapel, Pasadena, with interment in Mountain View Cemetery.
The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California)
21 Jan. 1923, Sunday • Page 3
Milton D. Painter Known as Host of Famous La Pintoresca Hotel
Milton D. Painter, one of Pasadena's pioneer residents and well known throughout the Southland, died yesterday at the home of his sister, Mrs. Ellen Michener, 643 South Serrano avenue.
Mr. Painter for many years was the proprietor of La Pintoresca Hotel in Pasadena, a famous hostelry which burned about twelve years ago. After the hotel was destroyed, Mr. Painter gave the land as a gift to the city, and it is known now as La Pintoresca Park.
With his brother, the late Alonzo Painter, he built the first car line in Pasadena, which ran from the Santa Fe station to Devil's Gate.
Mr. Painter was 72 years of age at the time of his death, and came to Pasadena from Le Grande, Iowa, in 1882. He leaves a daughter, Mrs. Marion Gayload of Berkeley, two sons, Charles W. and Robert A., and two sisters, Mrs. Ellen Michener and Mrs. C. W. Tibbetts of Whittier.
Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 2 p.m., from the C. S. Land & Son chapel, Pasadena, with interment in Mountain View Cemetery.
The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California)
21 Jan. 1923, Sunday • Page 3
PIONEER OF PASADENA IS CALLED
Milton D. Painter Known as Host of Famous La Pintoresca Hotel
Milton D. Painter, one of Pasadena's pioneer residents and well known throughout the Southland, died yesterday at the home of his sister, Mrs. Ellen Michener, 643 South Serrano avenue.
Mr. Painter for many years was the proprietor of La Pintoresca Hotel in Pasadena, a famous hostelry which burned about twelve years ago. After the hotel was destroyed, Mr. Painter gave the land as a gift to the city, and it is known now as La Pintoresca Park.
With his brother, the late Alonzo Painter, he built the first car line in Pasadena, which ran from the Santa Fe station to Devil's Gate.
Mr. Painter was 72 years of age at the time of his death, and came to Pasadena from Le Grande, Iowa, in 1882. He leaves a daughter, Mrs. Marion Gayload of Berkeley, two sons, Charles W. and Robert A., and two sisters, Mrs. Ellen Michener and Mrs. C. W. Tibbetts of Whittier.
Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 2 p.m., from the C. S. Land & Son chapel, Pasadena, with interment in Mountain View Cemetery.
The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California)
21 Jan. 1923, Sunday • Page 3
Milton D. Painter Known as Host of Famous La Pintoresca Hotel
Milton D. Painter, one of Pasadena's pioneer residents and well known throughout the Southland, died yesterday at the home of his sister, Mrs. Ellen Michener, 643 South Serrano avenue.
Mr. Painter for many years was the proprietor of La Pintoresca Hotel in Pasadena, a famous hostelry which burned about twelve years ago. After the hotel was destroyed, Mr. Painter gave the land as a gift to the city, and it is known now as La Pintoresca Park.
With his brother, the late Alonzo Painter, he built the first car line in Pasadena, which ran from the Santa Fe station to Devil's Gate.
Mr. Painter was 72 years of age at the time of his death, and came to Pasadena from Le Grande, Iowa, in 1882. He leaves a daughter, Mrs. Marion Gayload of Berkeley, two sons, Charles W. and Robert A., and two sisters, Mrs. Ellen Michener and Mrs. C. W. Tibbetts of Whittier.
Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 2 p.m., from the C. S. Land & Son chapel, Pasadena, with interment in Mountain View Cemetery.
The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California)
21 Jan. 1923, Sunday • Page 3
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