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Resource Summary
57 W VILLA ST
Resource Summary
Address: 57 W VILLA ST APN: 5726-015-041 [print]

This property is in a historic district listed in the National Register of Historic Places. *
 
RESOURCE OVERVIEW
Address: 57 W VILLA ST
City: Pasadena State: CA
Zip Code: 91103 County: Los Angeles
County Code: 37
Historic Name: Common Name:
APN: 5726-015-041 Zoning: RM32
Building Sq. Ft: Site Size (Acres): 0.130
Year Built: 1906 Documented District: New Fair Oaks Historic District
District: New Fair Oaks Historic District (designated)
 Property Status: Designated
Contributing Status: C    
Resource Description:
This one-story house at the northeast corner of West Villa Street and Champlain Avenue is an example of the Vernacular Hipped Cottage subtype, with distinctive elements showing transition to Arts and Crafts period styles. It has a bell-shaped hipped roof with a projecting gabled roof over a half-width front porch, supported by Tuscan posts at the southwest corner. On the west elevation, a hipped roof dormer with a pair of double-hung windows projects from the main roof. The gable end, which has a small window with diamond-patterned muntins in a curving recessed opening, and the dormer side walls are clad in rectangular wood shingles. The house has a composition shingle roof; walls clad in wood-lap siding with mitered ends; an Arroyo stone foundation; wood transom, double-hung and fixed windows in wood-framed openings; and a replacement front door in an original wood-framed opening. A polygonal bay projects from the west elevation.

Style: Vernacular Hipped Cottage 
Legal Description:
RESOURCE DETAILS
Primary Architectural Style: Vernacular Hipped Cottage
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Context: Residential Architecture 1883-1904 
Original Owner:
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.