2184 Lake Ave

APN: Not on File

AHAD ID: 13455

Year Built: 1931 (estimated)

Year Built (Assessor): Not on File

Year Built (Other): Not on File

Legal Description: Lots 1, 2, & 3, Lake Heights Tr.

Quadrant: Not on File

Current Lot Size: Not on File

Historic Name: Eliot Jr. High School

Style: Moderne

Stories: 2

Type: Education

CHRS: 3S

Architects: Marston & Maybury (confirmed) (1929)

Marston & Maybury (attributed to) (1933)
Marston & Maybury (attributed to) (1941)

Builders: D.A. Loomis (attributed to) (1933)

Pasadena Board of Education (attributed to) (1934)
H.J. Ferrington (attributed to) (1941)

Building Permits:

Permit	Year
8791	1934
9651-52	1934

Alterations:

Cost	Description	Year
$5,680	Frame school bungalow; part of lots 1, 2 and 3, Lake Heights Ter; comp roof, 32x50, 1 story	1934
$1,710	Pergola & bicycle shed; 16x60 & 10x60	1934
$80,496	Marston & Maybury commission to prepare plans for a gym and other buildings	1941

Original Owner: Pasadena Board of Education ()

Original Owner Occupation: Not on File

Place of Business: Not on File

Other Owners: None on File

Original Cost: $250,000

Original Lot Size: Not on File

Moved on to Property: N

Former Addresses:

Address	Years
2350 Lake Altadena, CA 91001	1934

Property orig. owned by George E. Meharry, sold to Pasadena School District 1928; number of trees on campus date from time Meharry's house stood on property
1931: 5 bungalows moved from Muir, Franklin & Roosevelt schools to Eliot
1933: school won architectural honor award from So. Cal chapter AIA 3/33
1933: health bungalow (uncertain whether built; plans drawn, but bids rejected and job postponed indefinitely in 1934)

Sources

Builder & Contractor (B&C, journal) 12/20/29, p. 62
Arch. Record 8/32; Arch. Digest. Vol. VIII, 4 (1933); Altadena's Golden Years by Robert H. Peterson (book), p. 10; Altadena by Sara Noble Ives (book), pp. 73, 255; Keith Marston list
B&C 7/24/31, p. 73
B&C 3/31/33, p. 53
B&C 3/23/34, p. 58; 3/30/34, p. 54; B&C 7/13/34, p. 64; B&C 8/17/34, p. 59
B&C 8/9/40, p. 26; 10/11/40, p. 27
B&C 4/4/41, p. 116; 4/25/41, p. 26

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.