{"nrhp_refnum":"10000762","name":"Bungalow Court at 1554 N. Serrano Avenue","other_names":["Mission Gardens"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1554-1576 N. Serrano Ave","address_restricted":false,"city":"Los Angeles","county":"Los Angeles County","state":"CA","lat":34.100381937000066,"lon":-118.30668339199997,"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":"A thirteen-unit residential bungalow court at 1554-1576 N. Serrano Avenue in the Hollywood area of Los Angeles, built in 1921. It has two rows of five attached bungalows and a rear three-unit building around a central courtyard.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as a well-preserved example of the bungalow court, a multi-family housing type that flourished in Southern California and Hollywood from about 1910 to the mid-1920s. It displays Spanish Colonial Revival elements and retains many original exterior and interior features. It was also rehabilitated in 2009 as affordable housing under the Secretary of the Interior's Standards.","narrative":"Built in 1921 on a flat parcel along Serrano Avenue in Hollywood, this bungalow court holds thirteen rental homes. Two matching rows of five attached one-story bungalows face each other across a narrow courtyard, and a rear building of three units, partly two stories, closes the end. The buildings have flat roofs with parapets, stucco walls, wood casement and double-hung windows, and front porches with shed roofs on decorative wood brackets. Inside, many original hardwood floors, plaster walls, built-in cabinets, and hexagonal bathroom tile survive. The court reflects the bungalow court type, which spread across Southern California from about 1910 as Hollywood's film industry drove rapid population growth and demand for rental housing. Each unit had its own entrance and porch, while the shared courtyard replaced a private front yard. In 2009 the property was rehabilitated as affordable housing in line with federal preservation standards, with new stucco matched to the original finish and many original features repaired and kept.","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 still in use as multiple dwellings (low-income housing, including units reserved for people living with HIV/AIDS).","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:29.648704-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/10000762.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000762/7ce7be880c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000762/7ce7be880c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Downtowngal","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1554_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:1554_N._Serrano_bungalow_court.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123859003","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133277542"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/los-angeles-county/bungalow-court-at-1554-n-serrano-avenue-10000762/"}