Gamble House

Table Of Content

• Goldberg: For Israel and Ukraine alike, U.S. support is proving unreliable and inadequate
• Goldberg: The latest sign that Republicans are abandoning even their most deeply held principles
• David B. and Mary H. Gamble Professorship
• ARTS & CULTURE
• Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says Speaker Mike Johnson should resign as Democrats signal potential support
• Greene & Greene’s Iconic Duncan-Irwin House in Pasadena

Gamble House tours (one-hour tours, specialty and group) are offered on Tuesdays, and Thursdays through Sundays. Listing provided courtesy of Peter Martocchio and David Goldberg of Sotheby’s International Realty. Another of the most iconic and well-known features of the design is the massive, giant pergola draped in ancient-looking wisteria vines.

Goldberg: For Israel and Ukraine alike, U.S. support is proving unreliable and inadequate

It’s a one of a kind home and a once in a lifetime opportunity to own a Greene & Greene designed arts and crafts craftsman. Further north, away from more ostentatious abodes, such as the Wrigley Italian Renaissance mansion, the Gamble house, built and furnished for a comparatively modest $80,000 by Greene and Greene in 1908, is considered a masterpiece of Craft-style architecture. Movie fans might recognize the low-pitched rooflines, deep eaves and handcrafted wood from Doc Brown’s house in Back to the Future, which was screened there last month for a fan event. This month it’s Upstairs Downstairs, a two-week only docent-led tour of the, servants’ quarters and kitchen, as well as the basement laundry and coal rooms, in addition to the rest of the bedrooms and family rooms.

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The Greenes designed everything—not just the house, but the landscaping, the fittings, the furniture, the carpets. Like their contemporary Frank Lloyd Wright, they wanted control over the entire environment. “The primary difference with Frank Lloyd Wright is that the Greenes worked in one small area of the country and didn’t have the drive to expand their practice beyond Southern California,” says Bosley. The early projects of Greene and Greene reflected the traditional tastes of their clients, but in time they achieved recognition for developing the California bungalow to a high art, as well as for creating houses with the quality of fine furniture. The Gamble House represented an American-style which sat amidst an abundance of imitations and interpretations of classical European buildings, the influence for many mansions at the time.

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David B. and Mary H. Gamble Professorship

The Gamble House is the finest example of early 20th-century Craftsman architecture. It is preserved with all of its original furnishings which were also designed by the architects. Food and drinks are not allowed inside the house, guests are welcome to picnic outside on the grounds. They grew up in the Midwest, studied architecture in Boston, and were banking on careers as East Coast architects. At the beginning of 1893, they briefly considered going to Pasadena to join their parents—who, like so many others, had recently moved to sunny Southern California—but decided that their prospects were far brighter in Boston.

ARTS & CULTURE

Active primarily in California, their houses and larger-scale ultimate bungalows are prime exemplars of the American Arts and Crafts Movement. The shift from Democrats is noteworthy given their lockstep support of the motion to vacate that led to the ouster of Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., in October, which ultimately resulted in Johnson’s getting the gavel. Members tried to remove speakers in previous congressional terms, but no motion ever reached the floor for a vote. A political economy where controversy means cash is one where Greene—like Trump, her hero and patron—has thrived. Not long after taking office, she hired Ed Buckham, a master at turning aggressive fund-raising into political power, as her chief of staff.

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Heir to the Proctor & Gamble soap and candle company in Ohio, David Gamble and his wife Mary decided to build a winter home in Pasadena, where fellow Cincinnatians, architects Charles and Henry Greene had their practice. Devotees of Japanese style, an exotic craze that swept throughout the west at the end of the century, Greene and Greene were a perfect fit for the Gambles, who traveled extensively in the Far East. Not only is Japanese style evident in the use of wood, joinery and emphasis on structure, but most obviously in the front door, with its stained-glass mural of a Japanese black pine. Mahogany and teak inlaid walls, furniture, fixtures and rugs were all custom made for the house, ranging from the Baldwin piano in the living room to the single beds in the master bedroom.

