{"nrhp_refnum":"11000489","name":"Bristol-Cypress Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"438-516 Cypress Ave.,","address_restricted":false,"city":"Pasadena","county":"Los Angeles County","state":"CA","lat":34.15312829450005,"lon":-118.15439400078716,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2011-08-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Exploration/Settlement"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district along Cypress Avenue (438-517) in Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California, made up of late 19th and early 20th century single-family houses, with 13 contributing and 19 noncontributing buildings on about 5 acres.","why_significant":"The district is one of three Pasadena neighborhoods with a high concentration of adjoining, intact late 19th/early 20th century houses. It represents the earliest subdivision of the San Gabriel Orange Grove Association lands by one of the city's founders. It is listed for architecture and exploration/settlement, with vernacular house types described in a Pasadena multiple property study.","narrative":"Cypress Avenue in Pasadena holds a compact neighborhood of late 19th and early 20th century houses, listed as a historic district covering about five acres. Thirteen of its buildings contribute to its character, mostly one- and two-story homes in Folk Victorian, Vernacular Hipped Cottage and Vernacular Gabled Cottage forms, plus a Colonial Revival house built in 1896. Dates of construction run from about 1880 to 1905. Typical features include wood drop channel siding, decorative porches, fish-scale shingles and mature oak trees along the street. Larger front yards and heavier landscaping distinguish it from the nearby New Fair Oaks district. The district is significant for its architecture and for its link to the settlement of Pasadena, as it represents the earliest subdivision of San Gabriel Orange Grove Association land by one of the city's founders. Some houses were moved, and several have newer rear garages or second houses, but the street still reads as a late Victorian neighborhood.","period_of_significance":"1874-1906","architect_builder":"Unknown (builders named for individual houses include Charles Dixs and Karl J. Moller)","architectural_style":"Late Victorian (Folk Victorian, Vernacular Gabled Cottage, Vernacular Hipped Cottage); Colonial Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Historic and current use is single-family dwellings, with some multiple-dwelling use. Many contributing houses have minor alterations, and the form describes several as in good or excellent condition.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:29.505814-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/11000489.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000489/33822ea5bb-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000489/33822ea5bb-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"TheCatalyst31","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:460_Cypress_Ave.,_Bristol-Cypress_Historic_District.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">TheCatalyst31</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:460_Cypress_Ave.,_Bristol-Cypress_Historic_District.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123857407","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141750735"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/los-angeles-county/bristol-cypress-historic-district-11000489/"}