{"nrhp_refnum":"83001195","name":"Gartz Court","other_names":["Gloria Court"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"270 N. Madison","address_restricted":false,"city":"Pasadena","county":"Los Angeles County","state":"CA","lat":34.15075684000004,"lon":-118.13791962299996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-08-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Gartz Court, historically called Gloria Court, is a six-unit, five-building bungalow court at 270 North Madison Avenue in Pasadena, California, built in 1910 and attributed to Myron Hunt and Elmer Grey.","why_significant":"It is described as the oldest bungalow court in Pasadena and, with Bowen Court, the earliest surviving evidence of the bungalow court's origins. Its English Arts and Crafts design is rare for the court form. It is also associated with Kate Crane Gartz, a liberal activist and civic founder who commissioned it.","narrative":"Gartz Court is a bungalow court of six units in five one-story, gable-roofed buildings, built in 1910 at 270 North Madison Avenue in Pasadena and attributed to architects Myron Hunt and Elmer Grey. It combines Arroyo stone chimneys and foundations, a wooden shingle skirt and Tudor half-timbering. Walkways near the buildings form a central oval lawn with a rose garden. Interiors are detailed with wood and brick fireplaces. Commissioned by Kate Crane Gartz, a plumbing-fortune heir, liberal activist and founding member of several Pasadena civic organizations, the court is regarded as the oldest in the city. Together with Bowen Court it marks the beginning of the bungalow court form. Its English Arts and Crafts influence gives it a refinement that contrasts with the rougher character of Bowen Court. Because the site was threatened with demolition, relocation to a new setting was approved in 1983, with the buildings and landscaping to be arranged in their original layout and rehabilitated.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Attributed to Myron Hunt and Elmer Grey","architectural_style":"English Cottage-Craftsman / English Arts and Crafts, with Tudor half-timbering","criteria":[],"status_note":"Threatened with demolition at its original site; relocation to a new site was approved in 1983 so that the buildings and landscaping could be rearranged in their original configuration and rehabilitated.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:28.127599-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/83001195.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001195/18733d4c04-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001195/18733d4c04-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"TheCatalyst31","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gartz_Court_1.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">TheCatalyst31</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gartz_Court_1.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123857476","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gartz_Court","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14682000"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/los-angeles-county/gartz-court-83001195/"}