Los Angeles, Orange County (CA) Land & Surveyor Broadsheet Charter / Archive Ref: CA Historical Corp Index (Est. 1902) Primary Recorder Entry: OR Book 4342, Page 134 & OR Book 4872, Page 150 (1925)
Huntington Land and Improvement Company Est. 1902 · CA Ref CA Historical Corp Index (Est. 1902) · Los Angeles, Orange County Land Archive

Los Angeles County Land & Subsurface Ledger · Est. 1902 · Los Angeles, Orange County (CA)

How Huntington Land and Improvement Company Surveyed and Platted the Lands of Los Angeles, Orange County.

Organized by Henry E. Huntington (1902), Huntington Land and Improvement Company assembled and subdivided tracts across Los Angeles, Orange County (CA), recorded in the county clerk's books at OR Book 4342, Page 134 & OR Book 4872, Page 150 (1925). This broadsheet preserves the historical surveys, recorded plats, and deed index of the company.

Original Era
1902
County Seat & Archive
Los Angeles, Orange County (CA)
Primary Recorder Entry
OR Book 4342, Page 134 & OR Book 4872, Page 150 (1925)
Historical Newspaper Archive Inspect Historical Newspaper Clippings → View archival Texas newspaper press pages documenting Huntington Land and Improvement Company. County Recorder Index Search the Deed & Tract Table → Filter recorded instruments, survey calls, and reservation clauses.
Los Angeles, Orange County Historical Press Archive

Historical Newspaper & Archival Press Facsimiles for Huntington Land and Improvement Company

Inspect primary historical newspaper pages and press dispatches retrieved from The Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) documenting Huntington Land and Improvement Company in Los Angeles, Orange County (CA).

Texas Historical Newspaper Archive · ARK metapth1546146

The Fort Worth Press (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 261, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 2, 1928

Archival Texas newspaper edition (The Fort Worth Press (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 261, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 2, 1928) preserved in the Texas Digital Newspaper Archive (ARK Identifier: ark:/67531/metapth1546146), documenting regional land, townsite, and county history for the Los Angeles County corridor.

Chronicle of Los Angeles, Orange County

Land, Water, Surveys & the Story of Huntington Land and Improvement Company

In the public land records of Los Angeles County (CA), Huntington Land and Improvement Company stands as a key historical grantor across the Whittier Hills, Puente Hills, and Los Angeles Basin. Organized in 1902 by Henry E. Huntington, the entity's recorded deeds at OR Book 4342, Page 134 & OR Book 4872, Page 150 (1925) established tract boundaries and express reservations across San Marino, South Pasadena, Oak Knoll, and Alhambra Estate Subdivisions.

  1. 1902 CA Charter · CA Historical Corp Index (Est. 1902)

    I. Parent Acquisition & Survey Assembly: Parent Survey & Tract Vesting Into Huntington Land and Improvement Company

    Organized by Henry E. Huntington (1902), Huntington Land and Improvement Company acquired parent survey acreage across Los Angeles, Orange County (CA), anchored at OR Book 4342, Page 134 & OR Book 4872, Page 150 (1925).

    Primary survey and subdivision calls indexed to Huntington Land and Improvement Company encompass San Marino, South Pasadena, Oak Knoll, and Alhambra Estate Subdivisions as well as Pacific Electric Interurban Parkway & Marginal Road Strips.

  2. Recorded at OR Book 4872, Page 150 (1925) Los Angeles, Orange County Official Records · OR Book 4342, Page 134 & OR Book 4872, Page 150 (1925)

    II. Out-Conveyance Program & Severed Estate Reservations (Huntington Land and Improvement Company)

    Across its Los Angeles, Orange County out-conveyances (OR Book 4872, Page 150 (1925)), Huntington Land and Improvement Company embedded express deed clauses: Electric railway spur, parkway strip, and slope maintenance easements in gross. Verified in LA County Surveyor Abstract 7288433.pdf.

    Additional recorded stipulations in the Los Angeles, Orange County chain of title include: Water main, stone wall, bridle path, and architectural restriction reservations.

  3. Current Los Angeles, Orange County Abstract Los Angeles, Orange County Clerk & Appraisal Cross-Reference

    III. Chain-of-Title Verification Across San Marino, South Pasadena, Oak Knoll, and Alhambra Es

    Title examiners, surveyors, and landowners reviewing San Marino, South Pasadena, Oak Knoll, and Alhambra Estate Subdivisions in Los Angeles, Orange County trace surface and subsurface chains directly through the 1902 instruments of Huntington Land and Improvement Company at OR Book 4342, Page 134 & OR Book 4872, Page 150 (1925).

    Use the searchable instrument ledger below or submit a Volume/Page citation to the Huntington Land and Improvement Company records desk for chain-of-title verification.

