Henry A. Ware House

Architect: Greene and Greene
Style: Craftsman / Bungalow
City: Los Angeles, CA
Collection: greene & greene’s pasadena

The Henry A. Ware House is a 1913 American Craftsman residence at 460 Bellefontaine Street in Pasadena, designed by the noted local firm Greene & Greene.

the building

Roof and chimney. A complex gabled roof with overhanging eaves and exposed rafters and beams tops the house; its large front-facing gable holds a stepped brick chimney, and a one-story bay adds Tudor-inspired half-timbering.

the style

The house is a textbook example of American Craftsman design, built around the exposed structural details and deep, shading eaves the Greenes favored, here mixed with a Tudor-inspired half-timbered bay.

the architect

Greene & Greene were Pasadena's defining Arts and Crafts architects; the Ware House is one of their documented residential commissions from 1913.

significance

The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 15, 2004.

nearby

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Garfield House 0.8 mi · Craftsman / Bungalow · 1904
Howard Longley House 0.8 mi · 1897

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