{"nrhp_refnum":"83001188","name":"Court","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"744-756 1/2 S. Marengo Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Pasadena","county":"Los Angeles County","state":"CA","lat":34.13274088900005,"lon":-118.14548648199997,"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 732-744 Santa Barbara Street in Pasadena, California, built in 1922 by contractor D. Hoffman. It has five units in three one-story buildings in Spanish Colonial Revival style.","why_significant":"The court is described as very similar in concept and style to Orange Grove Court. It is presented as another example of the Mediterranean-influenced court form that was common across the Southern California landscape. It is one of several Pasadena bungalow courts nominated together as a group.","narrative":"This bungalow court on Santa Barbara Street in Pasadena was built in 1922 by contractor D. Hoffman. It holds five units arranged in three one-story buildings, with the entrance of the first unit on each side facing the street. The units share Spanish Colonial Revival features: broken parapet roofs, stucco exteriors, and tiled gable porch roofs carried on columns. Tiled shed roofs shade the windows on the street elevations, window grilles remain on unit #742, and the grounds are heavily landscaped. One unit, #738, sits out of view from the street and is a 1956 reconstruction with apartments above parking, so it is left out of the nominated area. The court was listed as part of a group of Pasadena bungalow courts. Its significance lies in its close resemblance to Orange Grove Court and in its typical Mediterranean-influenced design, a form that once dotted the Southern California landscape.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Contractor: D. Hoffman","architectural_style":"Spanish Colonial Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Unit #738 is omitted from the nominated property. It is a 1956 reconstruction with apartments above sheltered parking. The remaining units keep features such as window grilles on #742 and lush landscaping.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:27.92932-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/83001188.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001188/8856a31a24-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001188/8856a31a24-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"TheCatalyst31","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Court_at_744_S._Marengo_6.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">TheCatalyst31</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_744_S._Marengo_6.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123857430","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_at_744%E2%80%93756%C2%BD_S._Marengo_Ave.","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14681787"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/los-angeles-county/court-83001188/"}