Park Place-Arroyo Terrace Historic District

This 7.5-acre residential district in Pasadena occupies an irregular block bordered by Arroyo Terrace, North Grand Avenue and North Orange Grove Boulevard, just south of the Gamble House. Thirteen parcels make up the district, ten of which have contributing houses, garages and walls built mostly between 1901 and 1912. Greene & Greene designed seven of the ten contributing buildings, including Charles Greene's own family home at 368 Arroyo Terrace and a house for his three sisters-in-law, the White sisters, at 370. Other houses reflect Craftsman bungalow, Prairie School, English-influenced Arts and Crafts and Colonial Revival types. Sidewalks along Arroyo Terrace are brick, and many are edged with battered retaining walls of arroyo stone and clinker brick, which are described as outstanding examples of Charles Greene's masonry. Mature live oaks and other trees line the streets. The district was recognized for its architecture and its high degree of integrity, with later condominiums sited mostly inside the block and having little effect on the street views.