{"nrhp_refnum":"81000157","name":"Vista del Arroyo Hotel and Bungalows","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"125 S. Grand Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Pasadena","county":"Los Angeles County","state":"CA","lat":34.14412095950004,"lon":-118.16283139448248,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1981-04-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A hotel complex in Pasadena, California, made up of a large Spanish Colonial Revival main building and 19 smaller bungalows on a 13-acre site overlooking the Arroyo Seco. The main building was built in 1920-21 and 1930-31, and the bungalows date from 1920 to 1938.","why_significant":"The complex is argued to be locally significant as a visual landmark, seen especially from the Colorado Street Bridge, and as a representative of Pasadena's era as a winter resort. It is also a large-scale example of Spanish Colonial Revival design and one of the last grand hotels built to serve wealthy wintering Easterners. The bungalows were designed by notable Southern California architects, and the Maxwell House keeps its original interior.","narrative":"Perched on the crest above the Arroyo Seco at the western entrance to Pasadena, the Vista del Arroyo is a hotel complex of one large main building and 19 bungalows on about 13 acres. The main building has a two-story section from 1920-21 by Marston & Van Pelt and a six-story reinforced concrete section from 1930-31 by George H. Wiemeyer, both in Spanish Colonial Revival style with beige stucco and red tile roofs. The bungalows, built between 1920 and 1938, include work by Myron Hunt and Sylvanus Marston's firms. The site grew from an 1882 boarding house and expanded under hotelier Daniel Linnard, who introduced the hotel-bungalow idea. Landscape architect Verner S. Anderson added gardens and a pool in the 1930s. The U.S. Army took over the property in 1942 for hospital use. It was listed because it is a landmark seen from the Colorado Street Bridge and recalls Pasadena's winter resort era. The Maxwell House retains its original interior.","period_of_significance":"1920-1938","architect_builder":"Marston & Van Pelt (with Foss Designing & Building Co.); George H. Wiemeyer (with Orndorff Construction Co.); Myron Hunt (Hunt & Chambers); Marston, Maybury & Van Pelt; landscape architect Verner S. Anderson","architectural_style":"Spanish Colonial Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Form lists condition as good and altered, with status unoccupied; the grounds are overgrown. The U.S. Army converted the complex to hospital use in 1942, and the nomination lists it as a federal building and court of appeals.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:31.423664-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/81000157.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/81000157/32e675472e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/81000157/32e675472e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Coolcaesar","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Court_of_Appeals.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Coolcaesar</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:Court_of_Appeals.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123859603","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_H._Chambers_United_States_Court_of_Appeals","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7326139"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/los-angeles-county/vista-del-arroyo-hotel-and-bungalows-81000157/"}