The Singer Building in Pasadena, California is a

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building located at 520 E. Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena,

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. Built in 1926, the building was designed by

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and is his only surviving non-residential design. The Spanish Colonial Revival design of the building was popular in Pasadena in the 1920s. Prominent features of the building's design include a red tile roof, a stone

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with a tiled pattern, and

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s with decorative moldings. The building originally housed a

Singer Sewing Machine Company Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

showroom and has since been used for other commercial purposes. The building was listed on the

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on May 16, 1985.

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