Look for the Anderson House on your left, just past the intersection with Ivy Avenue. Owned and maintained by the Monrovia Historical Society, the Anderson House is open to the public on the 3rd Sunday of each month, from 1 to 4 p.m., and other times by special arrangement. This Queen Anne style house, with Stick-Eastlake detailing, features an asymmetrical floor plan, decorative scroll work, and a hipped roof. The interior has 12-foot ceilings in each of the original rooms. The parlor is furnished with an Eastlake parlor suite.
Visitors often remark upon the massive pocket doors that connect the dining room and parlor.
The house was built in 1886 by John C. Anderson, a native of Ohio, who moved to Monrovia from Los Angeles to construct the first building in the new town of Monrovia. Around the turn of the century, the house was enlarged with a bathroom, porch and a rear bedroom. The municipal swimming pool closed in the 1970s, but this magnificent structure was taken over by the Monrovia Historical Museum as an outgrowth of the city's Centennial Celebration and given a rebirth. The east wing deals with the history of Monrovia, its founders, and displays of local interest. In the west wing are rotating displays from the collection of the well-traveled local dentist, Dr. Salisbury, who accumulated his collection at the turn of the century.