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The Gamble House
in Pasadena offers docent-lead tours of the interior Thursday through Sunday afternoons. |
Built in 1908, the Gamble House in
the Prospect Park neighborhood was
designed by the famed architectural firm of Greene and Greene. It
is among the best known examples of Arts and Crafts
architecture in Southern California and is now open to the public.
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The Gamble House is
just one of many very large Craftsman homes in the city, but
relatively few are located in the neighborhood of Prospect
Park. Others, still privately owned, are in the Oak
Knoll neighborhood.
Far more common in Pasadena
are the smaller California Craftsman bungalows which took their
inspiration from the Gamble House.
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Prospect Park, where the Gamble
House is located, is among the most affluent areas of Pasadena.
The homes face out onto oak tree lined streets on the east side of the Arroyo Seco.
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One of the larger
privately owned homes in Prospect Park is definitely not a
Craftsman design. This Georgian-influenced home could
easily be located on the U.S. East Coast. |
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Yet another
privately owned home in the affluent and architecturally diverse
Prospect Park neighborhood. |
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Still another
architectural style--rather a mix of styles--is reflected in this home in the Prospect Park
neighborhood in Pasadena. Some Tudor elements are mixed
with California Spanish Renaissance features. |
To visit Prospect Park, go
north on Orange Grove at Colorado. The
Gamble House is about two blocks north of Colorado on the left.
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