803 E Woodbury Rd

APN: Not on File

AHAD ID: 17608

Year Built: 1888 (estimated)

Year Built (Assessor): Not on File

Year Built (Other): Not on File

Legal Description: Not on File

Quadrant: Not on File

Current Lot Size: Not on File

Historic Name: The Schumann House

Style: Victorian

Stories: 2

Type: Residence

CHRS: 3S

Building Permits: None on File

Alterations: None on File

Original Owner: Schumann, Lewis W.

Original Owner Occupation: Not on File

Place of Business: Not on File

Other Owners:

Name	Years	Comment
Perigard, Captain Paul	1920	N/A

Original Cost: Not on File

Original Lot Size: Not on File

Moved on to Property: N

Former Addresses:

Address	Years
Woodbury Rd., 3d h from St. Elizabeth's Altadena, CA 91001	N/A

Note

Orig. survey notes: Owner Perigard, Caltech professor

SHPO Description: This structure consists of a two-story clapboard sided Victorian farm house with a cross-gabled roof. A covered veranda wraps around the house on three sides. Architectural details include carved verandah posts and brackets, the verandah railing and double hung wood sash windows. This house is an excellent example of the Victorian farm house in Altadena/Pasadena and is one of the few remaining in the area.

SHPO Significance: Lewis and Olive Schumann emigrated from the mid-west to Los Angeles in 1883. In 1888, they bought 18-acres on Woodbury Road and built this farm house. The house was one of the first in the Lake Avenue area and is one of the oldest remaining in the community. It typlifies the Victorian era farm house of the late 1800's as built in Southern California. The Schumann's daughter, Adeline, (Mrs. M.H. O'Brian) lived in Altadena until she died in 1971.

Sources

Pasadena Evening Post (newspaper) 1/26/20

Altadena's Golden Years by Robert H. Peterson (book), p. 44

Altadena by Sara Noble Ives (book), p. 100

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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.