PCAD - Grey, Elmer, House, Oak Knoll, Pasadena, CA

Detail of the street view of the Elmer Grey House, Pasadena, 2015; from Google Maps/Street View

Exterior view of the Elmer Grey House, Pasadena, 2015; from Google Maps/Street View

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1372 South El Molino Avenue
Oak Knoll, Pasadena, CA 91106-4310

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Building History

Prominent Pasadena architect Elmer Grey (1872-1963) completed this country house in 1912, a sophisticated amalgamation of contemporary English country houses, Italian farmhouses and Mexican-Early California haciendas.

Building Notes

Architect's own house; this residence had a gabled roof with a projecting turret on the front facade. Its walls were stucco-faced.

PCAD id: 6808

Publications

Mulllgardt, Louis Christian, "Country House Architecture on the Pacific Coast", Architectural Record, XXXVIII: 4, 428, 1915-10. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, "Grey House, 1911", Architecture in Los Angeles A Compleat Guide, 361, 1985.

Grey, Elmer, House, Oak Knoll, Pasadena, CA (1911-1912)

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