{"nrhp_refnum":"83001186","name":"Cottage Court","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"642-654 S. Margeno Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Pasadena","county":"Los Angeles County","state":"CA","lat":34.13445206000006,"lon":-118.14572646299996,"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":"A 1923 bungalow court at 642-654 South Marengo Avenue in Pasadena, California, made up of seven separate stuccoed Colonial Revival units arranged around a narrow courtyard.","why_significant":"The nomination argues that the court's units resemble miniature classical temples facing each other across a narrow path, an adaptation of style to site that it calls peculiar to Southern California. It also adds to a representative cluster of bungalow courts around Marengo Avenue.","narrative":"Cottage Court is a bungalow court at 642-654 South Marengo Avenue in Pasadena, built in 1923 on about 0.4 acre. It consists of seven separate stuccoed units in the Colonial Revival style. Identical gables with broad eaves and large rectangular vents face the courtyard and shelter recessed porches supported by columns, recalling the fronts of classical temples. A single walkway runs through the narrow courtyard, which has two light standards. The nomination describes the buildings as looking like a series of miniature classical temples facing each other across a narrow pathway. It treats the court as an example of adapting style to site in a manner peculiar to Southern California, and as one more part of a representative cluster of bungalow courts in the vicinity of Marengo Avenue. The court was entered in the register in July 1983 as part of a thematic group of Pasadena bungalow courts. The document names no architect or builder for this court.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":null,"vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:27.759145-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/83001186.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001186/b3a602a25e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001186/b3a602a25e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Brianyoungramirez","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cottage_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:Cottage_Court.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123857426","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottage_Court","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14681784"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/los-angeles-county/cottage-court-83001186/"}