Las Casitas Court

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Las Casitas Court
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Location 656 N. Summit Ave., Pasadena, California
Coordinates 34°9′26″N118°8′51″W / 34.15722°N 118.14750°W / 34.15722; -118.14750 Coordinates: 34°9′26″N118°8′51″W / 34.15722°N 118.14750°W / 34.15722; -118.14750
Area 0.4 acres (0.16 ha)
Built 1916 (1916)
Architectural style American Craftsman
MPS Bungalow Courts of Pasadena TR
NRHP reference # 83001196 [1]
Added to NRHP July 11, 1983

Las Casitas Court is a bungalow court located at 656 N. Summit Ave. in Pasadena, California. The court, which was built in 1916, consists of ten buildings containing twelve residential units and arranged in two rows; the rows of homes flank a narrow courtyard with two walking paths. The homes in the court were designed in the American Craftsman style, and the court is one of the few surviving Craftsman-styled courts. The first four houses from the street in each row feature gable roofs with wide eaves and porches with shed roofs, while the last two houses have pergolas over their entries. The courtyard includes a torii and decorative boulders. [2]

Bungalow court multi-family housing which features several small houses arranged around a central garden

A bungalow court is a style of multi-family housing which features several small houses arranged around a central garden. The bungalow court was created in Pasadena, California in 1909 and was the predominant form of multi-family housing in Southern California from the 1910s through the 1930s. Homes in bungalow courts were generally small, low-rise houses in the spirit of bungalow design; however, the homes were designed in a variety of architectural styles, including Swiss chalet and Spanish Colonial Revival. Bungalow courts also integrated their courtyards with the homes, providing green space to homeowners.

Pasadena, California City in California, United States

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California State of the United States of America

California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States. With 39.6 million residents, California is the most populous U.S. state and the third-largest by area. The state capital is Sacramento. The Greater Los Angeles Area and the San Francisco Bay Area are the nation's second and fifth most populous urban regions, with 18.7 million and 9.7 million residents respectively. Los Angeles is California's most populous city, and the country's second most populous, after New York City. California also has the nation's most populous county, Los Angeles County, and its largest county by area, San Bernardino County. The City and County of San Francisco is both the country's second-most densely populated major city after New York City and the fifth-most densely populated county, behind only four of the five New York City boroughs.

The court was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 11, 1983. [1]

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