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Old Posted Oct 31, 2014, 5:34 AM
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The March 6, 1925 edition of the Covina Argus gives details of the move to Covina.
NB. I rearranged the headline to save width.


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The California Preparatory School also appears in the 1927 and 1932 CDs, although neither gives the new address. The 1927 CD just says "¾ mile Southeast of Grand Avenue Station on Pacific Electric Railway".



Very interesting. I grew up a mile from the old Cal Prep campus, and was not aware until you posted this article from the Argus that the school existed elsewhere under a different name before coming to Covina.

Here is the newly-built California Preparatory School for Boys campus in 1926, which was located just south of the Pomona Road, today's Covina Hills Road. In 1932, US99 (later I-10) was routed through the San Jose Hills adjacent to the southern boundary of the campus.



Dick Whittington Studio, Huntington Digital Library


In 1942, the property was sold to the Theosophical Society Point Loma, then in 1951, it became the California Baptist Theological Seminary.

More detailed information on the history of the property can be found here.
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