Charles Sumner Greene House
Greene & Greene
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Date
1902-1915Description
Original oak tree, stone retaining wall and octagonal living room; After their marriage and European honeymoon in 1901, Charles Greene and his wife, Alice, purchased a lot overlooking the picturesque Arroyo Seco and began planning their new home under the shade of a mature oak tree. The home expanded, eventually comprising a total of seven bedrooms in a two- and one-half-story structure. Most striking was the partial octagonal shape of the living room, with its four window-walls projecting out toward the Arroyo. A brick garage, dug into the hillside in 1914, marked the final addition by the Greene family before their move to Carmel in 1916. The house and its stone and clinker-brick retaining wall set the tone for the street, where the Greenes built several other houses, extending the stone and brick wall and brick sidewalk paving; the area was called "Little Switzerland." Source: Greene & Greene Virtual Archives (USC) {website]; http://www.usc.edu/dept/architecture/greeneandgreene/index.html (accessed 8/6/2013)
Type of Work
house; studio (work space)Subject
architecture, decorative arts, Housing, architect's studios, domestic architecture, Craftsman, Arts and Crafts (movement), Twentieth century
Rights
Rights Statement
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