Marengo Gardens

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Marengo Gardens
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Location 982, 986, 990 S. Marengo Ave. and 221-241 Ohio St., Pasadena, California
Coordinates 34°7′58″N118°8′40″W / 34.13278°N 118.14444°W / 34.13278; -118.14444 Coordinates: 34°7′58″N118°8′40″W / 34.13278°N 118.14444°W / 34.13278; -118.14444
Area 0.4 acres (0.16 ha)
Built 1913 (1913)
Architectural style American Craftsman
MPS Bungalow Courts of Pasadena TR
NRHP reference # 83001197 [1]
Added to NRHP July 11, 1983

Marengo Gardens is a bungalow court located at the intersection of South Marengo Avenue and Ohio Street in Pasadena, California. The court, which was built in 1913, consists of nine single-family bungalows; six of the houses are centered on a courtyard, while the remaining three face Marengo Avenue. The homes were designed in the American Craftsman style; each house includes various different features of the style, such as shingle or clapboard siding, shallow-sloped gable roofs, decorative brickwork, and buttressed piers. [2]

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Bowen Court

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Bryan Court building in California, United States

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Haskett Court

Haskett Court is a bungalow court located at 824–834 E. California Boulevard in Pasadena, California. The court includes five buildings which form a "U" shape around a central walkway; the buildings contain a combined six residential units. Built in 1926, the court was designed by Pasadena architect Charles Ruhe and built by W. B. Haskett, who also lived in one of the homes. The houses in the court were designed to resemble English cottages, and their architecture is similar to the Tudor Revival style. As bungalow courts lost popularity in the 1930s, Haskett Court is one of the later bungalow courts built in Pasadena.

Don Carlos Court

Don Carlos Court is a bungalow court located at 374–386 S. Marengo Ave. in Pasadena, California. The court contains seven homes built around a central courtyard and walkway. The homes were designed in the Spanish Colonial Revival style and were all built with stucco facades and tiled gable roofs. The courtyard includes a decorative birdbath and planter. Contractor Clarence Hudson Burrell built the court in 1927.

Colonial Court

Colonial Court is a bungalow court located at 291–301 N. Garfield Ave. in Pasadena, California. The court consists of six houses arranged around a narrow courtyard. The houses are designed in the Colonial Revival style and feature clapboard siding and jerkinhead roofs. Built in 1916, the homes were designed by architect Cyril Bennett.

Euclid Court

Euclid Court is a bungalow court located at 545 S. Euclid Ave. in Pasadena, California. The court consists of eight residential units in five buildings surrounding a central courtyard. The court was built in 1921; however, one house in the court was built in 1888 and later incorporated into the court's design. The homes were designed by the Postle Company in the Tudor Revival style; their designs feature half-timbered facades, porches with brick walls, and stucco chimneys. Both gable and jerkinhead roofs were used to top the houses.

Cottage Court

Cottage Court is a bungalow court located at 642–654 S. Marengo Ave. in Pasadena, California. The court consists of seven houses surrounding a narrow courtyard. The stucco homes were built in 1923 and designed in the Colonial Revival style. The designs feature gable roofs with wide eaves and recessed porches with supporting columns. The courtyard includes a walkway and two light poles.

Cypress Court

Cypress Court is a bungalow court located at 623–641 N. Madison Ave. in Pasadena, California. The court consists of eight houses surrounding two central walkways. The homes are designed in the Colonial Revival style and feature gable roofs and gabled porches supported by columns. Contractor Arthur G. Gehrig built the court in 1928.

Court at 497-503½ N. Madison Ave.

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Court at 744-756½ S. Marengo Ave.

The Court at 744-756½ S. Marengo Ave. is a bungalow court located at 744-756½ S. Marengo Ave. in Pasadena, California. The court includes six buildings containing fourteen residential units centered on a driveway. Two of the buildings are two stories tall, while the remainder are one story. Contractor D. J. Ringle built the court in 1931. The homes were designed in the Art Deco style and feature fluted parapets and engaged piers. The court is one of the few Art Deco residential properties in Pasadena and has thus been called "probably the most unusual" bungalow court in the city.

