| Address: |
139 S LOS ROBLES Ave |
APN: |
5722-030-007 |
This property is designated by the city as an individual historic resource (see "designation type" field for the specific city designation type).
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| Address: |
139 S LOS ROBLES Ave |
| City: |
Pasadena |
State: |
CA |
| Zip Code: |
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County: |
Los Angeles |
| County Code: |
37 |
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| Historic Name: |
Hotel Livingstone |
Common Name: |
Hotel Livingstone |
| APN: |
5722-030-007 |
Zoning: |
CD2 |
| Building Sq. Ft: |
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Site Size (Acres): |
0.350 |
| Year Built: |
1927 Documented |
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Property Status: |
Designated |
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| Resource Description: |
The Site:
The property is located on a rectangular shaped lot on the west side of South Los Robles Avenue, south of Green Street, within walking distance of the Civic Center and Paseo Colorado. The building is set closely to the street with a minimal setback and with the adjacent, but separate, Stanley Apartments to the south, adjoins a narrow central courtyard landscaped with trees and groundcover. The property is generally flat and abuts other multi-family residential properties to the north and west. The Livingstone Hotel, along with its adjacent twin, the Stanley Apartments, were formerly the two most massive buildings on the block, although they are now nestled among other similarly scaled buildings in a predominantly multi-family residential and commercial neighborhood.
Exterior Features of the Building:
The Livingstone Hotel is a three-story, symmetrical building with a modern penthouse and elevated basement, which shares a center courtyard with the Stanley Apartments, creating a symmetrical composition. The building is generally vernacular masonry construction, with some influence of the Italian Renaissance Revival style. The building is set closely to the street and is constructed of running-bond red brick on a concrete foundation. The elevated basement is fronted by a concrete trench and planter adjacent to the sidewalk. The central building volume is flanked by two smaller sub-volumes that are recessed behind the plane of the front façade. The north elevation has three shallow, unadorned, rectangular bays, while the south courtyard-facing elevation has two. The building has gently sloping side-facing gables on the primary volume with red clay tile roofing, transitioning to a flat roof behind. The building has pier-like heavy corners that appear as brick quoins. A shed dormer with a five-light fixed window is centered on the sloped roof of the main building volume. Multi-paned French doors with wrought iron balconies are found at the first floor, while the remaining windows are multi-paned, two-over-two, wood framed, double hung sash. The windows are slightly recessed with projecting, rowlock-course brick sills and flush, soldier-course brick lintels. Second and third floor recessed balconies have square openings. The deeply recessed front entrance is at the north elevation of the building and is elevated above the street and accessed by a flight of concrete steps. Full height multi-paned double hung windows provide light and air to the basement unit, which is accessed by steps on the south elevation. A roof mounted neon “Hotel Livingstone” sign is included in the City’s historic sign inventory.
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| Primary Architectural Style: |
Vernacular Masonry |
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| Architect: |
Myron Hunt |
| Builder: |
J.H. Woodworth and Son |
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| Context: |
Period Revival Architecture
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| Original Use: |
Hotel |
| Original Location: |
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| Demolished: |
no |
| Notes: |
Building permit indicates Hunt only as architect of the Livingstone Hotel; Walter Webber is listed with Hunt on the permit for the Stanley Apts. |
| Moved: |
no |
| Date Moved: |
n/a |
| Designation Date: |
02/05/2018 |
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* 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.
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