Bungalow Heaven Historic District

Bungalow Heaven is a 16-block residential neighborhood in north central Pasadena, California, northeast of the civic center and downtown. Laid out on a standard grid that climbs gently toward the Sierra Madre foothills, it contains 686 buildings, of which 521 contribute to its historic character. Most were built between 1888 and 1929, and over 70% are bungalows influenced by the Arts and Crafts movement, constructed between 1905 and 1920. Colonial Revival bungalows from the 1920s form the next largest group, with a few Queen Anne cottages, Spanish Revival and English Revival houses. Houses are typically one story, modest, similar in scale, set on 50-foot-wide lots with a common front setback. Clapboard, shingles and stucco are the usual cladding, with Arroyo stone, brick and stone used for foundations, porches and chimneys. Gabled rooflines and front porches reinforce the unified streetscape, which is lined with mature oaks, camphor trees and Mexican fan palms. Buildings were excluded mainly where later construction or heavy alteration, such as replacement of wood siding with stucco, diminished their integrity.