PCAD - Manor, Harold V., House, Monte Vista, Orinda, CA

Located in the hills of Contra Costa County, CA. This highly-publicized house cost $14,500 to build in 1938. It stands out as one of the best modernized ranch houses that was produced by Bay Area architects during the late 1930s. It's L-shaped plan strongly resembled that of the famous Gregory Farmhouse (Scotts Valley, CA, 1927) by William W. Wurster.

Most early commentators indicated that the house was located in the Soule Tract, Lafayette, CA.

PCAD id: 10810

Publications

Jennings, Frederick, "Recent Work of Clarence W.W. Mayhew, Architect, Residence of Harold V. Manor, Contra Costa County", Architect and Engineer, 142: 1, 18-21, 34-35, 07/1940. Scully, Vincent, "Doldrums in the Suburbs", Modern Architecture and Other Essays, 133, 2003. Ford, James, Ford, Katherine Morrow, "House for Mr. and Mrs. Harold V. Manor, Monte Vista, Orinda, 1938", Modern House in America, 77-78, 1940. Scully, Vincent, "Doldrums in the Suburbs", Perspecta, 9: 284, 1965. "It can spread out like an oak tree", Sunset Western Ranch Houses, 52-53, 1946.

Manor, Harold V., House, Monte Vista, Orinda, CA (1936-1937)

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