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550 E Calaveras St

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550 E Calaveras St
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APN: 5839-006-013
AHAD ID: 11131
Year Built: 1904 (estimated)
Year Built (Assessor): 1904
Year Built (Other): Not on File
Legal Description: Lots 4, 5, 6 & 7, Blk. 16, Altadena Map #1
Quadrant: Not on File
Current Lot Size: Not on File
Historic Name: Not on File
Style: Spanish Colonial Revival
Stories: 2
Type: Residence
CHRS: 3CS
Architects: Allen, F.S. (confirmed)
Gordon, Kenneth (attributed to) (1929)
Woodworth, J.H. & Son (attributed to) (1929)
Building Permits: None on File
Alterations:
CostDescriptionYear
$20,000 N/A 1929
Original Owner: Allen, Frank S. (Occupation: Architect)
Original Owner Occupation: Architect
Place of Business: Not on File
Other Owners:
NameYearsComment
Steward (Stewart?), J.K. 1912 N/A
Bell, Don 1929 N/A
Bell, Dorothy 1930 N/A
Bell, Roy M. (Carrie) 1931 N/A
Bell, Ruth I. 1935 N/A
Original Cost: $40,000
Original Lot Size: 420 x 420 (1921); 3.6 ac. (1926)
Moved on to Property: N
Former Addresses:
AddressYears
480 E. Calaveras Altadena, CA 91001 1929
570 E. Calaveras Altadena, CA 91001 N/A
Calaveras & Santa Rosa, SW Corner Altadena, CA 91001 N/A

Note

Grounds described as 'among the finest in So. Cal.'; 5-rm. caretaker house; owner Stewart retired merchant from Chicago; 1929: remodeled from Mission style, add. & alter., 6 rms., 2d story add., tile roof . . .

Sources

Pas. Star 4/11/12

PDN 5/23/12

PDN 5/23/12

PSN 10/1/27

Builder & Contractor (journal) 8/2/29, pp. 61, 66

Th. 1930, 1931, 1935

Information from William Wilson Co. real estate files

Information from Pasadena Urban Conservation Department's archive files, Architects file

Betty Ann Gunther (pictures)

Picture file

Huntington Library, Pierce collection (photo)

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California Historical Resource Status (CHRS) Codes Key
CodeDescription
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.