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234 E Mendocino St

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234 E Mendocino St
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APN: 5835-033-014
AHAD ID: 14542
Year Built: 1918 (actual)
Year Built (Assessor): 1917
Year Built (Other): Not on File
Legal Description: E 85 ft. Lot 4 & W 66 ft. Lot 5, Blk. 27, Map #1
Quadrant: Not on File
Current Lot Size: Not on File
Historic Name: Not on File
Style: Craftsman
Stories: 2
Type: Residence
CHRS: 3S
Architect: Hunt, Myron (confirmed)
Builder: Tabor, H.E. (confirmed)
Building Permits: None on File
Alterations: None on File
Original Owner: Welles, F.R.
Original Owner Occupation: Not on File
Place of Business: Not on File
Other Owners:
NameYearsComment
Welles, Carlotta (Mrs. Wylie Brown) 1917 N/A
Original Cost: $18,000
Original Lot Size: 1 acre
Moved on to Property: N
Former Addresses:
AddressYears
Mendocino, opp. Visscher Place Altadena, CA 91001 N/A
Mendocino, 2 houses east of "Rosewall" Altadena, CA 91001 N/A

Note

Blt. on site of East Asiatic Botanic Gardens (Popenoe family); land purchased from A.T. Welles; 17 (15?) rms., 5 baths, 78x52, concrete found., cement basement, cobblestone & plaster ext., tile roof, oak & mahogany interior, oak & maple floors, 2 tile man

Sources

Builder & Contractor (journal) 2/8/17, p. 10

Builder & Contractor (journal) 2/22/17, pp. 9, 13

Builder & Contractor (journal) 5/17/17, p. 10

Builder & Contractor (journal) 5/31/17, p. 10

Builder & Contractor (journal) 6/21/17, pp. 9, 13, 18

Builder & Contractor (journal) 6/28/17

Builder & Contractor (journal) 7/13/17, p. 32

Builder & Contractor (journal) 3/1/18, p. 28 (NofC)

PSN 2/3/27

PSN 6/21/17

Altadena by Sara Noble Ives (book), p. 323

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

Myron Hunt, The Search for

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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.