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Who Built Markham Place?

Carlisle Heights and the makers of a district of named architects in southwest Pasadena.

Part of Markham Place grew from the Holmes Tract, which G. Woodbury Stimson bought in 1887, named Carlisle Heights and laid out as Markham and Congress Places. The district is roughly bounded by California Boulevard, Pasadena Avenue, Bellefontaine Street and Orange Grove Boulevard, with Canary Island date palms on Pasadena Avenue. This record shows the 49 of its houses whose architect a document names.

49Houses with a named architect
1Architect attributed only
4Builder named too
5First family named too
1887Earliest house

Who designed the houses in Markham Place?

On this record: Frederick L. Roehrig (architect, 5), Charles W. Buchanan (architect, 3), Harry Ridgway (architect, 3), Joseph J. Blick (architect and builder, 3), Austin & Grable (architect, 2), Charles F. Driscoll (architect, 2), Frank M. Tyler (architect, 2), G. Lawrence Stimson (architect, 2) and Sylvanus B. Marston (architect, 2). It is a district of named makers from the 1880s on, from Harry Ridgway's 1887 house at 659 South St. John Avenue, the oldest in the district, to Frederick Roehrig's Shingle Style house at 271 Markham Place.

Who laid out Markham Place?

G. Woodbury Stimson, for his part of it. He bought the Holmes Tract in 1887, named it Carlisle Heights and designed the layouts of Markham and Congress Places, then built houses there, among them 311 Congress Place.

Who can tell me what the record says about my Markham Place house?

I can. I'm Greg Anderson of Arroyo Casa. Of the 49 houses on this page, each with a named architect, 45 were built in 1926 or earlier. Send me the address and I'll tell you who the record names for yours, and what later work it notes.

Every house on record.

Houses the record places in Markham Place whose architect a document names, in the order they were built. Credits marked attributed are the record's own word.

49 houses
HouseBuiltStyleDesigned byBuilt byFirst familyRecord
659 S. St. John Avenue1887Mission Revival homeHarry RidgwayJoseph Campbell
first owner
National Register recordMarkham Place Historic District, National Register of Historic..., p. 21
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678 S. St. John Avenue1888Colonial Revival homeFrederick L. Roehrig libraryNational Register recordMarkham Place Historic District, National Register of Historic..., p. 21
311 Congress Place1891Queen Anne VictorianG. Lawrence Stimson libraryG. Woodbury StimsonNational Register recordLate 19th and Early 20th Century Development and Architecture in..., p. 22
Markham Place Historic District, National Register of Historic..., p. 11

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346 Markham Place1893
county: 1901
Queen Anne VictorianBradbeer & FerrisNational Register recordLate 19th and Early 20th Century Development and Architecture in..., p. 23
Markham Place Historic District, National Register of Historic..., p. 15
651 S. St. John Avenue1893Italianate VictorianHarry RidgwayJoseph J. Blick libraryNational Register recordMarkham Place Historic District, National Register of Historic..., p. 20
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252 Congress Place (formerly 707 S St. John Ave)1894
county: 1915
Shingle Style homeFrederick L. Roehrig libraryGeorge Granger
first owner
National Register recordMarkham Place Historic District, National Register of Historic..., p. 26
268 Bellefontaine Street1894English Revival homeBlick & Moore libraryNational Register recordMarkham Place Historic District, National Register of Historic..., p. 27
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337 Markham Place
Later work: J. Constantine Hillman, 1928
1894
county: 1916
Harry RidgwayNational Register recordLate 19th and Early 20th Century Development and Architecture in..., p. 20
Markham Place Historic District, National Register of Historic..., p. 15
351 Congress Place1894Queen Anne VictorianLouis KwiatkowskiLouis Kwiatkowski
first owner
National Register recordLate 19th and Early 20th Century Development and Architecture in..., p. 21
Markham Place Historic District, National Register of Historic..., p. 12

