628 Alameda St

APN: 5839-013-025

AHAD ID: 10061

Year Built: 1926 (actual)

Year Built (Assessor): 1926

Year Built (Other): Not on File

Legal Description: Pt. lot 14, Blk. 8, Map #1

Quadrant: Not on File

Current Lot Size: Not on File

Historic Name: Not on File

Style: Spanish Colonial Revival

Stories: 1

Type: Residence

CHRS: 3CS

Architect: Bissner, Harold J. (confirmed)

Builder: Paschall, A.D. (confirmed)

Building Permits: None on File

Alterations: None on File

Original Owner: Watts, Harry C.

Original Owner Occupation: Not on File

Place of Business: Not on File

Other Owners:

Name	Years	Comment
Watts, Mrs. Harry	1933	N/A
Watts, R.E.C.	1926-1929	N/A

Original Cost: $7,900

Original Lot Size: Approx. 1 7/8 ac. w/orchard (1933)

Moved on to Property: N

Former Addresses:

Address	Years
590 Alameda Altadena, CA 91001	N/A
Alameda bet El Molino & Santa Rosa Altadena, CA 91001	N/A

Note

8 rms., 67 x 50, frame & stucco, tile roof, ornamental iron, patio, fountain, swimming pool; by one account, cost was $80,000; Henry Ford wintered on site in early 1920s; Watts home replaced older house in 1926

Sources

Builder & Contractor (journal) 3/5/26, p. 57

Builder & Contractor (journal) 3/19/26, p. 59

Builder & Contractor (journal) 4/9/26, p. 67

PSN 3/15/26

Information from William Wilson Co. real estate files

Th 1926-29

Clipping file

California Historical Resource Status (CHRS) Codes Key

Code	Description
1S	Individual property listed in National Register by the Keeper. Listed in the California Register.
3CD	Appears eligible for California Register as a contributor to a California Register eligible district through a survey evaluation.
3CS	Appears eligible for California Register as an individual property through survey evaluation.
3S	Appears eligible for National Register as an individual property through survey evaluation.