Pegfair Estates Historic District

Pegfair Estates is a small residential district in Pasadena's Linda Vista neighborhood, made up of 25 single-family homes along Pegfair Estates Drive and Carnarvon Drive. Twenty-two of them contribute to the district. They were built between 1961 and 1967, mostly by 1965, and all are individually designed Custom Ranch houses in the Contemporary Ranch style. Typical features include low horizontal rooflines, extended eaves, flagstone and board-and-batten cladding, large picture windows and recessed entries. Many houses add Asian-inspired details such as irimoya roofs, gawara tiles, wood screens and rock gardens. The district forms the western half of an original 52-house tract. It stands apart from the rest of that tract through its stronger design consistency, its dense mature landscaping on a rising hillside, and a long brick wall with pilasters along Lida Street. Utilities are underground, and the planned layout gives each house privacy and views. The nomination presents it as an unusually thorough local example of Asian influence on postwar Ranch architecture.