{"nrhp_refnum":"88000970","name":"Redondo Beach Original Townsite Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"N. Gertruda Ave., Carnelian St., N. Guadalupe Ave. and Diamond St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Redondo Beach","county":"Los Angeles County","state":"CA","lat":33.846824136000066,"lon":-118.38637846172014,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-06-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district in Redondo Beach, Los Angeles County, California, centered on North Gertruda Avenue, Carnelian Street, North Guadalupe Avenue and Diamond Street. It consists of one- and two-story houses, apartments and garages, mostly built between about 1906 and the 1920s.","why_significant":"The excerpt provided contains only the description section and no statement of significance. It shows a largely intact early twentieth-century neighborhood of Craftsman, Colonial Revival and neo-classical houses, including one of the few remaining single-wall beach houses. Early residents included railway workers, merchants and a mayor of Redondo Beach.","narrative":"This residential district in Redondo Beach, California, covers several blocks around North Gertruda Avenue, Carnelian Street, North Guadalupe Avenue and Diamond Street. It holds one- and two-story houses, mostly sided in redwood clapboard, along with apartment buildings and many original garages and sheds. Craftsman bungalows and Colonial Revival houses predominate, with some neo-classical row houses and Mission-style buildings, all typical of Southern California in the early twentieth century. Most buildings date from about 1906 to the 1920s, when residents could see the Pacific Ocean five blocks to the west. Early occupants included Pacific Electric workers, shopkeepers, carpenters and Louis Molnar, mayor from 1916 to 1918. One rear house at 325 North Gertruda Avenue is described as one of the few original single-wall beach houses left in the city. Forty-nine buildings contribute to the district's character, and nineteen newer or altered ones do not. Integrity is rated moderately high, and most houses remain in good repair.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Bungalow/Craftsman; Mission/Spanish; Neo-Classical Revival/Colonial Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Houses are generally in very good repair, with integrity described as moderately high. One house at 305 North Gertruda Avenue has been vacant and neglected for over twelve years. Current uses are single and multiple dwellings.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:28.026478-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/88000970.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88000970/2ca1609961-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88000970/2ca1609961-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Bobak Ha'Eri","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2010-1101-02-RedondoBeachHD.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Bobak Ha'Eri</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2010-1101-02-RedondoBeachHD.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123859447","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redondo_Beach_Original_Townsite_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49548956"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/los-angeles-county/redondo-beach-original-townsite-historic-district-88000970/"}