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734 S. St. John Avenue1896American FoursquareG. Woodbury Stimson attributedNational Register recordMarkham Place Historic District, National Register of Historic..., p. 22
696 S. St. John Avenue1897Shingle Style homeLocke & MunsellNational Register recordMarkham Place Historic District, National Register of Historic..., p. 21
310 Bellefontaine Street1898
county: 1906
Colonial Revival homeGreene & Greene libraryNational Register recordMarkham Place Historic District, National Register of Historic..., p. 27
317 Markham Place1898
county: 1905
American FoursquareSumner HuntNational Register recordMarkham Place Historic District, National Register of Historic..., p. 14
303 Markham Place1900American FoursquareHerbert SmithNational Register recordMarkham Place Historic District, National Register of Historic..., p. 14
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265 Bellefontaine Street
Cudahy House
1901American FoursquareCharles W. BuchananNational Register recordLate 19th and Early 20th Century Development and Architecture in..., p. 23
Markham Place Historic District, National Register of Historic..., p. 4

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271 Markham Place (formerly 721 S St. John Ave)1901Shingle Style homeFrederick L. Roehrig libraryNational Register recordLate 19th and Early 20th Century Development and Architecture in..., p. 24
Markham Place Historic District, National Register of Historic..., p. 13

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325 Bellefontaine Street1901Shingle Style homeFrederick L. Roehrig libraryNational Register recordMarkham Place Historic District, National Register of Historic..., p. 26
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344 Bellefontaine Street1901H. L. SmithNational Register recordMarkham Place Historic District, National Register of Historic..., p. 7
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295 Markham Place1903English Revival homeMyron Hunt libraryNational Register recordMarkham Place Historic District, National Register of Historic..., p. 14
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300 Congress Place1903American FoursquareCharles F. DriscollNational Register recordMarkham Place Historic District, National Register of Historic..., p. 10
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301-303 Congress Place1903Craftsman bungalowG. R. LymanNational Register recordMarkham Place Historic District, National Register of Historic..., p. 10
328 Bellefontaine Street1904Craftsman homeFrederick L. Roehrig libraryNational Register recordMarkham Place Historic District, National Register of Historic..., p. 26
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595 South Pasadena Avenue1904Craftsman homeJoseph J. Blick libraryNational Register recordMarkham Place Historic District, National Register of Historic..., p. 16
646 S. St. John Avenue1905Craftsman homeHunt & Eager libraryNational Register recordMarkham Place Historic District, National Register of Historic..., p. 20
779 S. Pasadena Avenue1905Craftsman homeHunt & Grey libraryDavid M. RentonNational Register recordMarkham Place Historic District, National Register of Historic..., p. 18
620 S. St. John Avenue1906Craftsman homeJoseph J. Blick libraryNational Register recordMarkham Place Historic District, National Register of Historic..., p. 19
650 S. St. John Avenue1906Craftsman homeEdward C. KentNational Register recordMarkham Place Historic District, National Register of Historic..., p. 20
753 S. St. John Avenue1908Craftsman homeCharles W. BuchananNational Register recordMarkham Place Historic District, National Register of Historic..., p. 23
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276 Markham Place1909Craftsman homeCharles W. BuchananNational Register recordMarkham Place Historic District, National Register of Historic..., p. 13
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584 St. John Avenue1909Craftsman homeC. M. Driscoll and F. T. MerrittNational Register recordMarkham Place Historic District, National Register of Historic..., p. 18
600 S. St. John Avenue1909Craftsman homeC. T. Driscoll and F. T. MerrittNational Register recordMarkham Place Historic District, National Register of Historic..., p. 19
679 S. Pasadena Avenue1909Colonial Revival homeCharles F. DriscollNational Register recordMarkham Place Historic District, National Register of Historic..., p. 17
535 Pasadena Avenue1910Craftsman homeSylvanus B. Marston libraryNational Register recordDesignation of 875 Canon Drive as a Landmark, p. 26
Markham Place Historic District, National Register of Historic..., p. 16
320 Markham Place1911Craftsman homeFrank M. TylerNational Register recordMarkham Place Historic District, National Register of Historic..., p. 14
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763 S. Pasadena Avenue1911Craftsman homeJohn ConnersNational Register recordMarkham Place Historic District, National Register of Historic..., p. 17
288 Bellefontaine Street1912Mediterranean Revival homeAustin & GrableNational Register recordMarkham Place Historic District, National Register of Historic..., p. 5
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299 Bellefontaine Street1912American FoursquareG. Lawrence Stimson libraryNational Register recordMarkham Place Historic District, National Register of Historic..., p. 5
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340 Congress Place1912Craftsman homeAustin & GrableNational Register recordMarkham Place Historic District, National Register of Historic..., p. 12
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203 Bellefontaine Streetabout 1913American FoursquareJoseph J. Blick libraryNational Register recordMarkham Place Historic District, National Register of Historic..., p. 4
282 Markham Place1913English Revival homeLeonard A. CookeNational Register recordMarkham Place Historic District, National Register of Historic..., p. 13
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300 Bellefontaine Street1913Craftsman homeFrank M. TylerNational Register recordMarkham Place Historic District, National Register of Historic..., p. 6
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310 Congress Place1913Swiss Chalet Craftsman homeJ. R. Palmer (Architectural Designing Co.)National Register recordMarkham Place Historic District, National Register of Historic..., p. 11
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670 S. St. John Avenue1913Colonial Revival homeReginald D. Johnson libraryNational Register recordMarkham Place Historic District, National Register of Historic..., p. 21
326 Congress Place1914Georgian Revival homeSylvanus B. Marston libraryNational Register recordMarkham Place Historic District, National Register of Historic..., p. 11
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306 Congress Place1915Mission Revival homeFoss Designing & Building Co.National Register recordMarkham Place Historic District, National Register of Historic..., p. 10
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330 Markham Place1927
July 8
English Revival homeJ. Constantine HillmanGeorge K. SeelyFrederick J. and Elizabeth C. Winston
first owner
National Register record Building notice, 19271927 building notice
Markham Place Historic District, National Register of Historic..., p. 15

