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Gamble House

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The Gamble House stands in Pasadena, California, designed by the architects Charles and Henry Greene of the firm Greene and Greene and completed in 1908 as a winter residence for David and Mary Gamble of the Procter and Gamble family. It is considered one of the finest surviving examples of American Arts and Crafts architecture, its design unifying broad sheltering rooflines, exposed structural timber joinery, and built-in furniture and cabinetry crafted from woods including teak, oak and mahogany, much of it designed by the Greenes themselves down to the smallest detail. Wide terraces, sleeping porches and extensive use of natural materials reflect the Greenes' interest in California's climate and in Japanese timber construction, an influence visible throughout the house's joinery and massing. The house remains substantially unaltered and is now operated as a house museum by the University of Southern California.

Facts
Building Type
House 1
Location
Pasadena, California 1
Completed Year
1909 1
Classification
Standing Status
Standing 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)
House 1
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House, Concepts

Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.

In Style

Greene and Greene's 1908 Pasadena bungalow, the most celebrated single work of the American Craftsman style.

In the Other Atlases
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1. Gamble House, Wikipedia
  • Introduction, first sentence
    is a historic American Craftsman home
  • Infobox, address
    4 Westmoreland Place, Pasadena, California
  • Entity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article
    The Gamble House stands in Pasadena, California, designed by the architects Charles and Henry Greene of the firm Greene and Greene and completed in 1908 as a winter residence for David and Mary Gamble of the Procter and Gamble family. It is considered one of the finest surviving examples of American Arts and Crafts architecture, its design unifying broad sheltering rooflines, exposed structural timber joinery, and built-in furniture and cabinetry crafted from woods including teak, oak and mahogany, much of it designed by the Greenes themselves down to the smallest detail. Wide terraces, sleeping porches and extensive use of natural materials reflect the Greenes' interest in California's climate and in Japanese timber construction, an influence visible throughout the house's joinery and massing. The house remains substantially unaltered and is now operated as a house museum by the University of Southern California.
  • Wikipedia infobox completion_date/completed/built field
    completion_date/completed = 1909
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