{"nrhp_refnum":"80000814","name":"Stoutenburgh House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"255 S. Marengo Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Pasadena","county":"Los Angeles County","state":"CA","lat":34.141122463000045,"lon":-118.14603338899997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-11-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-a-half-story Queen Anne residence at 255 South Marengo Avenue in Pasadena, California, built in 1893, with a carriage house, barn and garage on a 0.33-acre lot.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is one of the finest surviving Queen Anne residences in Pasadena and the only pre-1900 survivor of the homes that once lined this block of Marengo Avenue. Its original design, ornate woodwork, setting and rare outbuildings remain largely intact. It is also presented as a notable exception to the demolition of similar houses for apartments and offices.","narrative":"Built in 1893 for Mary and John Stoutenburgh, this Queen Anne house at 255 South Marengo Avenue in Pasadena is the only pre-1900 survivor of the residences that once lined its block. Architect J. H. Bradbeer was brought from Los Angeles to design it. The two-and-a-half-story wood frame house has a multi-gabled roof, bays, porches, fishscale shingles, scrollwork and Eastlake-style turned columns and brackets. Inside, redwood doors, window frames and moldings, original brass gaslamps, a detailed staircase and a tiled parlor fireplace survive. The only significant alteration is the conversion of a second-story porch into a sunroom. A carriage house later remodeled into apartments, a barn and a garage also remain, along with the front walk, lawn and palm trees. Rare in Pasadena today, these outbuildings add to the integrity of the property. It was listed as a fine example of its style and as a survivor of nineteenth-century Pasadena, and was being restored for office use.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Thomas Fellows/J. H. Bradbeer","architectural_style":"Queen Anne, with Eastlake influence","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied but with work in progress; being restored with an architectural preservation consultant for use as professional offices. Condition is described as good, 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 02:55:31.400066-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/80000814.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000814/042e3f2d36-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000814/042e3f2d36-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Awadewit","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:StoutenburghHouse.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Awadewit</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:StoutenburghHouse.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123859556","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoutenburgh_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16900782"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/los-angeles-county/stoutenburgh-house-80000814/"}