Gardens & Gables: Exploring the Gamble House Outdoors

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Greene and Greene, American firm established by the Greene brothers, architects who pioneered the California bungalow, a one-storied house with a low-pitched roof. The property was first owned by a local seamstress named Katherine Duncan who in 1901 purchased the lot, located at 240 North Grand Avenue in Pasadena, and had her cozy foursquare one-story cottage moved to the site from another part of town. Over the next five years, the brothers did a number of renovations and expansions of the house including adding six rooms and a second story. Theodore Irwin, who like many other wealthy east-coast families, spent their winters in sunny Pasadena, fell in love with the house during a winter vacation and bought the house from Duncan. Irwin continued to expand the now two-story home into the signature Greene & Greene showstopper it is today. The incredible master suite has a row of stained glass windows, a fireplace, dramatic lighting fixtures, and a private balcony.

They insist that with enough willpower, particularly among their leaders, they could impose their will on the Democratic-controlled Senate and White House. And when they inevitably fail, they whine that they were “betrayed” by Republican quislings who collaborated with the Democrats, all while raising money off the notion that they’re courageous warriors who are willing to lose on principle. Reached for comment about the House's changing posture toward a motion to vacate, office directed NBC News to recent remarks from Johnson, R-La., which included his saying Saturday that he doesn't walk around the Capitol "being worried about a motion to vacate."

Greene & Greene’s Iconic Duncan-Irwin House in Pasadena

One of the wooden panels in the entry hall is actually a concealed door leading to the kitchen, and another panel opens to a coat closet. Similar to the rest of the residences on the tours, a connection to the outdoors is inseparable from the history of the house and to this day, the restoration team is keeping the intention alive. In fact, Isabelle Greene—the granddaughter of Henry Greene and landscape architect—has been working on revamping the garden that has been forgotten for years.

Their father decided for them that the two should become architects, and at his urging, enrolled at the School of Architecture of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. They grudgingly studied the traditional classic styles, hoping only to gain certification for apprenticeships with architecture firms upon graduation, which they accomplished — Henry finally settling in with the H. The firm of Greene & Greene was officially dissolved in 1922 after Charles moved his family north to Carmel-by-the-Sea, California in 1916, at age 48.[10] Henry remained in Pasadena, doing architecture projects on his own.

Beams at right angles, ends sticking out, and a banister that is made of a single piece of wood despite looking like it should be several – these are only a couple of the incredible features of a single part of the awesome Gamble House, a mansion in Pasadena. The entire structure resembles a cross between a Spanish colonial and a Japanese temple, a unique style that is intentional, the work of the famed architectural brothers Charles and Henry Greene. “Old Colonial” was one of two projects the office of Greene & Greene chose to send to the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair; the other was for an English Tudor-styled house. Then, separately, Charles Greene submitted a presentation drawing that was striking in contrast to the office submissions. His entry depicted a fully landscaped, rambling estate, spread out like an old California hacienda.

Perhaps the most interesting feature of the Gamble House is the lack of exposed nails and screws. (The rumor that the home doesn’t use any is completely untrue.) Greene and Greene covered every nail and screw in the house with a wooden button, making for both interesting patterns and a sense of the house being of only wood. Holding your meeting in Pasadena means your attendees will get to enjoy fresh air, wide-open spaces, and of course, the... The standalone guest house has a separate entrance and is perfect for overnight guests, an in-law suite, or even a private office/writer’s retreat. Like this bedroom with a tiled fireplace and earth and Japanese influenced lighting.

Exactly a century ago the young M.I.T.-trained architects Charles and Henry Greene hung up their shingle in Pasadena, eventually conceiving more than a hundred houses that helped foster this notion of southern California as a civilized Arcadia. Long roof overhangs acknowledged the sun with the grace of parasols, reducing glare inside, as elevated brick-and-stone terraces invited outdoor living within view of the nearby mountains and Arroyo; sleeping porches were grafted onto second-floor bedrooms. The Greenes thought of the lots themselves as part of a continuous, flowing landscape, designing lawns and gardens without fences to meld into the surroundings. The brothers were writing a specifically southern California scenario into these houses, inventing a way of life through design that acknowledged the bounty of nature.

Inspired by Japanese architecture, the Greenes ensured that there were no hard edges to be found on the property. The exterior of the house is lined with Douglas fir and the extended overhanging eaves act as cooling agents while protecting the porch from the rain. Soon after their arrival in Pasadena, Charles and Henry set up shop together, and the architecture firm of Greene & Greene was born. Their art would culminate between 1907 and 1909 with the construction of the “ultimate bungalows” — one of which is the Gamble House in Pasadena.