{"nrhp_refnum":"08000579","name":"Pasadena Arroyo Parks and Recreation District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by the Foothill Freeway on the north, the city limits on the south, Arroyo Blvd on east, San Rafael","address_restricted":false,"city":"Pasadena","county":"Los Angeles County","state":"CA","lat":34.14041929100003,"lon":-118.16622975536214,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2008-11-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Entertainment/Recreation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A large park and recreation district in the Arroyo Seco canyon on the western edge of Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California, covering the Central and Lower Arroyo and including the Rose Bowl Stadium, Brookside Park, a golf club and a naturalistic lower canyon. Most features date from 1909-1939.","why_significant":"The district is argued to illustrate Pasadena's effort to preserve the scenic beauty of the Arroyo while providing public recreation, reflecting both the scenic preservation movement and the recreation and playground movement. Its layout, roads, landscaping and uses follow the 1918 Arroyo Seco Park Plan. Depression-era projects such as stone fountains, the Bird Sanctuary, a baseball stadium and flood channelization also add to its significance.","narrative":"Pasadena's Arroyo Parks and Recreation District occupies the Arroyo Seco canyon along the city's western edge, about 700 acres in total. The Central Arroyo holds the Rose Bowl Stadium, Brookside Golf Club and Brookside Park, with its baseball fields, tennis courts, aquatic center and picnic areas. The quieter Lower Arroyo has a naturalistic landscape with trails, a casting pond and clubhouse, an archery range, and the Bird Sanctuary. Arroyo stone retaining walls, fountains and trail edging, many built during the Depression, give the canyon an Arts and Crafts character. Roads, bridges and a concrete flood control channel link the areas. The district matters because it shows how Pasadena protected the canyon's scenery while building public recreation facilities, guided by the 1918 Arroyo Seco Park Plan. Its period of significance runs from 1909 to 1939, and many historic uses continue where they began, including baseball at the field later named for Jackie Robinson.","period_of_significance":"1909-1939","architect_builder":"Myron Hunt (baseball stadium, dugouts and clubhouse); Bennett and Haskell (Haskell designed the Fannie Morrison Horticultural Center); Mayberry & Parker (bridge)","architectural_style":"Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements","criteria":[],"status_note":"Retains a high degree of physical integrity; historic hiking, riding, swimming, baseball, tennis, golf and football uses continue in the same locations. Part of the Lower Arroyo was recently restored with naturalized streambeds.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:29.499168-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/08000579.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000579/ad76fc10a7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000579/ad76fc10a7-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"TheCatalyst31","credit_html":"TheCatalyst31, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lower_Arroyo_Seco_Park,_Pasadena,_California.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123859392","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141633439"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/los-angeles-county/pasadena-arroyo-parks-and-recreation-district-08000579/"}