Cordelia A. Culbertson House
Greene & Greene
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Date
1911-1913Description
Back (rear) of the south side of the court (just one wing); the raised structure is a cupola; Commissioned by the three unmarried sisters (Cordelia was the client of record) of James Culbertson in 1911, the Cordelia Culbertson house in Pasadena's fashionable Oak Knoll district was the largest commission received by the firm at that time, at just over $150,000. The Culbertson house, with its light-colored Gunite finish, green-tiled roof, and single-story silhouette (from the street) is in marked contrast with other Greene & Greene houses. The house wraps around a garden courtyard in the back; the bedroom wing is on the brink of a small canyon overlooking the water gardens on the wooded slope below. There is also a garden lathe house. Source: Greene & Greene Virtual Archives (USC) {website]; http://www.usc.edu/dept/architecture/greeneandgreene/index.html (accessed 8/7/2013)
Type of Work
house; gardenSubject
architecture, Gardens, Housing, domestic architecture, Craftsman, Twentieth century, Arts and Crafts (movement)
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