{"nrhp_refnum":"76000488","name":"Carroll Avenue, 1300 Block","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Carroll Ave. between Edgeware and Douglas Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Los Angeles","county":"Los Angeles County","state":"CA","lat":34.06696454400003,"lon":-118.47076907899998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-04-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic residential district made up of the 1300 block of Carroll Avenue in the Angelino Heights area of Los Angeles, California, covering about 6 acres. Most of its Victorian houses were built in 1887-1888, with one from 1895.","why_significant":"The block holds the highest concentration of Victorian Era residences still standing in Los Angeles, including some of the best remaining Eastlake and Queen Anne houses in Southern California. Most other Victorian buildings in the city have been destroyed or isolated, whereas these houses remain in their original setting. All nine Victorian houses are designated city Historic-Cultural Monuments, and the block reflects the city's first land boom and a stable, respectable Victorian suburb.","narrative":"Carroll Avenue's 1300 block sits on a hilltop in Angelino Heights, overlooking downtown Los Angeles, and holds the largest surviving cluster of Victorian houses in the city. Nine two-story homes, eight built in 1887-1888 and one in 1895, show Eastlake and Queen Anne design, with spindlework, turrets, art glass and redwood interiors. One house, at 1330, was designed by architect Joseph Cather Newsom. Two Craftsman houses from shortly after 1900 and two small post-World War II stucco homes complete the block. The tract was recorded in 1886, at the start of the Los Angeles land boom, and developed as a solid, respectable suburb served by the Temple Street Cable Railway. Its residents appeared year after year in the city's Blue Book. Most Victorian buildings elsewhere in Los Angeles have been lost or stand isolated among modern apartment buildings, while this street kept its original setting. Each Victorian house is a city Historic-Cultural Monument, and restoration was in progress.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Joseph Cather Newsom (architect of 1330 Carroll Avenue)","architectural_style":"Victorian: Eastlake and Queen Anne, with two early 20th-century Craftsman houses","criteria":[],"status_note":"Houses are in private residential use and mostly in good condition; three are fully restored, restoration is underway on four more, and one house at 1345 Carroll was described as long vacant with restoration planned.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:32.233105-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/76000488.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76000488/335eb1fa7a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76000488/335eb1fa7a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Los Angeles","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:House_at_1300_Carroll_Ave.,_Los_Angeles,_California.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Los Angeles</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:House_at_1300_Carroll_Ave.,_Los_Angeles,_California.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123859011","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carroll_Avenue","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5046509"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/los-angeles-county/carroll-avenue-1300-block-76000488/"}