CALIFORNIA HISTORICAL RESOURCES INVENTORY DATABASE
City of Pasadena
 
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Resource Summary
480 CYPRESS Ave
DPR523A - Primary [print]
State of California - The Resource Agency
DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION
PRIMARY RECORD
 
 
Survey #:
DOE #:
Primary #:  
HRI #:  
Trinomial:  
NRHP Status Code: 1D 
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  Location: not for publication   unrestricted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: 480 CYPRESS Ave City: Pasadena State: CA Zip Code: 91103
d.  UTM: (Give more than one for large and/or linear resources)   Zone:   ; -118.15411  mE/ 34.153439  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)
Style: Folk Victorian 


One contributing building (house). This one-and-one-half story symmetrical house is an example of the Folk Victorian subtype, with Eastlake detailing. It has a rectangular plan with steeply sloped gabled roof form, oriented toward the street. It has a full-width projecting front porch with a hipped roof supported by turned wood posts with curvilinear brackets with a cutout cross-diagonal detail and an open wood railing. Undated photographs on file with the City of Pasadena depict a solid porch railing and newel posts at the stair, neither of which are extant; however, the replacement wood railing is compatible with the design of the house. The roof is covered in composition shingles and the walls are clad in drop channel siding with corner boards with tongue-and-groove skirting at the base. Many of the original wood-framed window openings have original wood fixed, transom or double-hung windows, although some have replacement vinyl sashes. The original wood-paneled front door with a single rectangular light remains in place. The gable end is divided into sections with detailing that includes a dentiled collar beam, stickwork, fish-scale shingles, vertically and horizontally oriented wood tongue-and-groove siding, and sunbursts. The front yard, which is slightly elevated from the street by a concrete curb, has a mature Canary Island date palm. The house retains integrity and is contributing to the district.
 
*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: 1897 - Documented
 
*P7.
Owner and Address:
Name:  
Address:  
,  
 
*P8.
Recorded By:
 
*P9.
Date Recorded: -/-/-
 
*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.")
 
*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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