{"nrhp_refnum":"78000695","name":"Batchelder House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"626 S. Arroyo Blvd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Pasadena","county":"Los Angeles County","state":"CA","lat":34.13498377700006,"lon":-118.16590556599999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-12-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Art","Education","Architecture","Performing Arts"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Craftsman-style bungalow at 626 South Arroyo Boulevard in Pasadena, California, built in 1909-10 and enlarged in 1913 and later by tilemaker Ernest A. Batchelder. It sits on a 0.33-acre lot with a kiln house and a 1927 garage and guest house.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the house as the personal expression of Ernest Batchelder, a designer, teacher, author and tile manufacturer central to the Arts and Crafts movement in the Arroyo Seco area. Unlike the Greene and Greene houses, it was designed and built by its owner with carpenters and artisans. Its tilework, garden ornament and guest house serve as a museum of his ideas and work, and it also reflects his wife Alice's role in Pasadena's musical life.","narrative":"Ernest and Alice Batchelder's home on South Arroyo Boulevard in Pasadena is a two-story, L-shaped Craftsman bungalow covered mainly in dark brown cedar shakes. It was built around 1909-10 and enlarged in 1913 and later. Ernest Batchelder, an author and former design teacher at Throop Polytechnic Institute, set up an arts and crafts school and kilns on the property and became a noted maker of ornamental tile. His tiles line the living room fireplace, which includes patterns such as the Viking Ship and carries his rabbit logo beside his wife Alice's lyre. A board-and-batten kiln house from 1909 and a 1927 brick garage and guest house display his Spanish Colonial, Mayan and Art Deco tiles. The house was designed and built by its owner with carpenters and artisans, and its woodsy exterior was meant to harmonize with the Arroyo Seco. Alice founded the Coleman Chamber Music concerts and held informal concerts on a tiled stage in the back yard.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"Ernest A. Batchelder","architectural_style":"Craftsman","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied private residence, in excellent condition and altered.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:32.264107-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/78000695.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78000695/2736c226c1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78000695/2736c226c1-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Carl von Bibra","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Batchelderhouse2.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Carl von Bibra</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Batchelderhouse2.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"08000579","name":"Pasadena Arroyo Parks and Recreation District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/california/pasadena-arroyo-parks-and-recreation-district-08000579/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123858947","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batchelder_House_(Pasadena,_California)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4868718"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/los-angeles-county/batchelder-house-78000695/"}