About Us
The Castle Green was built in 1898 as the annex for the original and very famous Hotel Green which stood across the street on Raymond Ave. The two buildings were once connected by an enclosed bridge, a portion of which stills stands today. Architect Frederick I. Roehrig, for what was later to be called the Central Annex, drew on Moorish, Spanish, Victorian, and other stylistic elements to produce one of Pasadena’s most stunning structures. He blended domes, arches, pillars, balconies, and verandahs in a steel framed building with brick walls and concrete floors, making it Pasadena’s first fireproof building. The six story Castle Green gained fame of its own with a “roof garden” complete with glass atrium, which has since been enclosed to create a penthouse suite. These gardens looked south over 3 acres of grounds that were deeded to the City of Pasadena and named Central Park. Once this portion of the vision of Col. George G. Green of the Patent Medicine Business was complete, The Castle Green opened in 1899 as the second of three buildings in the Hotel Green complex. It was a lavish resort for midwestern folks and others escaping the rigors of winter. When the Annex opened for business, its two cylindrical towers on the south and much of the roof line were illuminated with exterior lights. The Hotel Green became the social center of Pasadena, playing host to vacationing tycoons and even presidents. It was also home to both the Tournament of Roses and the Valley Hunt Club. At the end of the resort era, the west annex was purchased by a group of regular hotel guests who wished to continue to come to the Hotel Green. In 1924 the group of investors divided the hotel complex into three parts. The Central Annex was divided into fifty individually owned units and so it remains today, renamed the Castle Green.