{"nrhp_refnum":"83001200","name":"Old Pasadena Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Pasadena, Fair Oaks, Raymond Aves., Arroyo Pkwy., Del Mar Blvd., and Corson St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Pasadena","county":"Los Angeles County","state":"CA","lat":34.14572045200006,"lon":-118.15094943363508,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-09-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic downtown commercial district in Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California, with roughly 175 buildings dating from 1886 through 1930, centered on Colorado Boulevard, Fair Oaks Avenue and Raymond Avenue.","why_significant":"The district is Pasadena's historic downtown core, and its buildings document the city's economic and social booms. Its streets show distinct stylistic eras: Victorian on Fair Oaks, Beaux Arts and neo-Renaissance on Raymond, and Spanish Colonial Revival on Colorado. It conveys the aspirations of the city's early residents.","narrative":"Old Pasadena is the historic downtown of Pasadena, California, made up of about 175 buildings erected between 1886 and 1930. Most are commercial, but the district also holds a large residential hotel complex, a train station, light industrial buildings, several churches and a park. Its streets show different periods. Fair Oaks reflects the 1880s boom, with brick Victorian storefronts. Raymond Avenue, which linked the resort hotels with downtown, took on buff brick and Classical ornament in the 1890s, and its two tallest buildings are concrete towers in a Chicago-influenced style. Colorado Boulevard carries the Spanish Colonial Revival facades added around 1929 and 1930, often when the street was widened. Alleys behind the main streets keep the simple brick service character of the older buildings. Modernization was mostly limited to storefronts, so the area remains a recognizable enclave of early Pasadena, and rehabilitation work was under way when it was listed.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Marston & Van Pelt; Frederick Marsh; Hudson & Munsell; Bennett & Haskell; Wendell Warren; Leo Bachmann; and others named for individual buildings","architectural_style":"Spanish Colonial Revival predominant, with Victorian, Beaux Arts, neo-Renaissance, Classical and Art Deco buildings","criteria":[],"status_note":"Mostly good to fair condition; extensive rehabilitation was under way using the Investment Tax Credit. The district is predominantly commercial, with some residential, industrial, religious and park uses.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:27.666217-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/83001200.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001200/a4140ab6fe-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001200/a4140ab6fe-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Adbar","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_Town_Pasadena_and_Metro_Local_bus.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Adbar</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:Old_Town_Pasadena_and_Metro_Local_bus.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"07001303","name":"Old Pasadena Historic District (Boundary Increase)","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/california/old-pasadena-historic-district-boundary-increase-07001303/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123859363","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Pasadena","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7085297"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/los-angeles-county/old-pasadena-historic-district-83001200/"}