Lassen Street Olive Trees (Chatsworth, California) facts for kids
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| Location | Lassen Street, between Topanga Canyon Boulevard & Farralone Avenue, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California. |
| Built | 1903 |
| Governing body | City of Los Angeles |
| Designated | May 10, 1967 |
| Reference no. | 49 |
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The Lassen Street Olive Trees are a special group of trees in Chatsworth, a community in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles. These trees are so important that they are called a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument. This means they are protected because of their history and cultural value.
History of the Olive Trees
The story of these trees began a long time ago, in 1890. A man named N. A. Grey owned land in the area. He decided to plant a long row of olive trees (which are known scientifically as Olea europaea). He planted them along what was then just a dirt road. This kind of tree-lined road is sometimes called an alleé.
People believe that the first olive trees planted here came from cuttings. These cuttings were taken from much older olive trees. Those older trees were planted around 1800 at the Mission San Fernando Rey de España. This mission is also located across the San Fernando Valley.
When these trees were officially recognized as a Historic-Cultural Monument in 1967, there were 76 olive trees. They stretched along several blocks of western Lassen Street. Today, fewer trees remain. According to a local group called the Chatsworth Daughters of the American Revolution, about 49 trees were still standing in the 2010s. These trees are a living reminder of the area's past.
