{"nrhp_refnum":"83001185","name":"Colonial Court","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"291-301 N. Garfield Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Pasadena","county":"Los Angeles County","state":"CA","lat":34.151052039000035,"lon":-118.144974263,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-07-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Colonial Court is a bungalow court at 291-301 North Garfield Avenue in Pasadena, California, built in 1916 and designed by architect Cyril Bennett. It has six separate one-story units on about 0.2 acres.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as an early example of a Colonial Revival style court, designed by Cyril Bennett, a leading figure in Pasadena architecture from the 1910s until World War II. It is close to downtown and the Civic Center. Each unit is individually owned, which the form describes as a precedent for the courts' continued existence.","narrative":"Colonial Court is a bungalow court at 291-301 North Garfield Avenue in Pasadena, built in 1916 on about 0.2 acres. It consists of six separate one-story units with wide clapboard siding and jerkinhead roofs. The middle and rear pairs of facing units have matching porch pediments supported by brackets, triangular in the middle and segmental at the rear. Craftsman-style extended window lintels add a second stylistic layer. A narrow courtyard with a central walkway and lush landscaping separates the rows, and there is no building at the rear. The court was designed by Cyril Bennett, described as one of the dominant figures in Pasadena architecture from the teens until the Second World War. It is considered an early example of a Colonial Revival style court. Its closeness to downtown and the Civic Center keeps it desirable. Each unit is individually owned, which the nomination sees as a workable model for keeping such courts in existence.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Cyril Bennett (architect)","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival, with Craftsman-style extended window lintels","criteria":[],"status_note":"The form states that all the courts in the thematic group are fully inhabited, and that each unit of Colonial Court is individually owned.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:26.952868-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/83001185.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001185/dbda9dff11-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001185/dbda9dff11-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Brianyoungramirez","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Colonial_Court.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:Colonial_Court.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123857421","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonial_Court","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14681773"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/los-angeles-county/colonial-court-83001185/"}