{"nrhp_refnum":"95001128","name":"Orange Heights-Barnhart Tracts Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by N. Los Robles Ave. W, N. El Molino Ave. E., Jackson St. N., and E. Mountain St. S.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Pasadena","county":"Los Angeles County","state":"CA","lat":34.16300684300006,"lon":-118.13937085861374,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1995-09-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district in northwest Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California, bounded roughly by N. Los Robles Ave., N. El Molino Ave., Jackson Street and East Mountain Street. It has 84 buildings, 61 of them contributing, mostly Craftsman bungalows built after the 1906 subdivision of the Orange Heights tract.","why_significant":"The district is significant as an intact collection of middle-class Craftsman bungalows that reflect the American Arts and Crafts movement in Pasadena. Fifty of the 61 contributing buildings date from the ten years after the 1906 subdivision. The streetscape, with arroyo stone retaining walls, elevated lots, uniform setbacks and mature street trees, remains largely unchanged. It also holds the largest collection of buildings by local builder D. M. Renton in Pasadena.","narrative":"Orange Heights/Barnhart Tracts is a neighborhood of 84 buildings in northwest Pasadena, laid out when developer George F. Thompson subdivided the Orange Heights tract in 1906. Sixty-one buildings contribute to its character, and most are Craftsman bungalows built within about ten years of the subdivision. Nearly all were designed as single-family homes, with one duplex and a four-unit bungalow court. Typical features include wide gable roofs, exposed rafter tails, arroyo stone porches and foundations, shingle or wood siding, and porches that serve as outdoor rooms. Seventeen were built by local builder D. M. Renton, the largest group of his work in Pasadena, and six were designed by architects, among them Irving Gill. Elevated lots, uniform landscaped setbacks, arroyo stone retaining walls and mature street trees give the streets a consistent appearance, with views toward the San Gabriel Mountains. The district is recognized as a well-preserved example of Arts and Crafts housing from 1906 to 1930.","period_of_significance":"1906-1930","architect_builder":"D. M. Renton, George F. Thompson, Will A. Taylor, Henry C. Deming, C.M. Hansen, L. C. Williams; architects Cyril Bennett, Kenneth A. Gordon, Sylvanus B. Marston and Irving Gill","architectural_style":"Bungalow/Craftsman","criteria":[],"status_note":"Largely unchanged from its appearance during the period of significance; the streetscape remains intact and the buildings are still used as single dwellings.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:27.694323-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/95001128.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95001128/dc86fda1f6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95001128/dc86fda1f6-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"TheCatalyst31","credit_html":"TheCatalyst31, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Houses_on_Oakland_Avenue,_Orange_Heights-Barnhart_Tracts_HD_01.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123859368","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141634312"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/los-angeles-county/orange-heights-barnhart-tracts-historic-district-95001128/"}