CALIFORNIA HISTORICAL RESOURCES INVENTORY DATABASE
City of Pasadena
 
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Resource Summary
1175 La Loma Rd
DPR523A - Primary [print]
State of California - The Resource Agency
DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION
PRIMARY RECORD
 
 
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NRHP Status Code: 5S1 
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Date: -/-/-
 
 
*Resource Name or #: Smith House 
 
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  Location: not for publication   unrestricted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: 1175 La Loma Rd City: Pasadena State: CA Zip Code: 91105
d.  UTM: (Give more than one for large and/or linear resources)   Zone:   ; -118.173312  mE/ 34.131677  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)
Plan: T-shaped house with square garageStories: 1
Decorative Elements: Applied wood slatsFacade: Symmetrical (street view)
Fenestration: Minimally glazedRoof Form: Gabled
Eaves: Closed; exposed beamsRoof Orientation: Front & side
Roof Pitch: ShallowWindow Types: Clerestory; major windows not visible from street
Doors: Not visible from streetCladding: Wood tongue and groove; Textured finish stucco
Exterior Accents: Brick plantersFoundation: Not expressed
Porch: Not visible from streetSetting: Hillside; heavily landscaped
Garage: 2-car detached garage with open clerestory 


Designed by Dennis Smith (who joined the firm of Buff & Hensman in 1963) for his parents. Past the post and beam design's severe street facade with expansive roof overhangs, is an open interior linked to the pool behind by expanses of glass, framed by vertical tongue and groove wood siding.
 
*P3b.  Resource Attributes:  (List attributes and codes)  
 
*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:
 
*P6.
Date Constructed/Age and Source:
Historic PreHistoric
Both Neither
Year Built: 1961 - Documented
 
*P7.
Owner and Address:
Name: SANDRA ELL 
Address:  
,  
 
*P8.
Recorded By:
Kevin Johnson
Senior Planner
City of Pasadena
175 N. Garfield Avenue
Pasadena, CA 91101
 
*P9.
Date Recorded: 10/02/2008
 
*P10.
Survey Type: Survey - Intensive
Survey Title: 2006 Recent Past
 
*P11.  Report Citation: (Cite survey report and other sources, or enter "none.")
 
*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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