CALIFORNIA HISTORICAL RESOURCES INVENTORY DATABASE
City of Pasadena
 
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District Summary
New Fair Oaks Historic District
DPR523A - Primary [print]
State of California - The Resource Agency
DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION
PRIMARY RECORD
 
Survey #:
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Primary #:  
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NRHP Status Code: 3D 
Other Listings:  
Review Code:    Reviewer:   
Date: -/-/-
*Resource Name or #: New Fair Oaks Historic District 
P1.
Other Identifier:  
*P2. Location: not for publication   unrestricted
a. County: Los Angeles  and  (P2c, P2e, and P2b or P2d. Attach a Location Map as Necessary)
b.
USGS 7.5' Quad:   YEAR:   T   ; R   ;   of   of Sec   ;   B.M.
c.
Address: 0 City: Pasadena State: CA Zip Code:
d.
UTM: Zone:   ;   mE/   mN
e.
Other Locational Data:  
*P3a.
Description:
The New Fair Oaks Historic District is one of three neighborhoods in Pasadena with a high concentration of adjoining, intact residential buildings from the late 19th/early 20th century. The buildings in this district reflect one-story vernacular property subtypes of the Single Family Residence property type identified in the Multiple Property Documentation Form, “Late 19th and Early 20th Century Development and Architecture in Pasadena,” including Queen Anne and Vernacular Hipped and Vernacular Gabled Cottages. Generally, properties in the district have a main house from the period of significance situated at the front behind a small landscaped yard, a concrete driveway on one side of the house, and a newer detached garage or additional house at the rear. The positioning of each of these elements on the lots and their relationship to the street and to each other are relatively uniform. On Lincoln Avenue, the streets are lined with mature oak trees; young trees have been planted on W. Villa Street. Two properties have a mature Canary Island date palms in their front yards. Although there is uniformity in the features of the public right-of-way in the district, they appear to date from a later period.



The district is distinguished from the nearby Bristol-Cypress Historic District by its differing subdivision history; lack of mature landscaping and smaller lots and height and square footage buildings.



Many of the contributing houses have had minor alterations. Despite thesealterations and newer additions at the rear of the properties, the feeling of the district that is clearly conveyed from the public right-of-way is one of a late 19th/early 20th century neighborhood. The surrounding area outside the district boundaries has a similar residential character, but the houses have either been altered or were built in different time periods unrelated to the specific context of this nomination.
*P3b.
Resource Attributes: HP02 
*P4.
Resources Present:
Building Structure Object Site District Element of a District Other
P5a. Photograph or Drawing (Photograph required for buildings, structures, and objects.)
P5b.
Description of Photo:
*P6.
Date Constructed/Age and Source:
Historic PreHistoric Both Neither
Year Built: - Documented
*P7.
Owner and Address:
Name:  
Address:  
 
*P8.
Recorded By:
Kevin Johnson
Senior Planner
City of Pasadena
175 N. Garfield Avenue
Pasadena, CA 91101
*P9.
Date Recorded: 09/21/2010
*P10.
Survey Type: Survey - Intensive
Survey Title: 2010 Late 19th/Early 20th Centuries
*P11.
Report Citation: (Cite survey report and other sources, or enter "none.")
City of Pasadena & Historic Resources Group. Final Report: Northwest Survey Revision Project—Phase I Historic Resources Inventory. Pasadena, 1993. Page, Henry Markham. Pasadena: Its Early Years. Los Angeles: Lorrin L. Morrison Printing and Publishing, 1964. Permit research materials and assessor’s records in files, Planning Department, City of Pasadena (referenced in August 2010).