Originally a one-story cottage, the Irwins extended the house in 1906 into the grand Craftsman visible today. Situated on a corner of Arroyo Terrace and North Grand Avenue, the house is one of the most imposing in the Greene vocabulary. Located at 240 N. Grand Avenue in Pasadena, California. Please do not use this image in any media without my permission. © All rights reserved.
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One of the Geene brothers eariest commissions, a house and stable for Samuel P. Sanborn. The house originally stood at 999 E. Colorado Blvd.; it was moved to its present location in 1923,
The Sanborn House is located at 65 N. Catalina Avenue in Pasadena. It is on the Pasadena Register of Historic Properties.
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Architects Greene & Greene designed the house for Robert Rue Blacker, a lumber magnate at the cost of $100,000 in 1907. The house is regarded as a masterpiece of the American Arts and Crafts Movement. The house displays the harmony associated with the Japanese wood building style, with wide hanging eaves and an emphasis on horizontal lines.
The house, located at 1177 Hillcrest Avenue in Pasadena, is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
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Charles and Henry Greene designed the house as a residence for Robert Pitcairn, Jr. of Pittsburgh, PA. The house features a stained shingle exterior, cantelivered sleeping porches, massive exposed beams and broad terraces that integrate the house with the site. The private Westridge School purchased the house for $50,000 in 1973, employing architects Roland E. Coate, Jr. and Tim Anderson to refurbish the house and adapt it for school use. Furthur restoration work was commissioned by the architectural firm of Moule and Polyzoides in 1966.
Located at 324 Madeline Street on the campus of Westridge School.
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The Mission Revival Georgian style house was built for Howard Longley, the brother-in-law of Dr. Greene’s sister, Alice. An addition to the house was added in 1910 for a new owner, Frank C. Bolt.
The residence is a City of South Pasadena Cultural Heritage Landmark (No. 17). Located at 1005 Buena Vista Street in the City of South Pasadena, it is the oldest surviving example of Greene and Greene's work.
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