National Register of Historic Places listings in Pasadena, California facts for kids

Location of Pasadena in Los Angeles County, California

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Pasadena, California.

This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in the city of Pasadena, California, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a Google map.

There are more than 500 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county, including 21 National Historic Landmarks. Pasadena is the location of 125 of these properties and districts, including 5 National Historic Landmarks; they are listed here. The other properties and districts elsewhere in the county, including 5 National Historic Landmarks, are listed separately. A single district, the Arroyo Seco Parkway Historic District, is split between Pasadena and other parts of the county.

Pasadena's prominence in the cultural, scientific, architectural and sporting history of Southern California is evidenced by the heavy concentration of historic sites in a city with a population of 134,000. Although Pasadena's population is 3.5% that of its large neighbor to the south, Pasadena's total of 125 places compares favorably with more than 200 in Los Angeles.

Greene and Greene's Gamble House

The first sites in Pasadena to be listed on the Register were Greene and Greene's American Craftsman masterpiece, the Gamble House (built from 1908 to 1909), the Pasadena Playhouse (built in 1924) and Frank Lloyd Wright's textile block structure, the Millard House (built in 1923). Perhaps most famous for hosting the annual football game at the Rose Bowl, Pasadena was also a center of architectural innovation in the early 20th Century as Greene and Greene built their innovative Craftsman-style bungalow houses and larger-scale ultimate bungalows throughout Pasadena, including the Gamble House, Robert R. Blacker House, Dr. W. T. Bolton House and Cordelia A. Culbertson House. Other architects of note who have designed buildings in Pasadena include Myron Hunt (Rose Bowl and California Institute of Technology) and Welton Beckett (Bullock's Pasadena).

Pasadena is the home of many leading scientific and cultural institutions, including the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the Pasadena Playhouse and the Norton Simon Museum of Art. Several sites relate to Pasadena's long connection with astronomy and space exploration, including the Space Flight Operations Facility, the Twenty-Five-Foot Space Simulator, and Hale Solar Laboratory. Also, the Edwin Hubble House, home to famed astronomer Edwin Hubble, is located in the adjacent community of San Marino.

Two of Pasadena's historic bridges, the Colorado Street Bridge, built in 1913 and known for its distinctive Beaux Arts arches, light standards, and railings, and the La Loma Bridge, built in 1914, are among the sites listed on the Register.

Thirty-one of Pasadena's listings are historic districts, which include multiple contributing properties. Among these historic districts is Old Town Pasadena, a thriving historic district of shops, bars and restaurants in well-preserved turn-of-the-century buildings with its center at Fair Oaks Avenue and Colorado Boulevard. Other historic districts include the Pasadena Playhouse Historic District, the Pasadena Civic Center District, the Bungalow Heaven Landmark District, the Civic Center Financial District, the Lower Arroyo Seco Historic District, the Orange Heights-Barnhart Tracts Historic District, the Park Place-Arroyo Terrace Historic District, the Prospect Historic District and the South Marengo Historic District.

This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted March 31, 2017.

