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;OWNER OF PROPERTYNAVE Patricia anc Raoul SavoieSTREET & SUM3ER Prospect Boulevard

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] DESCR:DE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL UF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE ! Turning off Orange Grove Boulevard, through the Prospect Portals, of I selected arroyo boulders and clinker brick, topped with lanterns, and de- : signed by Charles and Henry Greene, one enters the Prospect Park Tract, ' "...in concept and endurance a hallmark of Pasadena. .., •'-•and returns with ' svjrprlsing suddeness to the early part of the century. Descending a slight

iMcilne, he approaches the Bentz House- through an arch of camphor trees.

The Bentz House, the first structure to be built in the Prospect Park ; Tract, stands at the base of the hill, on the southeast corner of an irregu-

lar oval forced by the convergence of Prospect Boulevard and Prospect Cresc­ ent. Cn approaching from the southeast, because of the building's placement on the lot, well toward the center, and along the northern edge, one's first view of it--over an arroyo boulder wall (which encloses approximately two-

€5 thirds of the property), through a tall hedge of pittosporum, across an ex­ panse of grass—contributes to the illusion that the building alts farther

. back on its site than do other houses along the street.

The Bentz House. Is virtually a proto-typical California bungalow, a style perfected and elevated to the level of architecture, if not initiated, by, the Greenes during their cioit active and productive period—the years between 1903 and 1905?• It is a two-story, eight-room-, frame bungalow, chalet style (interestingly, along the Prospect Boulevard elevation, the •dominant feeling is chalet—the deep overhangs, the gentle pitch to the re-of; however, the Japanese influence dominates from almost any other pers­ pective, especially when one views the building from either the south or the west elevation—the slight lift on either edge of the roof, the strong dominance of the horizontal lines, underscored by the overhangs which carry the roof 4' 6" beyond the walls, with purlins and beam ends extending 14" to 16" beyond fascias, the use of scarf joints, plu£s and pegs). It bears all of the familiar Greene •& Greene traits: bands of casement windows and full-length, glass-panelled doors, joining interior and exterior spaces and providing easy movement between interior spaces and the terrace and gardens

. beyond; the use of hand-milled (rather than stock commercial) doors andcasement windows, of a design unique to the building; the preference for

-1 materials that are indigenous to the region—36" hand-split, redwood shakes, 11" to the weather; Douglas Fir for frame, purlins, beams, and rafters, and all interior trim; arroyo boulders, local blue and clinker bricks, and

; tiles—and their use whenever possiblej and their unfailing eye for composi­ tion, propriety, scale, proportion, the placement of elements, and for all

, of the suggestions and echoes generated by these. While many bungalow ; builders of the day, using these same elements and materials, produced build- j ings which are little more than awkward caricatures of the style, the ] Eentz House, built on a relatively low budget, gracefully personifies the I richest period of the Greenes 1 work.

1. Janaan Strand, A GREENE & GREENS GUIDE, p. 66.2. Randell L. Makinson, A GUIDE TO THE WOftl-f OF GREENE 4 GREENE, p. 10.

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STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE . 'There are several reasons .for ti­

lts place within the body of work of : in modern architecture, to the posit I. a prominent turn-of-the Century Paso.: of the arts, to the quality end extsr. ing place on the house.

The houses for which Charles ar.j ble, Cordelia Culbertson, Robinson, I and James Houses — are all largo comml. while these are all without doubt moa they do not fully or fairly represent, tial proportion—of the Greemos 1 wcr.V. of the Greenes 1 contributions to rode. only build elegant houses exclusively as half of their 137 documented, rnaj ; well-to-do, middle-class clients--fcr major t rouP °f their houses has suf:"-: caus.es — deterioration of surrounding practices, disregard for historic an cent, re-development, remodelling, a.-. Their numbers have possibly been reuv most have been altered beyond reccgr^ tive buildings in this class of their the prime, extant example. Moreover , the height of the Greenes 1 most prcl was at its peak. Rnniell L. Makinjc

"...From 1903 to 1909 they the style for which they a.: Its principles adapted e.;u ate designs for their wear- small single I;. ,^-:.om dweill

" .. .The Bent;' of the basic tes the effec In bringing ^ well as large-

1.2.

