Living The Arts & Crafts Life In Pasadena, $3.8M

In the decades following the Civil War, Midwesterners—well-chilled by the brutal winters—migrated to Southern California. Among them was William Taylor Clapp, one of Pasadena’s founders. Clapp would go on to prosper with orange groves and real estate speculation and in 1882, built a grand residence and carriage house that still stands and is a very handsome example of Pasadena’s Arts & Crafts heritage. In 1905 it was converted to a dwelling—a transition most likely overseen by Mary Lowther Ranney—at the time the only recognized woman architect in Pasadena and employed as a draftsperson with the eminent architects Charles Greene and Henry Greene.

After undergoing a beautiful renovation, the now spacious four-bed, six-bathroom home is new to the market at the asking price of $3.8M. Stylistically, the home shares a number of details with period Greene & Greene projects as well as her own c.1907 home. An extraordinary achiever, Ranney would go on to become one of Pasadena’s most influential citizens, founding the Westridge School in 1913, dedicated to preparing young women for college at a time when women could not even vote.The interiors are exactly what we’ve come to expect from classic Pasadena Arts & Crafts—spacious, well-lit by beautifully proportioned windows, plus a well-preserved patina.

At one end of the half-acre lot is a charming ‘Writer’s cottage’.

Go to the listing for additional images and details and a rare opportunity to own an historic Arts + Crafts classic in Pasadena, represented by the veteran architecture specialist George Penner and his team at Compass.

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