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Resource Summary
1555 PEGFAIR ESTATES Dr
DPR523A - Primary [print]
State of California - The Resource Agency
DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION
PRIMARY RECORD
 
 
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NRHP Status Code: 1D|2S 
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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  Location: not for publication   unrestricted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: 1555 PEGFAIR ESTATES Dr City: Pasadena State: CA Zip Code: 91103
d.  UTM: (Give more than one for large and/or linear resources)   Zone:   ; -118.184499  mE/ 34.172436  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 house at 1555 Pegfair Estates Drive covers virtually the entire lot, the rear of which has street frontage on Lida Street. The house is sited parallel to these two streets in a rectilinear form. The house has a low-pitched hipped roof, stucco and wood tongue-and-groove siding, and incorporates both wood and metal transparent screens at window groupings along the street-facing elevation as well as the recessed entry area. A rectangular stone chimney protrudes from the roofline at the western end of the house. Assessor's records indicate the presence of a covered breezeway between the rear detached garage and the main house. 1555 Pegfair Estates Drive (Photo 9) is a single story rear facing T-plan Custom Ranch house done in the Contemporary Ranch style with numerous Asiatic features. This resource features a side gabled – on hip roof (irimoya) in the Japanese Temple tradition. This roof is clad in traditional Japanese decorative roof tiles (gawara) and extended eaves are part of the roof design. The front of this residence faces south. A flagstone chimney is present at its eastern portion. The cladding of the residence is primarily stucco, though portions of the front elevation are clad in thin scaled flush wood vertical board siding with thin grooves. The recessed entry is located within a breezeway at the middle of the front elevation. The entry features a pair of red doors with bronze handle hardware and bronze kick-plates. At either side of these doors is one full length sidelight of privacy glass which contains a metal filigree pattern of an organic double-S curve. This residence features numerous Asiatic design features including gridded wood screens in front of windows and metal Manji-kuzushi gates and fences with detailed, asymmetrical geometric patterns. This house is recessed upon its property. Instead of lawn, the front yard is an elevated berm covered in ivy and containing birds of paradise and small palm trees. Japanese Temple themed pole and hanging lamps are present. A driveway is located at the western edge of the property and it leads to a garage at the rear of the property. A low, metal balustrade is present running in front of the residence and above the yard. The architect of record for this property is Harold Levitoff. Constructed in 1962, 1555 Pegfair Estates Drive retains excellent integrity and is a contributor to the Pegfair Estates District.
 
*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
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*P6.
Date Constructed/Age and Source:
Historic PreHistoric
Both Neither
Year Built: 1962 - Documented
 
*P7.
Owner and Address:
Name: ROBERT KAWASHIMA 
Address:  
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*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: 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
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