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dona Cultural L~ei'lta0e Coz^ittee in 1973, available at numerous public dis­ tribution i:oints thrjUr-hout the city; obtainable in bulk from the Pasadena Central Library, 235 E. Walnut Street, Pasadena, CA. 91101.

GFJiiJ;£ i GRZLXh,: Architects in the Residential Style, Williaz. R. and Karen Current, A~on Carter l-lu^eux cf V^estern Art, 197^- Available at the Gamble j-.-^use Library, at public libraries throughout Southern California, etc.

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Press, 1974. Available at the Gamble H.us'e Library, ,-?t public libraries t:jr-_u^..cut S-Uth£i-n California, etc.

Various i,ther tours, incluiia; that r.re pared by the Foothill Chapter-- A. I. A., also on file at tne Pasadena Central Library.

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Trie approach to the entrance on Prospect Boulevard is ever a broad, brick v,al^, v.-nicn leads to the protective mantle of tne front porch--an in­ terest in..;. 'composition in it3 cv;n ri^ht: 6"x6 !l fir posts, set upon brick posts, support 6"xlG" (tapered to 6"x8") purlins exter.iinj frcs the hcuse to ',;ell beyond tne fascia," which in turn support 3"xl2 rt (tapered to 5") rafters, upon which the decking and rolled-edge, salthoid roof rest. Its roofed area measures approximately 16 'x21' ."•with rafter ends extondinr 10" beyor/1 the rolled ed^e. one then enters - through tne larger of V.vo front doors (3' S^x 6 1 '*" ; the other, 2' v;ide, but of the saa,e design, rectangular panes of clear j^lass, nas, perhaps, r_ore aesthetic tr.an practical signif icarscs } into the long front hall, which extends along the niajor axis of the hcuse. One's attention is drawn immediately to the living roos, ziore specifically to the band of ei£ht, tall, simple csse.i.ent windows (four along each wall), which wrap around tne southwest corner of the rocs. The living; roox, the largest in t.;e h use, is iS'xJO" . There is a band of three casement windows in the center of the east wall, of three glass-panelled doors on the southeast v.all (these lead to the terrace of c.i3Sion-style tile), the ei^ht corner

windows, end a cassive--thou-h well-scaled to the size cf the fireplace on tne north wll. A (I ll x7 ?r ) ceiling band and the (3/"xA 1/2") picture railing, both of D-u^las Fir, and separated by a 6" sand-finish plastered space, inscribe a double horizontal band around the rco' 8 ~.r.d

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;trlotions the houses

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?. Di.33P.IFI IONhave.tne effect of further lowering -n already low (8') celling. The wall surface colors are earthen. The wood, a war31, reddish brown, rutted to a dull, satin finish. The floors are of light maple. Althe ugh the plan of the house is essentially simple--Mrs. Louise Bentz in a letter to Kandell Makinson:

"...My i_ind was quite set upon the Swiss Chalet type cf house of which he approved heartily say- in£ scuare or nearly square houses -£ive the xost rco-i i:.nd -are r_cre eccnc^ical--he also advised the use cf hallv.'nys for thi E^.::.e reason. . ."1 •--

the roou.s that cc::.:^ae the f-..u.lly living area flow easily lute one sn- ctner, lini cnc ^.5 crovi-LCd .v.'j.t:» ';. ci-osc~n.t cr j.ricerts io^n-" viev/ frc.u^K"l .^ t : i •-.""-,• •-. ~ •• '' ' r- *- •-. f. - - ' —. f <"•'•- o -!•»>•:. V-o i".^ of" i - ', •*"* t f". Q P^ h * *• T <"» t 1 Q ^X^-lvO^^--^^-!.^ .i..^* ijliw-*>v ..w^..*O. A*^^ ^;^i*— **.!—*io4. wl •_'. .;^o.-i.w^-''-t. cli^i~.i-uv-'-<l> ^.O