Gartz Court

Gartz Court is a bungalow court located at 745 N. Pasadena Ave. in Pasadena, California. The court consists of five buildings containing six residential units, which surround an oval rose garden and walkways. Built in 1910, the court, along with Bowen Court, is one of the oldest remaining in Pasadena. The court was commissioned by Kate Crane Gartz, the heir to Crane Plumbing, and was designed by Myron Hunt and Elmer Grey. The homes' designs were influenced by the English Arts and Crafts Movement and feature stone chimneys, wood shingled skirts, and Tudor Revival-style half-timbering. The court was originally located at 270 N. Madison Ave., but was moved to its current location in 1984 to save it from demolition.

Las Casitas Court

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Mission Court

Mission Court is a bungalow court located at 567 N. Oakland Ave. in Pasadena, California. The court consists of eight buildings containing fourteen residential units which surround a central courtyard. Built in 1913, the court was designed by architect J. F. Walker. The houses in the court were designed in the Mission Revival style; the court is the oldest Mission Revival bungalow court in Pasadena. The houses' designs feature broken parapets along the roofs and porches with either recessed arch entrances or tiled shed roofs. The courtyard includes two buttressed piers topped by lamps.

Orange Grove Court

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Palmetto Court

Palmetto Court is a bungalow court located at 100 Palmetto Dr. in Pasadena, California. The court consists of twelve single-family homes arranged along two central pathways with a two-unit building at the end of the paths. A torii-like gate is located at the court's street entrance. Contractor A. C. Parlee built the court in 1915. The homes in the court are designed in the American Craftsman style and feature both shingle and clapboard siding and a variety of roof styles including jerkinhead, gable, and shed.

Sara-Thel Court

Sara-Thel Court is a bungalow court located at 618-630 S. Marengo Ave. in Pasadena, California. The court includes seven buildings arranged around a central walkway; six of the buildings are single-family units, while a double unit is located at the end of the walkway. Built in 1921, the court was designed by Jas. Humphreys. The houses were mainly designed in the American Craftsman style and feature gable roofs with shallow slopes and exposed rafters; the moldings on the homes were inspired by the Colonial Revival style.

House at 530 S. Marengo Avenue

The House at 530 S. Marengo Avenue is a historic house in Pasadena, California. Built in 1905, the American Craftsman house was designed by Pasadena architect Louis B. Easton. Easton was one of several prominent Craftsman architects in Pasadena in the early 1900s; the house at 530 S. Marengo, located next to his own self-designed house at 540 S. Marengo, was one of his earliest designs. The house features exposed beams and hand-carved joint work in the spirit of the Craftsman style, which emphasized function over form. The interior of the home was inspired by homes in The Craftsman, Gustav Stickley's architecture magazine, which ultimately featured some of Easton's later works.

South Marengo Historic District

The South Marengo Historic District is a residential historic district located along South Marengo Avenue in Pasadena, California. The district consists of twelve Craftsman-style bungalows situated on the two blocks between Bellevue Drive and California Boulevard. The homes were built from 1901 to 1916, at the height of the bungalow's popularity in Pasadena. Several prominent local architects designed the homes, including Louis B. Easton, planner of the homes at 530 and 540 South Marengo; Easton's work was featured in Gustav Stickley's magazine The Craftsman. Marengo Avenue was considered an upscale district of Pasadena at the time, partly due to its well-designed homes and partly due to the pepper trees planted along the street.

Court at 1274-1282 North Raymond Avenue

The Court at 1274–1282 North Raymond Avenue is a bungalow court located at 1274–1282 North Raymond Avenue in Pasadena, California. The court consists of five one-story bungalows arranged around a central courtyard. The houses are designed in a blend of the Colonial Revival and American Craftsman styles; the former can be seen in the entrance porticos on three of the buildings, while the latter is present in the homes' overhanging eaves and exposed rafter tails. Owner Karl Valentine designed and built the court in 1924–25.

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