CALIFORNIA HISTORICAL RESOURCES INVENTORY DATABASE
City of Pasadena
 
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Resource Summary
1097 S Los Robles Ave
DPR523A - Primary [print]
State of California - The Resource Agency
DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION
PRIMARY RECORD
 
 
Survey #:
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NRHP Status Code: 3S 
Other Listings:  
Review Code:    Reviewer:   
Date: -/-/-
 
 
*Resource Name or #:  
 
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  Location: not for publication   unrestricted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: 1097 S Los Robles Ave City: Pasadena State: CA Zip Code: 91106
d.  UTM: (Give more than one for large and/or linear resources)   Zone:   ; -118.141574  mE/ 34.126836  mN
e.  Other Locational Data: (e.g., parcel #, directions to resource, elevation, etc., as appropriate)
 
*P3a.  Description:  (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries)
The one-story "AIRFORM" house at 1097 S. Los Robles Avenue is a domed residential structure,circular in plan, that was designed by significant regional architect Wallace Neff (1895-1982). The 1,121 s.f. house is virtually devoid of ornamentation or openings other than the front door and a pair of windows on the south elevation. The house was constructed by spraying gunite concrete over an inflated rubberized balloon structure.
 
*P3b.  Resource Attributes:  (List attributes and codes) HP02 
 
*P4.  Resources Present:
Building Structure Object Site District Element of a District Other
 
P5a.  Photograph or Drawing
additional photos (Photograph required for buildings, structures, and objects.)
P5b.
Description of Photo:
West elevation
 
*P6.
Date Constructed/Age and Source:
Historic PreHistoric
Both Neither
Year Built: 1947 - Documented
 
*P7.
Owner and Address:
Name: STEVEN RODEN 
Address:  
,  
 
*P8.
Recorded By:
Kevin Johnson
Senior Planner
City of Pasadena
175 N. Garfield Avenue
Pasadena, CA 91101
 
*P9.
Date Recorded: 11/30/2006
 
*P10.
Survey Type: Survey - Reconnaissance
Survey Title: 2006 Recent Past
 
*P11.  Report Citation: (Cite survey report and other sources, or enter "none.")
Neff, Wallace, Jr., ed.; Wallace Neff: Architect of California's Golden Age. Capra Press: Santa Barbara, 1986.
 
*Attachments:
NONE Location Map Sketch Map Continuation Sheet
Building, Structure, and Ojbect Record Archaeological Record District Record Linear Feature Record
Milling Station Record Rock Art Record Artifact Record Photograph Record
Other:
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