Current listings

	Name on the Register	Image	Date listed	Location	Description
1	Arroyo Seco Parkway Historic District		February 4, 2011 (#10001198)	CA 110 from Four Level Interchange in Los Angeles to East Glenarm St. in Pasadena 34°07′39″N 118°08′50″W	Runs from Downtown Los Angeles to Pasadena
2	Batchelder House		December 14, 1978 (#78000695)	626 S. Arroyo Blvd. 34°08′06″N 118°09′54″W
3	Bekins Storage Co. Roof Sign		October 15, 1997 (#97001212)	511 S. Fair Oaks Ave. 34°08′14″N 118°09′00″W	The sign now promotes Public Storage Co.
4	Louise C. Bentz House		December 2, 1977 (#77000299)	657 Prospect Blvd. 34°09′21″N 118°09′38″W
5	Robert R. Blacker House		February 6, 1986 (#86000147)	1177 Hillcrest Ave. 34°07′37″N 118°07′58″W
6	Edmund Blinn House		April 5, 2001 (#01000329)	160 N. Oakland Ave. 34°08′55″N 118°08′19″W
7	Dr. W. T. Bolton House		July 9, 1980 (#80004491)	370 W. Del Mar Blvd. 34°08′26″N 118°09′27″W
8	Bonnie Court		November 15, 1994 (#94001325)	140 S. Bonnie Ave. 34°08′35″N 118°06′52″W
9	Bowen Court		June 17, 1982 (#82002194)	539 E. Villa St. 34°09′20″N 118°08′18″W
10	Bristol-Cypress Historic District		August 9, 2011 (#11000489)	438-516 Cypress Ave. 34°09′13″N 118°09′15″W
11	Bryan Court		April 16, 1986 (#86000790)	427 S. Marengo Ave. 34°08′18″N 118°08′46″W
12	Bullock's Pasadena		July 12, 1996 (#96000776)	401 S. Lake Ave. 34°08′15″N 118°07′58″W
13	Bungalow Heaven Historic District		April 10, 2008 (#08000260)	Roughly bounded by N. Mentor Ave., E. Orange Grove Blvd., E. Washington Blvd., N. Michigan & N. Chester Aves. 34°09′48″N 118°07′39″W
14	Case Study House No. 10		July 24, 2013 (#13000514)	711 S. San Rafael Ave. 34°07′52″N 118°10′13″W	One of the Case Study Houses. While the NPS listing for the property gives its address as in Los Angeles, its nomination form places the property in Pasadena.
15	Civic Center Financial District		October 29, 1982 (#82000967)	E. Colorado Blvd. and Marengo Ave. 34°08′46″N 118°08′41″W
16	Colonial Court		July 11, 1983 (#83001185)	291-301 N. Garfield Ave. 34°09′04″N 118°08′39″W
17	Colorado Street Bridge		February 12, 1981 (#81000156)	Colorado Blvd. 34°08′41″N 118°09′49″W
18	James Fielding Cosby House		August 9, 2011 (#11000490)	510 Locke Haven St. 34°08′17″N 118°09′41″W
19	Cottage Court		July 11, 1983 (#83001186)	642-654 S. Marengo Ave. 34°08′04″N 118°08′41″W
20	Court		July 11, 1983 (#83001188)	744-756½ S. Marengo Ave. 34°07′58″N 118°08′40″W
21	Court		July 11, 1983 (#83001187)	497-503½ N. Madison Ave. 34°09′17″N 118°08′15″W
22	Court		July 11, 1983 (#83001189)	732-744 Santa Barbara St. 34°09′19″N 118°08′03″W
23	Court at 1274-1282 North Raymond Avenue		November 15, 1994 (#94001315)	1274-1282 N. Raymond Ave. 34°10′04″N 118°08′56″W
24	Court at 275 North Chester Avenue		November 15, 1994 (#94001324)	275 N. Chester Ave. 34°09′03″N 118°07′29″W
25	Court at 533-549 North Lincoln Avenue		November 15, 1994 (#94001320)	533-549 N. Lincoln Ave. 34°09′15″N 118°09′14″W
26	Court at 638-650 North Mar Vista Avenue		November 15, 1994 (#94001319)	638-650 N. Mar Vista Ave. 34°09′26″N 118°07′35″W
