"Patton and Henry E. Huntington secretly plotted San Marino's incorporation in a basement room of the house when neighboring cities threatened to annex their prosperous farms in 1913. Later that year, San Marino's first City Council meeting was held in the house, and Patton became the city's first mayor."
"Patton's son and namesake, who would become the flamboyant U.S. Army general, graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1909, when the house was being built. Throughout his life, Patton Jr. kept special quarters for his family on the second floor and sometimes brought his friends, Gen. John J. Pershing and Gen. James Doolittle, to visit."
"Anne Patton, the general's unmarried sister, was the last member of the Patton family to live in the house. The home, originally surrounded by 13 acres, remained virtually unchanged as long as she lived there. She moved in with her parents at age 23 in 1910 and died there in 1971."
The mansion built by George Smith Patton Sr. in San Marino is one of the city's earliest and largest homes, situated on a knoll overlooking the Huntington Library. Patton and Henry E. Huntington secretly planned San Marino's incorporation in the house's basement in 1913 to prevent annexation by neighboring cities. The first City Council meeting was held there, and Patton became the city's first mayor. General George S. Patton Jr., who graduated from West Point in 1909, maintained family quarters in the house throughout his life and hosted military leaders there. Anne Patton, the general's unmarried sister, lived in the house from 1910 until her death in 1971, keeping it virtually unchanged. After her death, a developer sold most of the original 13 acres for new homes. The Snodgrass family purchased the house in 1973 and has been its only non-Patton residents.
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