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Homestead Acre and Hill Palmer House is what remains of the 230- acre homestead owned by the Hill family . In 1956 , Minnie Hill Palmer sold the land to the City of Los Angeles , but arranged to live in the bungalow located at 10385 Shadow Oak Dr . rent- and tax-free until her death . The family built the bungalow known as the Hill Palmer House in about 1911 . Today , the house remains a monument to pioneers who homesteaded the Valley and is the last remaining homestead .
Through the efforts of the Chatsworth Historical Society and the community , the stand was designated a Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument .
The Lassen Street Olive Trees , also known as 76 Mature Olive Trees , is located on Lassen Street between Topanga Canyon Boulevard and Farralone Street . In 1967 , it was designated a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument . Today , only 49 trees remain . The trees were originally planted in 1890 by N . A . Grey , an early settler to the area from cuttings believed to be taken from olive trees at Mission San Fernando .
The Munch Box is located at 21532 Devonshire Street . The yellow and red hotdog and hamburger stand has been owned and operated by the Barker family since it opened in 1956 . It purportedly once had a hitching post so local equestrians could stop and tie up their horses while they ate . The famous singer and cowboy actor Roy Rogers and his wife actress Dale Evans were among its celebrity patrons . In 2002 , the stand was threatened by a new shopping center and storage facility being built on the property .
Old Stage Coach Trail Property ran through the Santa Susana Pass between the San Fernando Valley and Simi in the latter part of the 1800s . The northeast corner of the Santa Susana Pass State Historic Park is about 55 acres immediately south and west of Chatsworth Park South and includes the Old Stagecoach Trail . The trailhead is in Chatsworth Park South and leads west , up the hill , past the paved road to the water pumping station . It continues up the Devil ’ s Slide , the very steep and dangerous trail cut into the side of the mountain . Along the way , there are drainage chutes , and grooves in the rock left by the stagecoach wagon wheels . Near the top of the historic slide is a historic marker placed by the Native Daughters of the American West , which commemorates " Old Santa Susana Stagecoach Road , 1859-90 ."
Pioneer Church was the first church built in Chatsworth . It was a community church originally located at 10051 Topanga Canyon Boulevard . The Church was moved by The Chatsworth Historical Society to Oakwood Memorial Park , 22601 Lassen Street in 1965 to preserve the building . Built with volunteer labor the church served as a community center and as the venue for high school classes for several years . The church is now the home of St . Mary the Virgin Anglican Rite Catholic Church with services held every Sunday morning at 10 a . m .
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