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Resource Summary
1345 CARNARVON Dr
Resource Summary
Address: 1345 CARNARVON Dr APN: 5705-020-027 [print]

This property is in a historic district listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
This property has been determined eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places as an individual resource. *
 
RESOURCE OVERVIEW
Address: 1345 CARNARVON Dr
City: Pasadena State: CA
Zip Code: 91103 County: Los Angeles
County Code: 37
Historic Name: Common Name:
APN: 5705-020-027 Zoning: RS-4
Building Sq. Ft: 2056 Site Size (Acres): 0.390
Year Built: 1962 Documented District: Pegfair Estates Historic District
District: Pegfair Estates Historic District (designated)
 Property Status: Designated
Contributing Status: C    
Resource Description:
1345 Carvarvon Drive (Photo 23) is a single story, complex plan Custom Ranch house done in the Contemporary Ranch style. Its cladding includes stucco, flagstone and vertical board and batten. The house is comprised of living and garage components. Both are side gabled and are attached by a smaller side gabled component that contains the recessed entry and a circular window. The living component has flagstone cladding upon the lower half of its large, south facing gable end. Rising up above this gable is a rectangular chimney of the same flagstone. The apex of this gable end is open and is glazed. The gable ends of the living component feature an exposed wood frame that echoes the roof line and creates a skylight affect. At its south elevation, large wood beams with a carved ends extend from beneath this gable. A stylized wood column supports the extended beam beneath the gable’s apex. The garage component of this house, including the garage door itself, is clad in vertical board. The house is recessed upon its property and a highly manicured front yard is present. A stucco fence topped by a suspended running lintel is present just north of the front yard, the plantings in which are relatively recent. The architect of record for the property is Alfred H. Noble Jr. Constructed in 1963, 1345 Carnarvon Drive retains excellent integrity and is a contributor to the Pegfair Estates District.
Legal Description:
LOT COM S ON W LINE OF CARNARVON D
RESOURCE DETAILS
Primary Architectural Style: Modern Ranch
Secondary Architectural Style:
Architect: Wilfred H. Noble Jr.
Builder: E.B. Hulsebus Company
Contractor:
Context: Recent Past 
Original Owner: R.L. Perry
Original Use: Single Family Residence
Original Location:
Demolished: no
Notes:
Moved: no
Date Moved: n/a
Designation Date: n/a

* This is a simplified statement of the property's status. Please review the NRHP Status Code field on the search screen for official, adopted status language.