Historic Landma r ks in Glendale P Miradero Gateway Brand Library/El Miradero Brand Park Brand Park 1601 W. Mountain St., Glendale, CA 91201 1601 W. Mountain St., Glendale, CA 91201 Park Hours of Operation Park Hours of Operation Daily: 6:00 AM - 10:00 PM Daily: 6:00 AM - 10:00 PM Brand Library Hours of Operation The Miradero Gateway is the large white archway that Tuesday - Thursday, 11:00 AM - 8:00 PM marks the entrance to Brand Park on West Mountain Friday - Saturday, 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Street. At the top of the arch, the word “Miradero” is written Sunday - Monday, CLOSED across which means “the lookout” in Spanish. Stenciled into Check website for holiday hours the metal gates on the main arch is a stylized “B” that indicated the ownership of the Brand family. More Information [email protected]; (818) 548-2051 ar BrandLibrary.org ks The Brand Library is housed in the mansion Leslie Brand built in 1904 named El Miradero. A gallery and recital hall was added in 1969. Located in Brand Park, high in the foothills overlooking Glendale and the San Fernando Valley, the Library serves an ever-widening public interested in the arts. The design of El Miradero is similar to the East Indian Pavilion built for the 1893 Columbian World Exposition held in Chicago and visited by Brand. The architecture is considered Saracenic, with crenellated arches, bulbous domes and minars combining characteristics of Spanish, Moorish, and Indian styles. Brand died in the house in 1925. He bequeathed El Miradero to the City and Mrs. Brand lived in the house until Brand Cemetery her death in 1945. The will provided that the property be used exclusively for a public park and library. By 1956, the Brand Park mansion had been converted 1601 W. Mountain St., Glendale, CA 91201 into Brand Library. Park Hours of Operation Daily: 6:00 AM - 10:00 PM Years later, in response to the need for more arts space, The Brand Family Cemetery is a small private, gated, the City Council allocated funds to construct an addition to cemetery off a closed access/fire road above the Brand Brand Library that would include facilities for art exhibitions, lectures and concerts, as well as art and craft studios. The Library & Art Center at the north end of Brand Park. It is the new addition was dedicated in October 1969. final resting place of the family of Leslie Coombs Brand as well as the family dogs. In the middle of the cemetery, there is a gravestone in the form of a pyramid with the name BRAND stenciled into the grey rock. GlendaleCA.gov/CSP | Page 53