{"nrhp_refnum":"10000764","name":"Bungalow Court at 1544 N. Serrano Avenue","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1544-1552 N Serrano Ave","address_restricted":false,"city":"Los Angeles","county":"Los Angeles County","state":"CA","lat":34.099750795000034,"lon":-118.30667368899998,"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 1925 residential bungalow court at 1544-1552 N. Serrano Avenue in the Hollywood area of Los Angeles, with six detached bungalows, a two-story rear residence, two garages and a non-contributing laundry building arranged around a central courtyard.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the property as a well-preserved example of the bungalow court building type, a multiple-family housing form that flourished in Southern California and Hollywood from about 1910 through the 1930s. It also shows Spanish Colonial Revival design elements and original exterior and interior features. It was rehabilitated in 2009 to the Secretary of the Interior's Standards as affordable housing.","narrative":"Built in 1925, this bungalow court at 1544-1552 N. Serrano Avenue in Hollywood sits on a flat parcel about 100 feet wide and 175 feet deep. Two identical rows of three one-story bungalows face each other across a narrow courtyard, with a two-story, two-unit residence at the rear and two garages at the back corners. The buildings show Spanish Colonial Revival elements, including flat roofs with stepped molded parapets, stucco walls, wood double-hung windows, arched porch roofs hung on tie-back chains, and twelve-light wood front doors. Inside, many units keep hardwood floors, plaster walls, built-in cabinets and original tile. The court reflects the bungalow court type, which spread across Southern California as Hollywood grew denser during the film industry's expansion. In 2009 it was one of four Hollywood bungalow courts rehabilitated as low-income housing, in response to concern over court demolitions for condominiums. It continues as multiple-unit housing.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late 19th/20th Century Revivals: Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Rehabilitated in 2009 as low-income housing, including units reserved for people living with HIV/AIDS; the National Park Service approved the completed work on March 31, 2010. It remains in multiple-dwelling use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:29.698662-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/10000764.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000764/5acc6a0687-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000764/5acc6a0687-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Downtowngal","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1544_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:1544_N._Serrano_bungalow_court.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123859001","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133280412"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/los-angeles-county/bungalow-court-at-1544-n-serrano-avenue-10000764/"}