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315 Bellefontaine Street1933English Revival homeDavid A. OgilvieNational Register recordMarkham Place Historic District, National Register of Historic..., p. 6
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762 S. St. John Avenue1933Monterey Colonial homeDonald D. McMurrayNational Register recordMarkham Place Historic District, National Register of Historic..., p. 23
345 Markham Place
Narver House
1976Mid-Century Modern homeBuff & Hensman libraryGrace Narver
first owner
Landmark recordDesignation of 345 Markham Place (Narver Residence) as a Historic..., p. 17
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Who designed here.

Frederick L. Roehrig (architect, 5), Charles W. Buchanan (architect, 3), Harry Ridgway (architect, 3), Joseph J. Blick (architect and builder, 3), Austin & Grable (architect, 2), Charles F. Driscoll (architect, 2), Frank M. Tyler (architect, 2), G. Lawrence Stimson (architect, 2) and Sylvanus B. Marston (architect, 2)

Where to look next.

How this record is built.

This record is compiled by the Arroyo Casa Archive of Records from public documents: city and county historic resources surveys and inventories, National Register nominations, landmark designation reports and council records, planning documents and preservation groups' publications, plus the building notices of 1917 to 1930, printed as houses were permitted, contracted or announced. Where a house was matched to the Los Angeles County Assessor's record at the same address in the same city, the page says whether the county confirms it standing. A house is shown only when one of those documents names its architect, and the builder and the first family are shown beside the architect where a document names them. Each house carries the kind of document behind it, and a credit the document itself calls likely, probable, possible or attributed is marked attributed. The methodology and every source document are on one page.

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