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2186 Crary St

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2186 Crary St
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APN: 5853-013-006
AHAD ID: 11651
Year Built: 1882 (actual)
Year Built (Assessor): 1885
Year Built (Other): Not on File
Legal Description: Lot 20, Blk. B, Tr. 875
Quadrant: Not on File
Current Lot Size: Not on File
Historic Name: Not on File
Style: Victorian
Stories: 2.5
Type: Residence
CHRS: 1S
Architect: Ridgway, Harry (?)/Curlett (?) (attributed to)
Merrill, Red F. (attributed to) (1945)
Building Permits:
PermitYear
1675 1945
Alterations:
CostDescriptionYear
$3,500 N/A 1945
Original Owner: Crank, James Fillmore (Occupation: Retired Manu. from New York; Rancher)
Original Owner Occupation: Retired Manu. from New York; Rancher
Place of Business: Not on File
Other Owners:
NameYearsComment
Storrow, J. N/A N/A
Original Cost: $23,500
Original Lot Size: 250 acres
Moved on to Property: N
Former Addresses:
AddressYears
2186 Crary (service bldgs. to ranch house) Altadena, CA 91001 N/A
2185 Layton (Victorian Crank house) Altadena, CA 91001 N/A
End of Layton nr. Pepper Altadena, CA 91001 N/A
Fair Oaks Ranch Altadena, CA 91001 N/A

Note

Built on site of old Fair Oaks Ranch house (moved to Oakwood) around 1882; sold to J. Storrow, who still lived there in 1938; original entrance to property at current site of Webster School; palms mark site of old circular drive at south of house; ranch s

Sources

Altadena's Golden Years by Robert H. Peterson (book), p. 40

Altadena by Sara Noble Ives (book), p. 68

Pas. Chronicle 11/15/83

Jeff Judson

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

Altadena Guild Tour, 1982

Builder & Contractor (journal) 10/26/45, p. 36

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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.