Hill Avenue Project

Description:
Residence listed on Historic Registry for City of Pasadena. Project was completed in March 2012. For photos of completed project, click here.

Location:
Hill Avenue, Pasadena CA

History:
In 1926, A. Hoffman Keese, a real estate salesman, purchased the lot at the northwest corner of South Hill Avenue and San Pasqual Street in Pasadena. He commissioned architect George B. Brigham, Jr., a well-known local designer and Caltech professor, to design a new home for his family.

The house was given the address 445 South Hill Avenue.

In 1900, the Keese family had sold their home to the California Institute of Technology. John P. Youtz, engineer and manager for Pacific Telephone, secured the old house from Caltech and in August 1960 had it moved north, to another property nearby, on which it currently stands. Interestingly, another J.P. Youtz, perhaps John's father, was employed as the business manager of Caltech and so may have played a role in the relocation of the house.

The current owners have lived there since September 2001.

Scope of work:
Historic Restoration