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The Gamble House was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1977. [2] [6] Today, two 5th-year USC architecture students live in the house full-time; the selected students change annually. The Gamble House was a target for criticism during the 20th century. However, after the Second World War it received newfound popularity. [4]
Pasadena Ave. and California Blvd. Demolished July 27, 1974 for construction of Interstate 710. [8] 2: Pasadena Athletic and Country Club: November 11, 1977 (#77001545) 1978: SE corner of E. Green St. and S. Los Robles Ave. Demolished in 1977 for construction of the Plaza Pasadena shopping mall, which was demolished in 2000. [9]
Gamble House, Pasadena, California, in 2005 Mortimer Fleishhacker House and estate (rear view), Woodside, California. The architectural firm of Greene and Greene was established in Pasadena in January 1894, eventually culminating with the designs of their "ultimate bungalows", such as the 1908 Gamble House in Pasadena, generally considered one of the finest examples of residential architecture ...
It was built in 1907 for Robert Roe Blacker and Nellie Canfield Blacker. It was designed by Henry and Charles Greene of the renowned Pasadena firm of Greene and Greene. This house was a lavish project for the Greene brothers, costing in excess of US$100,000.00 ($3.27 million today).
Gamble House was home to David B. Gamble of the Procter & Gamblecompany. Northwest Pasadena is bordered on the north and west by the city limits, on the south by the 210 and 134 Freeways, and the east by Los Robles and El Molino Avenues. It has traditionally been a working-class area with a significant African-American population.
Gamble House may refer to: Gamble House (Pasadena, California), an Arts and Crafts style masterpiece that is a U.S. National Historic Landmark; Gamble Plantation Historic State Park, Ellenton, Florida, listed on the NRHP in Manatee County, Florida as Robert Gamble House; James Gamble House, Le Claire, Iowa, listed on the NRHP in Scott County, Iowa
The ultimate bungalow style is associated with such California architects as Greene and Greene, Bernard Maybeck and Julia Morgan.Some of the hallmarks of Greene and Greene's ultimate bungalows include the use of tropical woods such as mahogany, ebony and teak, and use of inlays of wood, metal and mother-of-pearl.
At the time, the Los Angeles Times noted: "In a city where historic preservation is much like a civic obsession, City Hall has long been among the crown jewels of Pasadena, along with the Colorado Street Bridge, the Rose Bowl and the Gamble House. Although the renovation has been among the costliest public works projects in Pasadena, totaling ...