CALIFORNIA HISTORICAL RESOURCES INVENTORY DATABASE
City of Pasadena
 
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Resource Summary
1044 E ORANGE GROVE Blvd Suite: #1-8
DPR523B - Bldg, Struct & Object [print]
State of California - The Resource Agency
DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION
BUILDING, STRUCTURE & OBJECT RECORD
Primary #:  
HRI #:  
*NRHP Status Code: 5S1 
*Resource Name or #: LOS ARCOS COURT  Survey Title:  
 
B1.
Historic Name: LOS ARCOS COURT 
B2.
Common Name: LOS ARCOS COURT 
B3.
Original Use: Multi-family Residential 
B4.  Present Use: Multi-family Residential 
*B5a.
Primary Architectural Style: Mission Revival 
B5b.
Secondary Architectural Style:  
*B6.
Construction History: Date Built: 1921 
Rehabilitated in 2007 and converted to condominiums
*B7.
Moved?: Yes No  Unknown Date:    Original Location:   
*B8.
Related Features:
*B9a.
Architect: Seidel 
b. Builder: Godber & Gates 
*B10.
Significance: Theme:   Area: City 
Period of Significance:   Property Type: Multi-family Residence 
Applicable Criteria:
National Register Criteria: C  California Register: 3  Local Register:  
Context:   Other:  
1044 E. Orange Grove Boulevard is significant as an intact example of a detached wide-form enclosed bungalow court in Mission style. The court has a high level of architectural integrity (its ability to demonstrate why it is significant) through its location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling and association. The court is in its original location and configuration, and has undergone few alterations since its original construction, none of which are visible from the street and will soon be restored. Though clearly in need of minor upgrades, the court has been relatively well-maintained.

In 1993, a study of bungalow courts in the city was completed and included in a multi-property National Register nomination. In this study, seven bungalow court types were identified (see Attachment C). The bungalow court at 1044 East Orange Grove Boulevard is an example of Type A: Detached Wide Court (Enclosed) and is the only example of this type of bungalow court in Mission Style in the city.

According to the National Register documentation for this property, the court was built by contractors Godber and Gates, and was designed by an architect with the last name of Seidel. The contractors also built a similar Mission Style bungalow court at 787 N. Michigan Avenue. The nomination form indicates that the 110-foot width of the court makes it “one of the most expansive post-1920 bungalow courts in Pasadena.”
 
B11.
Additional Resource Attributes: HP03 
*B12.
References:
 
B13.
Remarks:
 
*B14.
Evaluator: Kevin Johnson 
Date of Evaluation: 05/01/2006 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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