The masterpiece of Greene and Greene, the architects who defined the American Craftsman style. Built in 1908 for the Procter & Gamble family, every detail — the woodwork, the stained glass, the furniture — was designed as a unified whole. The hour-long guided tour is the only way inside and is worth it even if you have no particular interest in architecture. The surrounding neighborhood is full of other Craftsman-era homes worth a slow walk.
The Gamble House
Greene and Greene's 1908 masterpiece of American Craftsman design
| Address | 4 Westmoreland Pl, Pasadena, CA 91103 |
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A story
Charles and Henry Greene supervised the Gamble House construction personally, insisting on standards that frustrated contractors — hand-rubbed teak joinery, iridescent art-glass panels custom-blown for each window, furniture built into the walls as part of the architectural whole. The house was donated to USC and the City of Pasadena in 1966 by Mary Gamble's granddaughter, on the condition that it remain open to the public. The exterior appeared as Doc Brown's house in Back to the Future.