The park in Rose Park which gives this neighborhood its name recently had a new gazebo constructed at its center where, decades ago, an earlier gazebo once stood. These days it has more palm trees than roses. This circular park is located at 8th and Orizaba.
Rose Park is one of the largest historic neighborhoods in Long Beach. While it is locally designated as an historic district because of the great number of Craftsman bungalows, home owners are not necessarily eligible for the tax benefits of the State of California Mills Act for historic districts — unlike California Heights.
Rose Park is adjacent to Belmont Heights where California Craftsman bungalows from the 1920s are also on every street. Most of them have been restored and are immaculately maintained.
Because Rose Park is desirable as a historic neighborhood, on the main thoroughfares, such as 7th and 10th streets, there is multi-family housing some in the Spanish Revival style.
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