27	Court at 940-948 North Raymond Avenue		November 15, 1994 (#94001317)	940-948 N. Raymond Ave. 34°09′43″N 118°08′55″W
28	Cordelia A. Culbertson House		September 12, 1985 (#85002198)	1188 Hillcrest Ave. 34°07′40″N 118°07′56″W
29	Cypress Court		July 11, 1983 (#83001190)	623-641 N. Madison Ave. 34°09′25″N 118°08′16″W
30	Mary E. Denham House		August 9, 2011 (#11000491)	297 S. Orange Grove Blvd. 34°08′26″N 118°09′35″W
31	Don Carlos Court		July 11, 1983 (#83001191)	374-386 S. Marengo Ave. 34°08′23″N 118°08′40″W
32	Euclid Court		July 11, 1983 (#83001193)	545 S. Euclid Ave. 34°08′11″N 118°08′32″W
33	Evanston Inn		September 13, 1984 (#84000787)	385-395 S. Marengo Ave. 34°08′19″N 118°08′43″W
34	Fenyes Estate		September 5, 1985 (#85001983)	470 W. Walnut St. & 160 N. Orange Grove Blvd. 34°08′56″N 118°09′37″W
35	First Trust Building and Garage		June 12, 1987 (#87000941)	587-611 E. Colorado Blvd. and 30-44 N. Madison Ave. 34°08′46″N 118°08′17″W
36	Foothill Boulevard Milestone (Mile 11)		April 19, 1996 (#96000421)	South side of E. Colorado Blvd., west of the junction with Holliston Ave. 34°08′45″N 118°07′23″W
37	Ford Place Historic District		July 22, 2010 (#10000496)	110-175 N. Oakland Ave.; 450-465 Ford Place; 144 N. Los Robles Ave. 34°08′55″N 118°08′26″W
38	Richard and Mary Alice Frank House		April 10, 2009 (#09000175)	919 La Loma Road 34°08′05″N 118°10′10″W
39	Rose Graham and James Allen Freeman House		September 15, 2011 (#11000654)	1330 Hillcrest Ave. 34°07′28″N 118°07′53″W
40	Friendship Baptist Church		November 20, 1978 (#78000696)	80 W. Dayton St. 34°08′36″N 118°09′04″W
41	Gamble House		September 3, 1971 (#71000155)	4 Westmoreland Pl. 34°09′05″N 118°09′36″W
42	Gartz Court		August 25, 1983 (#83001195)	745 N. Pasadena Ave. 34°09′26″N 118°09′36″W
43	Merwyn C. Gill House		December 23, 2009 (#09000176)	1385 El Mirador Dr. 34°09′56″N 118°10′44″W
44	Hale Solar Laboratory		January 23, 1986 (#86000103)	740 Holladay Rd. 34°07′59″N 118°07′14″W
45	Harnetiaux Court		November 15, 1994 (#94001321)	48 N. Catalina Ave. 34°08′49″N 118°07′45″W
46	John S. Hartwell House		August 9, 2011 (#11000492)	423 Lincoln Ave. 34°09′09″N 118°09′10″W
47	Haskett Court		February 25, 1982 (#82002195)	824-834 E. California Blvd. 34°08′09″N 118°07′56″W
48	Hermitage		April 5, 2001 (#01000328)	2121 Monte Vista St. 34°09′20″N 118°06′25″W
49	Hillmont		August 9, 2011 (#11000493)	1375 E. Mountain St. 34°09′43″N 118°07′19″W
50	Holly Street Livery Stable		October 25, 1979 (#79000491)	110 E. Holly St 34°08′49″N 118°08′51″W
51	Home Laundry		June 18, 1987 (#87000980)	432 S. Arroyo Pkwy. 34°08′18″N 118°08′49″W
52	Mrs. J.H. Hood House		August 9, 2011 (#11000494)	494 Ellis St. 34°08′27″N 118°09′39″W
53	Hotel Green		March 23, 1982 (#82002196)	99 S. Raymond Ave. 34°08′39″N 118°08′55″W
54	House at 1011 S. Madison Ave.		August 6, 1998 (#98000959)	1011 S. Madison Ave. 34°07′43″N 118°08′19″W
55	House at 1015 Prospect Boulevard		August 20, 2004 (#04000322)	1015 Prospect Blvd. 34°09′37″N 118°09′46″W
