1301 Chelten Way
South Pasadena, CA 91030, USA

Miltimore House - National Register of Historic Places

Statement of Significance

Irving Gill is now recognized as a pioneer of modern Irving Gill is now recognized as a pioneer of modern architechture, and his work is represented in almost all books dealing with this period of American architechture With the flagrant destruction of Gill's Dodge house in Los Angeles in 1970, the Miltimore house becomes Gill's major work in this area More than a thousand architects, historians and students visit California modern houses each year, and the work of Irving Gill (along with Frank Lloyd Wright, R.M, Schindler and Richard Neutra) are at the top of the list in point of interest. The work of these men is a cultural asset recognized not only in the U.S but throughout the world. The loss of the Dodge house was widely noted: New York Times, architectural journals in England, France, Italy, Japan, etc. The Miltimore house, although more modest, is of equal importance historically., and his work is represented in almost all books dealing with this period of American architecture With the flagrant destruction of Gill's Dodge house in Los Angeles in 1970, the Miltimore house becomes Gill's major work in this area More than a thousand architects, historians and students visit California modern houses each year, and the work of Irving Gill (along with Frank Lloyd Wright, R.M, Schindler and Richard Neutra) are at the top of the list in point of interest. The work of these men is a cultural asset recognized not only in the U.S but throughout the world. The loss of the Dodge house was widely noted: New York Times, architectural journals in England, France, Italy, Japan, etc. The Miltimore house, although more modest, is of equal importance historically.