Pasadena Neighborhood
Madison Heights
Pasadena Landmark District
About
About Madison Heights.
Established Pasadena residential district south of California Boulevard. Contains a notable mix of 1920s Spanish Colonial Revival and Mediterranean Revival homes alongside significant mid-century modern construction.
Architecture
Characteristic Styles.
- Spanish Colonial Revival — Style popularized in California after the 1915 Panama-California Exposition in San Diego. Spanish Colonial Revival dominated the SGV's interwar prestige residential market — especially in San Marino, San Gabriel, and Pasadena's Madison Heights and Oak Knoll districts.
- Mid-Century Modern — Postwar modern style emphasizing indoor-outdoor flow, structural honesty, and integration with site. In the SGV, MCM is well-represented in Pasadena's Madison Heights and in the foothill communities, often in works by H. Roy Kelley, Buff & Hensman, and Smith and Williams.
City
Part of Pasadena.
Pasadena — The Crown City — anchor of the San Gabriel Valley's historic residential market. Home to the Tournament of Roses, the Norton Simon Museum, Caltech, and the largest concentration of intact early-20th-century Craftsman bungalows in California.
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