56	House at 1050 S. Madison Ave.		August 6, 1998 (#98000960)	1050 S. Madison Ave. 34°07′40″N 118°08′17″W
57	House at 1111 North Los Robles Avenue		December 3, 2013 (#13000868)	1111 N. Los Robles Ave. 34°09′54″N 118°08′31″W
58	House at 1121 North Los Robles Avenue		December 3, 2013 (#13000869)	1121-1123 N. Los Robles Ave. 34°09′55″N 118°08′31″W
59	House at 1141 North Chester Avenue		August 20, 2004 (#04000326)	1141 N. Chester Ave. 34°09′57″N 118°07′29″W
60	House at 1233 Wentworth Ave.		August 6, 1998 (#98000962)	1233 Wentworth Ave. 34°07′32″N 118°08′03″W
61	House at 1240 North Los Robles		August 20, 2004 (#04000329)	1240 N. Los Robles Ave. 34°10′02″N 118°08′29″W
62	House at 1360 Lida Street		August 9, 2011 (#11000495)	1360 Lida St. 34°10′17″N 118°10′46″W
63	House at 1487 Loma Vista Street		August 20, 2004 (#04000323)	1487 Loma Vista St. 34°09′38″N 118°07′11″W
64	House at 380 W. Del Mar Blvd.		August 6, 1998 (#98000961)	380 W. Del Mar Blvd. 34°08′26″N 118°09′30″W
65	House at 530 S. Marengo Avenue		September 13, 1979 (#79000492)	530 S. Marengo Ave. 34°08′12″N 118°08′44″W
66	House at 574 Bellefontaine St.		August 6, 1998 (#98000958)	574 Bellefontaine St. 34°07′53″N 118°09′45″W
67	House at 674 Elliot Drive		August 20, 2004 (#04000325)	674 Elliot Dr. 34°07′31″N 118°08′10″W
68	Howard Motor Company Building		April 18, 1996 (#96000422)	1285 E. Colorado Blvd. 34°08′47″N 118°07′26″W
69	Benjamin Jarvis House		August 9, 2011 (#11000496)	531 N. Raymond Ave. 34°09′18″N 118°08′58″W
70	Kindel Building		April 18, 1996 (#96000423)	1095 E. Colorado Blvd. 34°08′47″N 118°07′40″W
71	Kosy Knook Court		November 15, 1994 (#94001322)	830 Brooks Ave. 34°09′35″N 118°09′19″W
72	La Loma Bridge		July 14, 2004 (#04000680)	Crossing the Arroyo Seco at La Loma Road 34°08′03″N 118°10′01″W
73	Friend Lacey House		August 9, 2011 (#11000497)	679 E. Villa St. 34°09′16″N 118°08′11″W
74	Las Casitas Court		July 11, 1983 (#83001196)	656 N. Summit Ave. 34°09′26″N 118°08′51″W
75	Longfellow-Hastings House		March 2, 1982 (#82002197)	85 S. Allen Ave. 34°08′40″N 118°06′45″W
76	Lower Arroyo Seco Historic District		July 12, 2005 (#04000331)	Roughly Arroyo Blvd., W. California Blvd., La Loma Blvd. 34°08′06″N 118°09′59″W
77	Theodore Parker Lukens House		March 29, 1984 (#84000879)	267 N. El Molino Ave. 34°09′02″N 118°08′15″W
78	Marengo Gardens		July 11, 1983 (#83001197)	982, 986, 990 S. Marengo Ave. and 221-241 Ohio St. 34°07′58″N 118°08′40″W
79	Marguerita Lane Historic District		April 10, 2009 (#09000177)	Marguerita Lane off South Marengo Avenue 34°07′26″N 118°08′41″W
80	Markham Place Historic District		March 27, 2013 (#13000106)	Roughly bounded by California St., Pasadena Ave., Bellefontaine St. & Orange Grove Blvd. 34°08′02″N 118°09′22″W
81	Mary Louise Court		November 15, 1994 (#94001318)	583-599 N. Mentor Ave. 34°09′22″N 118°07′53″W
82	Clarence and Mary Mello House		April 10, 2009 (#09000178)	541 Fremont Dr. 34°09′16″N 118°09′45″W
83	Mentor Court		November 15, 1994 (#94001323)	937 E. California Blvd. 34°08′10″N 118°07′49″W
