{"nrhp_refnum":"83001187","name":"Court","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"497-503 1/2 N. Madison Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Pasadena","county":"Los Angeles County","state":"CA","lat":34.154719208000074,"lon":-118.13851513699996,"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 bungalow court at 744-756-1/2 South Marengo Avenue in Pasadena, California, built in 1931 by contractor D. J. Ringle on about 0.4 acres. It consists of four one-story double-unit buildings with two-story, three-unit buildings at each end, joined by an archway over the central driveway.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it a rare example of Art Deco used in residential building in Pasadena. Art Deco ornament is described as virtually unknown in Pasadena domestic architecture, and this court is one of very few exceptions. Together with its distinctive adaptation of the court form, this makes it probably the most unusual court in Pasadena.","narrative":"Built in 1931 on South Marengo Avenue in Pasadena, this bungalow court is an unusual local example of Art Deco applied to housing. Four one-story, stuccoed double units line the property, and the last building on each side rises to two stories and holds three units. These end buildings sit toward the center and are connected by an archway spanning the central driveway. Art Deco detailing includes engaged piers, fluted parapets, black and gold tile chevron insets on the street elevations, and an angular design for the driveway and lawn areas. The contractor was D. J. Ringle. Art Deco ornament enjoyed limited popularity on residential buildings in Los Angeles and is virtually unknown in Pasadena domestic architecture, where this court is one of the very few exceptions. For that reason, and for its distinctive adaptation of the court form, it is considered probably the most unusual court in Pasadena. It belongs to a larger cluster of bungalow courts around Marengo Avenue.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Contractor D. J. Ringle","architectural_style":"Art Deco","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 02:54:26.849558-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/83001187.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001187/713f1d5cbe-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001187/713f1d5cbe-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Rschen7754","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Court_at_497-503%C2%BD_N._Madison_Ave._3.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Rschen7754</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_at_497-503%C2%BD_N._Madison_Ave._3.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123857428","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_at_497%E2%80%93503%C2%BD_N._Madison_Ave.","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14681785"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/los-angeles-county/court-83001187/"}