{"nrhp_refnum":"79000492","name":"House at 530 S. Marengo Avenue","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"530 S. Marengo Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Pasadena","county":"Los Angeles County","state":"CA","lat":34.06718738100005,"lon":-118.14471212099994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-09-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A story-and-a-half shingle and siding Craftsman bungalow at 530 South Marengo Avenue in Pasadena, California, built in 1905 by Louis B. Easton on a corner lot at Pleasant Street.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is significant for its association with the Arts and Crafts Movement, with which Pasadena was prominently identified around 1900. It is also cited for the quality of its craftsmanship and design. It is described as one of Easton's first bungalows and the first in a line of fine Craftsman houses by him.","narrative":"Built in 1905 on a corner lot in Pasadena, this story-and-a-half bungalow of shingle and siding construction was designed and built by Louis B. Easton, a manual training teacher who became a contractor. It is regarded as one of his first bungalows and the first of a line of fine Craftsman houses he produced. The interior reflects Arts and Crafts ideas drawn from Gustav Stickley's Craftsman magazine, with built-in china and buffet cabinets, a deacon's bench, exposed structural beams and a brick fireplace using clinker brick. Complex joinery such as mortise and tenons, butterfly and scarf joints and extended dowels appears inside and out, along with Easton's own designs for hardware and lighting fixtures. Easton's houses numbered perhaps twenty-five in the Pasadena area, most now gone. The property was listed for its link to the Arts and Crafts Movement and for the quality of its craftsmanship, despite some alterations upstairs and termite and rot damage.","period_of_significance":"1905","architect_builder":"Louis B. Easton","architectural_style":"Craftsman (Swiss Chalet version of Craftsman architecture); Arts and Crafts","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as occupied, private residence, altered, with some rot and termite damage and slight foundation settlement; the nomination notes a buyer reportedly intended demolition, but a later call records the new owner bought it to prevent demolition and permit restoration.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:32.284537-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/79000492.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79000492/8f7c9918e4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79000492/8f7c9918e4-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Brianyoungramirez","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:House_at_530_S._Marengo_Avenue.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Brianyoungramirez</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_530_S._Marengo_Avenue.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123859226","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_at_530_S._Marengo_Avenue","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15225989"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/los-angeles-county/house-at-530-s-marengo-avenue-79000492/"}