Venue
The Athenaeum
551 S. Hill Ave.
Pasadena, CA 91106
Campus History & Architectural Tour
Thursday, March 27, 2025 at 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Caltech
For more information call: 626-395-4652
Or click here: https://events.caltech.edu/calendar/campus-history-architectural-tour-22
Join a tour led by volunteer docents from CHATS (Campus History & Architectural Tour Service). Discover how the original academic buildings and high-tech laboratories of Caltech, one of the world's foremost institutions of science and engineering, created an architectural footprint that relates to the surrounding community. After a brief visit to the Athenaeum, Gordon Kaufmann's Mediterranean eclectic faculty club completed in 1931, the historic tour will explore Caltech's original campus. Participants will see how Bertram Goodhue using "shaded portals, sheltering walls," and water features to set the tone for a campus of great beauty so that scientists and engineers would become more aware of the aesthetic values of life. Advance RSVP required. For more information, please contact Donna Burdick by email at chats.caltech@gmail.com or visit CHATS Tour Reservations.
