Boulder Grange/ Bandholt Home/ La Fetra Senior Center

This family home was constructed in 1902 by Charles Mace for J.F. Bandholt at the cost of $6,500, it was described as “the handsomest in the valley” in an Azusa Pomotropic newspaper article from 1904. Early on, the home was dubbed “Boulder Grange” because of the rock foundations and fireplace constructed from San Gabriel River rock. The rock was hauled over from Azusa by mule. The style of the home is characterized by both the craftsman and shingle styles. The home has a wide cement terrace that extends along the front of the home and two large stone pillars on the front porch. There was a reception hall with a large stone fireplace, a raised living room and to the right of the reception hall was a library complete with built-in bookcases. The dining room adjoined the library and had a large sideboard built into the wall. The second story of the home contained three and a half bedrooms and had diamond paneled windows. 

The Bandholts were a wealthy Glendora family that used the home primarily for entertaining and were known to be quite active in their 10 years in Glendora. The property was surrounded by 20 acres of orange groves planted in Valencia and Navels, considered to be one of the best orange groves in Glendora. The Bandholts sold the home and the surrounding 20 acres of orange groves in 1912 when they moved to Monrovia, it was then purchased by the Clyde Leverton Nickle family and was used primarily for entertaining purposes. In 1940 the house was converted to apartments and then into a bed and breakfast known as the Fager House, after the proprietor, Monica Fager. The future of the building was in doubt at the time the Ludwick and La Fetra families rescued it for some $600,000 and donated it to the City of Glendora as a Senior Center in memory of Clem and Betty La Fetra in 1989. Restoration was paid for by a number of grants and donations from civic organizations, churches, and private individuals. In 1997 a large addition was built on the north side to provide a number of meeting rooms for use in senior programs as well as for other community groups.

"Boulder Grange History", Glendora Historical Society.

Nickle, Neil. "Neil Nickle and the La Fetra Center." Glendoran Magazine, Jul/Aug, 1995.