{"nrhp_refnum":"11000498","name":"New Fair Oaks Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"480-512 Lincoln Av. & 57-103 W. Villa St.,","address_restricted":false,"city":"Pasadena","county":"Los Angeles County","state":"CA","lat":34.15440642100006,"lon":-118.15259396580566,"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 small residential historic district in Pasadena, California, on the east side of Lincoln Avenue and the north side of West Villa Street, with 11 contributing and 10 noncontributing buildings on about 2 acres. The houses date from 1888 to 1906.","why_significant":"The district is a contiguous group of intact one-story single-family houses that represent Pasadena's early settlement, the 1880s boom and its residential architecture. It is one of three Pasadena neighborhoods with a high concentration of adjoining late 19th and early 20th century houses. It is nominated for architecture and exploration/settlement under Criteria A and C.","narrative":"This small Pasadena neighborhood on Lincoln Avenue and West Villa Street preserves a cluster of modest one-story houses built between 1888 and 1906. Most are Vernacular Hipped or Gabled Cottages, with a few Queen Anne examples, and they share a consistent arrangement: a main house set behind a small landscaped front yard, a concrete driveway to one side and a newer garage or second dwelling at the rear. Details include drop channel siding, fish-scale shingles, Tuscan porch posts and Arroyo stone foundations. Named designers include architects William B. Edwards and Charles W. Buchanan. Eleven buildings contribute to the district's character, while ten, including later rear structures and two heavily altered houses, do not. The district was recognized as a coherent grouping that reflects Pasadena's early settlement, the boom of the 1880s and its residential architecture, and it still reads from the street as a late 19th and early 20th century neighborhood despite minor alterations.","period_of_significance":"1875-1906","architect_builder":"Charles W. Buchanan; William B. Edwards; also builders Lester Bemis and Wilson & Cruickshank named in the description","architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Queen Anne, Vernacular Gabled Cottage, Vernacular Hipped Cottage","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Historic and current use is single-family dwellings, with some multiple dwellings; most contributing houses are described as in good condition with minor alterations.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:29.670996-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/11000498.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000498/2290baee25-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000498/2290baee25-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"TheCatalyst31","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:480_Lincoln_Ave,_New_Fair_Oaks_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:480_Lincoln_Ave,_New_Fair_Oaks_Historic_District.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123857567","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141751339"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/los-angeles-county/new-fair-oaks-historic-district-11000498/"}