{"nrhp_refnum":"91001900","name":"Casa Romantica","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"415 Avenida Granada","address_restricted":false,"city":"San Clemente","county":"Orange County","state":"CA","lat":33.42120949100007,"lon":-117.62106681099999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1991-12-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Casa Romantica is a single-story Spanish Revival mansion at 415 Avenida Granada in San Clemente, California, on a 2.39-acre bluff above the Pacific. Architect Carl Lindbom designed it for Ole Hanson, and it was built in 1927-1928.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is significant for its connection to Ole Hanson, who planned and created San Clemente, one of the first planned communities on the Southern California coast. Hanson built the house as his personal residence and lived there with his family until 1932. It is evaluated at the local level under Criterion A, in the area of Community Planning and Development.","narrative":"Casa Romantica is a large Spanish Revival house on a bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean at 415 Avenida Granada in San Clemente. Architect Carl Lindbom designed it for Ole Hanson, and it was built in 1927-1928. The single-story building has thick stuccoed walls, a handmade tile roof, 14 rooms and about 9,800 square feet arranged mostly around an inner courtyard. An entrance arch in the form of a Chinese Moongate reflects Hanson's interest in Oriental art. Inside are a sunken solarium, a beam-ceilinged living room, an octagonal tower office and a veranda facing the ocean. Hanson planned and developed San Clemente as a Spanish-style planned community beginning in 1925, and he lived here with his family until 1932, when he lost the house during the Depression. The house was later a retirement home. The City of San Clemente bought it in 1989, and it now hosts weddings and special events.","period_of_significance":"1927-1932","architect_builder":"Lindbom, Carl (architect); Hanson, Ole (significant person/builder)","architectural_style":"Spanish Revival","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Owned by the City of San Clemente since 1989 and leased for special events, mainly weddings; described as in good repair, with neglected grounds.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:27.598067-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/91001900.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91001900/446013d878-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91001900/446013d878-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Timshuwy","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Casa_Romantica.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Timshuwy</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:Casa_Romantica.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123860181","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casa_Romantica","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5047876"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/orange-county/casa-romantica-91001900/"}