Sep 03, 1971
- Charmaine Bantugan
Gamble House ( David Berry Gamble House;The Gamble House;Greene and Greene) - National Register of Historic Places
Statement of Significance: THE DAVID B. GAMBLE HOUSE IS THE M0ST_CQffil^E MD BEST PRESERVED EXAMPLE OF THE WORK OF THE INTERMATIONALLY NOTED PASADENA ARCHITECTURAL FIRM OF GREENE AND GREENE- BUILT IN 1908^DURING THE ABCHITECTS MOST PRODUCTIVE PERIOD IT EMBODIES THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF THE CALIFORNIA BUNGALOW STYLE AND IS ONE OF THE FINEST EXAMPLES OF THE AMERICAN CRAFTSMAN MOVEMENT. THIS BUILDING SO BEAUTIFULLY SCULPTED IN WOOD, IS NOT ONLY A MASTERPIECE OF AMERICIIN ARCHITECTURE, BUT IMPORTANTLY ATTESTS TO THE COURAGE OF ITS DETERMINED YOUNG ARCHITECTS WHO BROKE FROM THE TIRED TRADITIONS OF THEIR PROFESSION TO PRODUCE ONE OF THE FEW TRILY AMERICAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ARCHITECTURE. NOW REGARDET) AS "PIONEERS" AND MAJOR CONTRIBUTORS TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A RICH AND INDIGSNOUS CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE, HENRY AND CHARLES GREENE WERE EQUALLY A PART OF THE CRAFTSMAN PERIOD AND THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD OF ARCHITECTURE. The Gamble House and its site is an official landmark maintained by the City of Pasadena and one of the first such monuments named by the City's Cultural Heritage Committee.
Gamble House ( David Berry Gamble House;The Gamble House;Greene and Greene) - National Register of Historic Places
Statement of Significance: THE DAVID B. GAMBLE HOUSE IS THE M0ST_CQffil^E MD BEST PRESERVED EXAMPLE OF THE WORK OF THE INTERMATIONALLY NOTED PASADENA ARCHITECTURAL FIRM OF GREENE AND GREENE- BUILT IN 1908^DURING THE ABCHITECTS MOST PRODUCTIVE PERIOD IT EMBODIES THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF THE CALIFORNIA BUNGALOW STYLE AND IS ONE OF THE FINEST EXAMPLES OF THE AMERICAN CRAFTSMAN MOVEMENT. THIS BUILDING SO BEAUTIFULLY SCULPTED IN WOOD, IS NOT ONLY A MASTERPIECE OF AMERICIIN ARCHITECTURE, BUT IMPORTANTLY ATTESTS TO THE COURAGE OF ITS DETERMINED YOUNG ARCHITECTS WHO BROKE FROM THE TIRED TRADITIONS OF THEIR PROFESSION TO PRODUCE ONE OF THE FEW TRILY AMERICAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ARCHITECTURE. NOW REGARDET) AS "PIONEERS" AND MAJOR CONTRIBUTORS TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A RICH AND INDIGSNOUS CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE, HENRY AND CHARLES GREENE WERE EQUALLY A PART OF THE CRAFTSMAN PERIOD AND THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD OF ARCHITECTURE. The Gamble House and its site is an official landmark maintained by the City of Pasadena and one of the first such monuments named by the City's Cultural Heritage Committee.
Sep 03, 1971
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