Torrance Historical Society - Free Walking Tour

You’re invited to join the Torrance Historical Society for their Walking Tour of Historic Old Torrance.

The free docent-led tour begins at the Torrance Historical Museum (1345 Post Avenue) at 10:30 AM and will point out many historic sites and landmarks and share secret tidbits of info about Old Torrance (founded in 1912) that you would most likely not know unless you were on this tour!

You will also learn . . . 

• About the explosion that helped put Torrance on the map 
• Why Irving Gill, architect of the Pacific Electric Railway El Prado Bridge and the Depot, was fired
• Where the original Police and Fire Station was located (they used to share a building, and a car!)
• Why Torrance does not have a cemetery
• What TV character "lived" on Cota

And . . . the Tour will include information about the world-renowned landscape architectural firm of Olmsted & Sons, John C. and Frederick Law, Jr., of Brookline, MA, who designed the City of Torrance. Plus, you’ll learn how the city and some of the streets in Downtown got their name; where the first public library originated; the original boundaries of the city, where Oz from Buffy the Vampire Slayer turned into a werewolf, and more!

The tour is an easy but brisk eight-block walk and lasts approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes. Comfortable walking shoes are recommended. The tour is free, open to the public, and does not require reservations. Tours are held on the fourth Sunday of each month from May through October. For additional information, please contact the Museum at (310) 328-5392.

 

 

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Torrance Historical Society & Museum, 1345 Post Avenue, Torrance, CA, 90501, View Map