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Resource Summary
416 SUMMIT Ave
Resource Summary
Address: 416 SUMMIT Ave APN: 5725-023-035 [print]

This property is in a historic district listed in the National Register of Historic Places. *
 
RESOURCE OVERVIEW
Address: 416 SUMMIT Ave
City: Pasadena State: CA
Zip Code: 91103 County: Los Angeles
County Code: 37
Historic Name: Common Name:
APN: 5725-023-035 Zoning: RM12
Building Sq. Ft: 2722 Site Size (Acres): 0.260
Year Built: 1895 Documented District: Raymond-Summit Historic District
District: Raymond-Summit Historic District (designated)
 Property Status: Designated
Contributing Status: C    
Resource Description:
This one-story house is an example of the Vernacular Hipped Cottage subtype with Colonial Revival detailing. The roof is covered in composition shingles and has extended eaves with decorative brackets with scrolled ends grouped in fours. Exterior walls are clad in wood lap siding with mitered corners and the foundation is concrete. The recessed full-width front porch is supported by pairs of partially fluted Tuscan columns and has a turned wood balustrade with swan’s neck banisters. Below the porch columns are plaster-coated bases with inset rectangles and plaster medallions. Windows are wood and double-hung with lozenge and diamond-shaped muntins in the upper sash. A replacement front door and sidelights are in an original pedimented, dentiled and fluted opening. The property is surrounded by a wood picket fence and is heavily landscaped. A rear house, minimally visible from the street, was built in 1948 and a carport, not visible from the street, was built in 2000.

Style: Vernacular Hipped Cottage 
Legal Description:
LOT 14, BLOCK "A" OF S. TOWNSEND'S SUBDIVISION OF THE SUMMIT AVENUE TRACT, IN THE CITY OF PASADENA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS PER MAP RECORD IN BOOK 11, PAGE 13 OF MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY.
RESOURCE DETAILS
Primary Architectural Style: Vernacular Hipped Cottage
Secondary Architectural Style:
Architect:
Builder: J.W. Morrison
Contractor:
Context: Residential Architecture 1883-1904 
Original Owner: William Walker
Original Use: Single Family Residence
Original Location:
Demolished: no
Notes:
Moved: no
Date Moved: n/a
Designation Date: n/a
Mills Act: A contract and work program
was recorded in

* 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.