{"nrhp_refnum":"10000761","name":"Bungalow Court at 1516 N. Serrano Ave","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1516-1528 1/2 N. Serrano Ave","address_restricted":false,"city":"Los Angeles","county":"Los Angeles County","state":"CA","lat":34.09893932800003,"lon":-118.30666121399997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-09-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"An eleven-unit residential bungalow court at 1516-1528 1/2 N. Serrano Avenue in the Hollywood area of Los Angeles, built in 1921 with Spanish Colonial Revival elements.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the property as a well-preserved example of the bungalow court building type, which flourished in Southern California from about 1910 through the 1930s. It retains many original exterior and interior features. It also reflects Hollywood's residential growth tied to the film industry and was rehabilitated in 2009 as low-income housing.","narrative":"Eleven small homes face one another across a narrow central courtyard at 1516-1528 1/2 N. Serrano Avenue in Hollywood. Built in 1921, the court has two identical rows of five attached one-story bungalows and a single-unit residence at the rear, with a small laundry building that is not counted as historic. The buildings show Spanish Colonial Revival features, including flat roofs with stepped parapets, stucco walls, wood casement windows, tile-roofed entry porches and scored concrete walkways. Inside, units kept hardwood floors, plaster walls, built-in cabinetry and original tile. The court represents a housing type that spread across Southern California from about 1910, and Hollywood's growth with the film industry drove demand for such housing. In 2009 it was one of four Hollywood bungalow courts rehabilitated by a community housing corporation to provide low-income units, in response to concerns about courts being demolished for condominiums. Stucco was replaced to match the original after mold was found.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late 19th/20th Century Revivals: Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Rehabilitated in 2009 and in current use as multiple dwelling (low-income housing, including units reserved for people living with HIV/AIDS and their families).","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:29.800727-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/10000761.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000761/f6e3144eb8-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000761/f6e3144eb8-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Downtowngal","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1516_N._Serrano_bungalow_court.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Downtowngal</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:1516_N._Serrano_bungalow_court.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123858999","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133277508"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/los-angeles-county/bungalow-court-at-1516-n-serrano-ave-10000761/"}