{"nrhp_refnum":"94001487","name":"Smiley Park Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Brookside Ave., Cajon St., Cypress Ave. and Buena Vista St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Redlands","county":"San Bernardino County","state":"CA","lat":34.05118288750006,"lon":-117.18348284090081,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1994-12-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Social History","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 109-acre residential historic district south of downtown Redlands, San Bernardino County, California, centered on Smiley Park. It contains 345 contributing resources, mostly houses built between 1887 and 1913, plus two churches, a library and a hospital building.","why_significant":"The district is argued to be the most intact collection in Redlands of Late Victorian, Revival and Craftsman-influenced architecture. It reflects the town's building progression from the late 1800s to the early 1900s. It is also tied to Alfred and Albert Smiley, who paid for the park and library that anchor the neighborhood.","narrative":"Smiley Park Historic District is a 109-acre residential neighborhood just south of downtown Redlands, California. It is organized around Smiley Park, a ribbon-shaped park formed in 1896, and the Mission Revival Smiley Public Library of 1898, both funded by brothers Alfred and Albert Smiley. The district holds 345 contributing resources, mainly wood-frame houses from 1887 to 1913. About 30 percent are Late Victorian, 25 percent are hipped or gabled cottages, 19 percent are Revival styles, and 24 percent are Craftsman. Two churches, Trinity Church and Unity Church, both from 1904, and a 1902 former hospital also stand within it. Cut-stone curbs, original street widths, mature trees and 1920s cast-cement light poles preserve the early twentieth-century setting. Some houses lost Victorian trim or were converted to duplexes, yet most keep their original appearance. The district was recognized for its architecture and its role in the town's social history.","period_of_significance":"1887-1913","architect_builder":"Huizing, Garrett; Harris, F.T; Wilson, G. Stanley; Powell, Herbert; Griffith, T.R.","architectural_style":"Late Victorian, Queen Anne, Shingle Style, Bungalow/Craftsman, Classical Revival, Colonial Revival, Mission/Spanish Revival, Italian Renaissance","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Most buildings are reported as little altered and the neighborhood is described as continuing to be rehabilitated. Houses still serve as homes, alongside a library, churches, a museum and a dental office.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:27.806395-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/94001487.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/94001487/9cf831856d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/94001487/9cf831856d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 2.0","author":"Phil Scoville from Provo, UT, USA","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A.K._Smiley_Public_Library.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Phil Scoville from Provo, UT, USA</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A.K._Smiley_Public_Library.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123860799","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smiley_Park_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22078121"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/san-bernardino-county/smiley-park-historic-district-94001487/"}