GAMBLE HOUSE..........PASADENA, CALIFORNIA

Gamble House
 Pasadena, California
Owned and Constructed by the David Gamble Family
1908

Designed by architects Charles and Henry Greene
American Craftsman Style 

 Outdoor sleeping Porch
Right 

Donated to the City of Pasadena and
 The University of Southern California
1966
Architectural students at USC live and study there
It is open to the Public 

Door opening onto back Terrace

Back terrace overlooks the Arroyo Seco and the Rose Bowl 

Vents to crawl space of the House 

Back Terrace
Unique bricks are called Clinker Bricks
Basically throw away bricks which baked too long in a Kiln 

California Oak

Gate to side and back Yard

National Historic Landmark

            California Historic Landmark

The Gamble House is one of the most beautiful houses in California.  Many wealthy families from the midwest wintered in Pasadena at the turn of the last century and many eventually  built homes there. Orange Grove Blvd, route of the Rose Parade was called Millionaires Row because of the many large and beautiful homes.  Charles Gamble of the Proctor and Gamble Family of Cincinnati, Ohio, commissioned Charles and Henry Greene to build a home for his family.  All of the furniture from beds to tables, dressers and a piano was custom built by the Greenes in the Craftsman style to decorate the home.  Doors, windows, mouldings, and the main staircase are exquisite.  Visitors are not allowed to touch any of the furniture or the bannister of the main staircase.  The front door is made of oak and inset with glass in the Tiffany style of a huge California oak tree.   

Children in the Gifted and Talented program in the Pasadena Unified School District act as docents in the home during the school year.  My classes visited the Gamble House each year that I taught.  I am a great admirer of the Arts and Crafts style of architecture.

*Check Google for Gamble House ....front door....interiors....you will be stunned by the magnificence of the interior.