{"nrhp_refnum":"09001223","name":"Pegfair Estates Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"1525-1645 Pegfair Estates Dr.; 1335-1345 Carnarvon Dr.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Pasadena","county":"Los Angeles County","state":"CA","lat":34.17435640600007,"lon":-118.18656283999997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-01-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district in the Linda Vista neighborhood of western Pasadena, California, made up of 25 single-family Custom Ranch houses around Pegfair Estates Drive and Carnarvon Drive. Twenty-two are contributing and were built between 1961 and 1967.","why_significant":"The nomination argues that the district is a cohesive collection of architect-designed Contemporary Ranch houses with a notable degree of Asian-influenced design. Its planned landscaping, setbacks, brick boundary wall and mature trees add to the unified character. It is described as more consistent and better preserved than the rest of the original tract, and no other Pasadena tract is said to use Asiatic motifs to the same degree.","narrative":"Pegfair Estates is a small residential district in Pasadena's Linda Vista neighborhood, made up of 25 single-family homes along Pegfair Estates Drive and Carnarvon Drive. Twenty-two of them contribute to the district. They were built between 1961 and 1967, mostly by 1965, and all are individually designed Custom Ranch houses in the Contemporary Ranch style. Typical features include low horizontal rooflines, extended eaves, flagstone and board-and-batten cladding, large picture windows and recessed entries. Many houses add Asian-inspired details such as irimoya roofs, gawara tiles, wood screens and rock gardens. The district forms the western half of an original 52-house tract. It stands apart from the rest of that tract through its stronger design consistency, its dense mature landscaping on a rising hillside, and a long brick wall with pilasters along Lida Street. Utilities are underground, and the planned layout gives each house privacy and views. The nomination presents it as an unusually thorough local example of Asian influence on postwar Ranch architecture.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Individual architects named in the text include E. Bealmelle (1525 Pegfair Estates Drive) and Harold Levitoff (1555 Pegfair Estates Drive).","architectural_style":"Modern Movement; Contemporary Ranch / Custom Ranch, with Asian-influenced variations","criteria":[],"status_note":"All 25 buildings are single-family dwellings in current residential use. Twenty-two contribute, and three are noncontributing, including 1545 Pegfair Estates Drive, which has been radically altered.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:29.617472-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/09001223.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09001223/f981517d82-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09001223/f981517d82-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"TheCatalyst31","credit_html":"TheCatalyst31, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pegfair_Estates_Drive,_Pegfair_Estates_Historic_District.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"16000468","name":"Big Creek Hydroelectric System Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/california/big-creek-hydroelectric-system-historic-district-16000468/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123857579","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141750573"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/los-angeles-county/pegfair-estates-historic-district-09001223/"}