Villa Verde, located at 800 S. San Rafael in

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, is a historic estate built in 1927. The estate was designed by

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and is representative of their Spanish Colonial Revival designs. The design features extensive

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ornamentation and a

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roof. F. A. Hardy, former chairman of the Goodrich Corporation and a renowned

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, first inhabited the house and planted its still-surviving garden. and The estate was listed on the

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in 1984. The listing included two

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on .

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Houses in Pasadena, California Houses completed in 1927 Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in California Buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Pasadena, California Spanish Colonial Revival architecture in California {{LosAngelesCountyCA-NRHP-stub