County Recorder Cross-Reference

Historical Subdivision, Survey & Deed Index

Search and filter the verified Los Angeles, Orange County recorder entries, survey abstracts, and tract citations below for Huntington Land and Improvement Company.

Historical cross-reference of Huntington Land and Improvement Company deeds, survey abstracts, and recorder citations in Los Angeles, Orange County
Subdivision / Instrument Unit Recorder Citation Parties & Tract Call Historical Survey & Reservation Notes Series
Parent Survey & Tract Vesting Into Huntington Land and Improvement Company Los Angeles, Orange County Deed Records (Prior to OR Book 4342, Page 134 & OR Book 4872, Page 150 (1925)) Prior Survey Owners -> Huntington Land and Improvement Company (San Marino, South Pasadena, Oak Knoll, and Alhambra Estate Subdivisions) Parent conveyances vesting fee simple surface and mineral title into Huntington Land and Improvement Company prior to subdivision and out-conveyance. Vesting Into Company
South Pasadena Corporation Grant Deed OR Book 4342, Page 134 (1925) Huntington Land & Improvement Company -> South Pasadena City School District Verified in LA County Surveyor Abstract 7288431.pdf. Official Records
San Gabriel Valley Road Deed OR Book 4872, Page 150 (1925) Huntington Land & Improvement Company -> County of Los Angeles Verified in LA County Surveyor Abstract 7288433.pdf. Official Records
Field Notes & Historical Curiosities

Why the Los Angeles, Orange County Land Records Look the Way They Do Today

Every old subdivision map and deed book in Los Angeles, Orange County is a record of early surveying, local development, and state property law.

Survey & Deed Provenance · Los Angeles County (1902)

Boundary Calls and Recorder Citations: Huntington Land and Improvement Company at OR Book 4872, Page 150 (1925)

Organized during 1902, Huntington Land and Improvement Company operated across the Whittier Hills, Puente Hills, and Los Angeles Basin, recording its primary instruments at OR Book 4342, Page 134 & OR Book 4872, Page 150 (1925). Examiners researching San Marino, South Pasadena, Oak Knoll, and Alhambra Estate Subdivisions in the Los Angeles County Courthouse trace both surface lot lines and corridor alignments back to the calls established by Henry E. Huntington and Huntington Land and Improvement Company.

“Tracing metes, bounds, and survey calls for Huntington Land and Improvement Company across San Marino, South Pasadena, Oak Knoll, and Alhambra Estate Subdivisions in Los Angeles County.”

Primary Surveys & Tracts Indexed:

  • San Marino, South Pasadena, Oak Knoll, and Alhambra Estate Subdivisions
  • Pacific Electric Interurban Parkway & Marginal Road Strips
Title & Reservation Analysis · Los Angeles County (CA)

Severed Estates and Retained Clauses in Huntington Land and Improvement Company's Los Angeles County Deeds

In Los Angeles County, the out-conveyances of Huntington Land and Improvement Company (OR Book 4342, Page 134 & OR Book 4872, Page 150 (1925)) expressly documented: Electric railway spur, parkway strip, and slope maintenance easements in gross. Additionally, the record index notes: Water main, stone wall, bridle path, and architectural restriction reservations. Under CA real property statutes, an express reservation in a recorded warranty deed severs that interest from the surface fee, keeping it vested in the corporate grantor or its statutory trustees unless a subsequent specific conveyance is recorded.

“Documented reservation in Los Angeles County (OR Book 4342, Page 134 & OR Book 4872, Page 150 (1925)): Electric railway spur, parkway strip, and slope maintenance easements in gross”

Recorded Reservation & Deed Clauses Documented:

  • Electric railway spur, parkway strip, and slope maintenance easements in gross
  • Water main, stone wall, bridle path, and architectural restriction reservations
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Corporate Archive & Land Records Inquiry

Submit the Instrument Book and Page, Survey, or Parcel Number for Chain-of-Title and Corporate Records Verification.

This broadsheet is maintained as an Independent Historical Surveyor Atlas, Plat Archive & Chain-of-Title Research Index preserving the surveying, agricultural, mineral, and corporate history of Huntington Land and Improvement Company (CA Ref: CA Historical Corp Index (Est. 1902)) in Los Angeles, Orange County.

Whether you are a local historian, a landowner researching the history of your tract or subdivision, a surveyor examining historical map books, or a landman, division order analyst, or title examiner with a question regarding historical corporate records, leases, or deeds, use the form here to reach the archive desk.

Archival Reference Citation:
Entity: Huntington Land and Improvement Company (Est. 1902 · CA Ref CA Historical Corp Index (Est. 1902))
Primary County Record: OR Book 4342, Page 134 & OR Book 4872, Page 150 (1925) (Los Angeles, Orange County, CA)

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