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#140: The Lanterman House (La Cañada Flintridge)

March 2, 2023

The unique kinda-sorta craftsman home was one of the first houses in Los Angeles made of reinforced concrete. It was the home of Roy and Emily Lanterman, scions of La Cañada Flintridge's first family. One of their two sons, Frank Lanterman, would establish a legendary career in the California State Assembly.

#130: Jennie A. Reeve House (Greene & Greene – Long Beach)

December 15, 2022

Architecture

This 1904 commission in Long Beach was a significant one for architects Charles & Henry Greene, because it integrated so many of the creative features that they had experimented with but never harmonized into a single building. Their approach here pointed the way to later masterpieces like the Gamble House, Blacker House and Thorsen House.

#129: The Lummis House/”El Alisal” (Highland Park)

December 9, 2022

Architecture

The Lummis House (aka El Alisal) in Highland Park is a playful castle-like structure of stone, cement and telephone poles (!), hand-built by one of the most colorful figures in LA history, Charles Lummis. You can appreciate it for its architectural uniqueness, or as a 3D manifestation of Lummis's philosophy. Either way, it's one of my favorite LA landmarks.

#117: Howard Longley House (Greene & Greene – South Pasadena)

September 18, 2022

Architecture

Finished in 1897, the Howard Longley House is the oldest surviving building in LA by Charles & Henry Greene, towering figures in the California craftsman architecture movement.

#104: 52nd Place Historic District (South LA)

June 28, 2022

Architecture

A unique tract of one-story craftsman bungalows in South LA, important both for its architecture and for the story it tells about the movement of Black Angelenos in the '30s through the '50s.

#93: Lucretia Garfield House (Greene & Greene – South Pasadena)

April 19, 2022

Architecture

This pristine Greene & Greene home in South Pasadena's Oaklawn neighborhood was built for Lucretia Garfield, the widow of assassinated US President James Garfield. Throughout its history, a former first lady lived and died here; Madonna's sister lived here for a decade; and 3 Grammy-winning albums were recorded in the basement.

#82: Highland-Camrose Bungalow Village (Hollywood)

March 23, 2022

Architecture

A cluster of craftsman bungalows built in the 1910s-1920s just south of the Hollywood Bowl and surrounded by mature trees. There's nothing quite like it in Los Angeles.

#48: James Allen Freeman House (Heineman Brothers – Pasadena) + World’s First Motel

December 5, 2021

Architecture

A historic home in the posh Oak Knoll neighborhood, designed by the untrained Heineman brothers. PLUS: a visit to Arthur Heineman's Milestone Mo-Tel in San Luis Obispo, the world's first motel!

#46: Culbertson House (Greene & Greene – Pasadena)

November 27, 2021

Architecture

Across the street from the Blacker House is another stunning home by architect bros Charles and Henry Greene. Completed in 1913, it was the last major home they designed as a duo.

#44: Blacker House (Greene & Greene – Pasadena)

November 22, 2021

Architecture

Henry and Charles Greene's Blacker House is a residential work of art wrought with wood, brick and iron – and their prelude to the Gamble House. https://youtu.be/LjPKVCCM5K4 Added to[…]

#24 & #25: Walter D. Valentine Cottage B & Keyes Bungalow (Altadena)

November 2, 2021

Architecture

A luxe cabin by 1/2 of Greene & Greene and a pristine craftsman "airplane" bungalow, both in Altadena Altadena is chock full of great, and occasionally important, residential architecture.[…]