{"nrhp_refnum":"10000496","name":"Ford Place Historic District","other_names":["Ford Place"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"110-175 N Oakland Ave; 450-465 Ford Place; 144 N Los Robles Ave","address_restricted":false,"city":"Pasadena","county":"Los Angeles County","state":"CA","lat":34.14857370850007,"lon":-118.1399512638998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-07-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district in Pasadena, California, made up of ten contributing buildings and one landscape feature from a 1902 upscale subdivision developed by W.J. Pierce, centered on Ford Place and North Oakland Avenue.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the district is a well-preserved early planned upscale residential development in Pasadena, notable for its central location, narrow period of development (mostly 1903-1916), and its role in setting a precedent for later upscale subdivisions. Its houses were designed by prominent architects, including George W. Maher and C.W. Buchanan, in Craftsman, Prairie, Shingle and revival styles.","narrative":"Ford Place is a planned residential neighborhood in Pasadena, laid out in 1902 by developer W.J. Pierce as an upscale \"showplace\" close to the city center. Pierce graded the lots, built streets and curbs, and planted alternating Canary Island Date Palms and Japanese Fan Palms. Deep lots, wide setbacks and a 74-foot street kept mountain views open between the houses. Ornamental stone gateposts once marked the entrances but have been removed. Ten contributing buildings remain, most built between 1903 and 1906 and the rest by 1916. They include Craftsman, Shingle, Prairie and revival-style houses by architects such as C.W. Buchanan, Charles F. Driscoll and Chicago architect George W. Maher, whose Blinn House is one of two known West Coast examples of his work. The street became part of the Fuller Seminary campus in 1953, and the houses now serve as offices and student housing. The district is recognized for its central location, short development period and influence on later upscale subdivisions in Pasadena.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Multiple, including Charles F. Driscoll, C.W. Buchanan, and George W. Maher (architects); builders include E.W. Dobbins, Wopschall Brothers, Peter Hall, Crowell & Seward, W.C. Crowell, D.T. Reed, and A.N. Terrill","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals (Craftsman, Shingle, Prairie, Tudor Revival, Mission Revival, Mediterranean Revival)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Part of the Fuller Theological Seminary campus; single-family houses are used as administrative offices and multi-family buildings as student housing.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:29.541208-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/10000496.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000496/b5f3937341-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000496/b5f3937341-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"TheCatalyst31","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ford_Place_Historic_District_1.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">TheCatalyst31</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ford_Place_Historic_District_1.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123859119","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141750650"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/los-angeles-county/ford-place-historic-district-10000496/"}