Greene & Greene architectural drawings, papers and photographs, circa 1896-1931.

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Greene & Greene architectural drawings, papers and photographs, circa 1896-1931.

The collection includes architectural drawings for approximately 120 projects, with related notes, correspondence, and specifications for designs located primarily in Southern California, particularly Pasadena, including the Earle C. Anthony house, Los Angeles, 1909, and additions, 1913, 1917; the R. R. Blacker house, Oak Knoll, California, 1907-1909, and additions; work for the Culbertson family of Pasadena, specifically additions to the grounds of the Cordelia A. Culbertson house, 1914-1915, and additions for her to the William T. Bolton house, 1918, 1926, and the James A. Culbertson house, 1902, and garage, 1906, and later additions, 1907, 1910; the Herbert Fleishhacker house in San Francisco, outbuildings, 1911, and alterations, 1915; the Freeman A. Ford house, Pasadena, 1907-1909; the David B. Gamble house, Pasadena, California, 1913; the Sidney D. Gamble house, Escondido, California; and the Robert Pitcairn, Jr. house, Pasadena, 1906. Specifications for some projects are also included in this collection. Lastly, photographs of many of these buildings are catalogued separately in CLIO.

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Greene & Greene.

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By 1917 "the Culbertson sisters...could no longer afford..the property. It was purchased by Mrs. Dudley P. (Elisabeth S.) Allen...who shortly remarried and became Mrs. Francis Fleury Prentiss."--Edward R. Bosley / Greene & Greene. London : Phaidon, 2000, p.160. Bosley dates the house to 1911-13. Bosley lists the job number as 273. From the description of Floor plan [and] part plan of basement [graphic] / [Greene & Greene, architects]. [not...

Herbert Fleishhacker house (San Francisco, Calif.)

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Greene, Henry Mather, 1870-1954

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"The Reeve house has been moved twice in its long history of changing ownership. In 1917 Dr. V. Ray Townsend found the house on blocks ready to be carted away from its original site. He bought it and moved it several blocks inland to its second site in Long Beach. Shortly thereafter he moved to the Claremont area but, unwilling to give it up, rented it out for the next ten years. Meanwhile , in Claremont, the Townsends located the Darling house (1903) in which they resided until 1927 when Henry ...

R. R. Blacker house (Oak Knoll, Calif.)

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James A. Culbertson house (Pasadena, Calif.)

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Earle C. Anthony house (Los Angeles, Calif.)

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Robert Pitcairn, Jr. house (Pasadena, Calif.)

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David B. Gamble House (Pasadena, Calif.)

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William T. Bolton house (Pasadena, Calif.)

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Cordelia A. Culbertson house (Pasadena, Calif.)

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Sidney D. Gamble house (Escondido, Calif.)

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Greene, Charles Sumner, 1868-1957

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Charles Sumner Greene was an Arts and Crafts style architect whose design practice included large residences throughout California as well as furniture and other decorative arts. He practiced with his brother, Henry Mather Greene, for part of his career under the firm name Greene & Greene. From the description of Charles Sumner Greene collection, 1862-1956. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 77707396 Biography Charles Sum...

Freeman A. Ford house (Pasadena, Calif.)

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