84	Samuel Merrill House		April 5, 2001 (#01000330)	1285 N. Summit Ave. 34°10′05″N 118°08′53″W
85	Merwin House		January 14, 2013 (#12001164)	267 W. State St. 34°07′34″N 118°09′21″W
86	Millard House		December 12, 1976 (#76000493)	645 Prospect Crescent 34°09′19″N 118°09′39″W	Textile block house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright
87	Miss Orton's Classical School for Girls (Dormitory)		August 4, 1995 (#95000998)	154 S. Euclid Ave. 34°08′36″N 118°08′33″W
88	Mission Court		July 11, 1983 (#83001198)	567 N. Oakland Ave. 34°09′21″N 118°08′22″W
89	New Fair Oaks Historic District		August 9, 2011 (#11000498)	480-512 Lincoln Av. & 57-103 W. Villa St. 34°09′13″N 118°09′11″W
90	Newcomb House		September 2, 1982 (#82002198)	675-677 N. El Molino Ave. 34°09′27″N 118°08′10″W
91	Grace Nicholson Building		July 21, 1977 (#77000300)	46 N. Los Robles Ave. 34°08′47″N 118°08′25″W	Home of Pacific Asia Museum
92	John Norton House		April 10, 2009 (#09000179)	820 Burleigh Dr. 34°07′46″N 118°10′24″W
93	Odd Fellows Temple		August 1, 1985 (#85001682)	120 N. El Molino Ave., Pasadena, California 34°08′53″N 118°08′12″W	Odd Fellows building, moved after NRHP listing from 175 N. Los Robles Ave.
94	Old Pasadena Historic District		September 15, 1983 (#83001200)	Roughly bounded by Pasadena, Fair Oaks, Raymond Aves., Arroyo Pkwy., Del Mar Blvd., and Corson St. 34°08′45″N 118°09′00″W	Boundary increase and decrease (listed March 25, 2008): Fair Oaks & Raymond Aves., Colorado Blvd., Green St.
95	Orange Grove Court		July 11, 1983 (#83001199)	745 E. Orange Grove Blvd. 34°09′28″N 118°08′03″W
96	Orange Heights-Barnhart Tracts Historic District		September 29, 1995 (#95001128)	Roughly bounded by N. Los Robles Ave. W, N. El Molino Ave. E., Jackson St. N., and E. Mountain St. S. 34°09′47″N 118°08′18″W
97	Palmetto Court		July 11, 1983 (#83001201)	100 Palmetto Dr. 34°08′14″N 118°09′09″W
98	Park Place-Arroyo Terrace Historic District		June 29, 2007 (#04000324)	368-440 Arroyo Terrace, 200-240 N. Grand Ave., 201-239 N. Orange Grove Blvd. 34°08′58″N 118°09′44″W
99	Pasadena Arroyo Parks and Recreation District		November 11, 2008 (#08000579)	Roughly bounded by the Foothill Freeway on the north, the city limits on the south, Arroyo Blvd on east, San Rafael Ave on the west 34°09′17″N 118°10′02″W
100	Pasadena Civic Center District		July 28, 1980 (#80000813)	Roughly bounded by Walnut and Green Sts., Raymond and Euclid Aves. 34°08′48″N 118°08′40″W
101	Pasadena Playhouse		November 11, 1975 (#75000435)	39 S. El Molino Ave. 34°08′42″N 118°08′11″W
102	Pasadena Playhouse Historic District		May 19, 1994 (#94000462)	464-611 E. Colorado Blvd., 550-655 E. Green St., 21-127 S. El Molino Ave., and 150 N.-101 S. Madison Ave.. 34°08′43″N 118°08′19″W
103	Pegfair Estates Historic District		January 18, 2010 (#09001223)	1525-1645 Pegfair Estates Dr.; 1335-1345 Carnarvon Dr. 34°10′19″N 118°11′04″W
104	Robert and Barbara Pike House		April 10, 2009 (#09000181)	512 Glen Ct. 34°09′14″N 118°10′31″W
