One of Pasadena's most unique buildings, the Castle Green was built in 1898 as the annex for the famous Hotel Green. The Castle Green is an imposing seven story Moorish Colonial and Spanish style building sitting next to Central Park in Old Pasadena at Raymond and Green Street.

Green Hotel (left) and Castle Green (right)

Pasadena was one of the most famous resort communities in Southern California during these times and a place for those suffering from Tuberculosis. Doctors advised their patients to dry and warmer climates and Pasadena became a boom town for Snowbirds, those people who desired a warmer climate during the harsh winters back east.

Here's the Castle Green in Pasadena in 1967. Once part of a vast, Moorish/Spanish Colonial-style building that spanned two blocks, Hotel Green complex was home to both the Tournament of Roses and the Valley Hunt Club.