679 E Villa St
Pasadena, CA 91101, USA

Friend Lacey House - National Register of Historic Places

Statement of Significance:

The Friend Lacey House, built in 1893, is a locally significant example of a Vernacular Hipped Cottage with Queen Anne detailing. It meets National Register Criterion C registration requirements listed in the Multiple Property Documentation Form “Late 19’^/Early 20'^ Century Development and Architecture in Pasadena,” single-family residence property type. Vernacular Hipped Cottage and Queen Anne subtypes

Narrative Statement of Significance
The Friend Lacey House is locally significant under Criterion C. Under this criterion, the house is a notable example of the Vernacular Hipped Cottage and Queen Anne subtypes of the single-family residence property type identified in the Multiple Property Documentation Form “Late 19’^Early 20*^' Century Development and Architecture in Pasadena.” The house exhibits elements of the Vernacular Hipped Cottage subtype including one-story height, boxy plan, hipped roof with shallow boxed eaves, centrally located dormer, partial-width front porch and bay and double-hung windows. Elements of the Queen Anne subtype include decorative millwork detailing (turned posts, spindle work, cutout ornament, consoles), wood tongue-and-groove skirting, diamond and fish-scale shingles, leaded and colored glass transom and gable-with-shed roofs over polygonal bays). The house has a high level of architectural integrity through its location, design, setting, materials, and workmanship and feeling. It is in its original location and, remarkably, retains a significant amount of decorative detailing. The elements and proportions of the house that represent its design are intact as are the materials used in its original construction. The house exhibits evidence of techniques employed in residential construction in the late 19*'^ century in Pasadena and clearly expresses the historic sense of this time period. Friend Lacey was the son of Robert Lacey who built this house and the adjacent, almost identical, house at 669 E. Villa Street. The land on which the houses were built was purchased from Alexander Grogan who owned 5,000 acres of land in eastern Pasadena for the purposes of farming.