105	Poppy Peak Historic District		December 23, 2009 (#09000182)	Bounded by Ave. 64 on the east, La Loma Rd. on the north including Poppy Peak Dr., Kaweah Dr. and Cresthaven Dr. 34°07′53″N 118°10′52″W
106	George B. Post House		August 9, 2011 (#11000499)	360 S. Grand Ave. 34°08′21″N 118°09′41″W
107	Prospect Historic District		April 7, 1983 (#83001202)	Prospect Blvd., Prospect Square, Prospect Crescent and Prospect Terrace, Rosemont Ave., Armada and Fremont Drs., and La Mesa Pl. 34°09′29″N 118°09′42″W
108	Raymond-Summit Historic District		August 9, 2011 (#11000500)	Roughly bounded by N. Raymond Ave., E. Villa St., Summit Ave. & E. Maple St. 34°09′12″N 118°08′54″W
109	The Rose Bowl		February 27, 1987 (#87000755)	991 Rosemont Ave., Brookside Park 34°09′41″N 118°10′00″W
110	Rose Court		July 11, 1983 (#83001203)	449-457 S. Hudson Ave. 34°08′15″N 118°07′59″W
111	Royal Laundry Complex		September 27, 2007 (#07000996)	443 S. Raymond Ave. 34°08′17″N 118°08′57″W
112	Sara-Thel Court		July 11, 1983 (#83001192)	618-630 S. Marengo Ave. 34°08′06″N 118°08′41″W
113	Singer Building		May 16, 1985 (#85001066)	16 S. Oakland Ave. and 520 E. Colorado Blvd. 34°08′44″N 118°08′22″W
114	Ernest W. Smith House		January 14, 1988 (#87002397)	272 S. Los Robles Ave. 34°08′28″N 118°08′27″W
115	Southern California Sanitarium Historic District		April 17, 2013 (#13000160)	2900 E. Del Mar Blvd. 34°08′30″N 118°05′27″W
116	South Marengo Historic District		June 2, 1982 (#82002199)	S. Marengo Ave. 34°08′12″N 118°08′42″W
117	Space Flight Operations Facility		October 3, 1985 (#85002814)	Jet Propulsion Laboratory 34°12′04″N 118°10′25″W
118	Storrier-Stearns Japanese Garden		February 15, 2005 (#05000050)	270 Arlington Dr. 34°07′41″N 118°09′21″W
119	Stoutenburgh House		November 25, 1980 (#80000814)	255 S. Marengo Ave. 34°08′28″N 118°08′42″W
120	Stuart Company Plant and Office Building		October 20, 1998 (#94001326)	3360 E. Foothill Blvd. 34°08′57″N 118°04′49″W	Currently a condominium
121	Twenty-Five-Foot Space Simulator		October 3, 1985 (#85002812)	Jet Propulsion Laboratory 34°12′10″N 118°10′22″W
122	Villa Verde		September 13, 1984 (#84000896)	800 S. San Rafael 34°07′52″N 118°10′06″W
123	Vista del Arroyo Hotel and Bungalows		April 2, 1981 (#81000157)	125 S. Grand Ave. 34°08′38″N 118°09′43″W	Currently the Richard H. Chambers Courthouse, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
124	Henry A. Ware House		June 15, 2004 (#04000015)	460 Bellefontaine St. 34°07′53″N 118°09′36″W
125	Washington Court		November 15, 1994 (#94001316)	475 E. Washington Blvd. 34°10′09″N 118°08′27″W

Former listing

	Name on the Register	Image	Date listed	Date removed	Location	City or town	Summary
1	Neighborhood Church		1974 (#74002272)	1974	Pasadena Ave. and California Blvd.		Demolished July 27, 1974 for construction of Interstate 710.
2	Pasadena Athletic and Country Club		1977 (#77001545)	1977	SE corner of E. Green St. and S. Los Robles Ave.		Demolished in 1977 for construction of the Plaza Pasadena shopping mall, which was demolished in 2000.