evident t^rcujh^ut thi cuildinj. The rco^3 r.ave an almost impressionistic ciiality-'-one re 1'ra.jtion of li._-n.t thrcu^h v;iniov;s of irrs^jlar, v/avy glass, the play of color, li^r.t s-nd shadow, en the flat, cuiot wall surfaces, and finally, the reflected li^ht co-inj fro:- the xaple floors and the vibrant vegetable dye.-; of tr.e oriental rj^s (of which the client, John. C. Bentz, a collector of fine oriental art, r..Uot have had a fine select­ ion). The interior triu v;ooa tr.rou L r:out the house is Douglas Fir, a Liate- rial both plentiful anj inexpensive in 1506. Williau R. Current su^^esta that Charles 3-reer.e u.ay have deliberately chosen flat-cut fir for this building because it has a wild ani interesting 6rai ^ pattern and suj-j-oats the Japanese wood finishing tecr.ni:ue known as _s_u£l.f"would hold down con­ struction costs, and yet would provide an appropriate and harmonious set-' ting for his client's collection of oriental artifacts.

The hallway and the other roor,s on the first floor--the dining roos, tne pantry, the kitchen, and the maid's tedroo:s--are all triced in a manner similar to the living rooo:. Casexent v/inlows, in bands of two or three, are used, except in the pantry and kitchen, where milled, douole-hur.£ win­ dows ar&'used. Wainscoting, to a height cf 5', capped with a plate rail­ ing, Is use-a in the dining rcos.

Four teiroo.cs — thr-ee large, one s^all--and a bath open off the cen­ tral, L-shaped hallway on the^seconi floor. A sleeping porch, second bath, and ureas ing roci were added to the second floor by the Greenes in 1910. Unlike soxe of tneir houses in this class (built for under

1. i'Lrs. Louise Eentz, froa a letter written to Randell L. Makinscn on November JO, 1955. Original available at the Gamble House Library, Ivuxber 4 Westxoreland Plaoe, passdena, CA. 91105.

2. The sugl technique involves flat sawing the sugl board, firing the surface to turn away the soft summer growth, brushing away the char­ red portions leaving the darkened hard winter growth to stand cut like an e-bossed surface against the lighter-colored soft grain.

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.ov (B 1 ) ceiling. The —, reddish brown, rub

it, ~aple. £1theugh the ,uioe~ Bentz in a letter

:e Sv:iss Chalet ;j nc-art-.y say-

'^.Iso advised one-'-v "I.__Lev: e?.sily into one ?.n-

i a gifted architect is c. =.n -ilmcs t impressionistic 3 of irregular, vavy glass, t, quiet vill surfaces,

xhich the client, John t have had a fine scleot- use is Douglas Fir, a ~.ate- 'illias R. Current su-'c'eats n flat-cut fir for thist *"' -li 1 *"' ^ SL t/1* 6 r* *"» ^ "^ i G — »" *" ^* S t* 3sugif'wrulQ hold down ccn- :priate and harxonious set-•t if acts.

%3t floor--the dining rocs, ;—are all triced in a manner in bands of two or three,-re milled, d'uble-hung win- , capped with a plate rail-

i a bath open off the cen- aleeplng porch, second

r.d floor by the Greens3 class (built for under

*-vn to Randell L. Makinson

Pasadena, CA. 91103. ng the sugi board, firkins tho t>r~v, >n, ^rusning away the char- ^ *--»"e°r -,^f c "w "-} to stand out

7- DESCRIPTION$10,000, the detail elements and cateriala used on the second floor are identical to these used on the first: all milled doors, casement windows, u.aple floors, and identical trie:.

Considering the present condition of 20st cf the remaining C-reene and Gre<=ne buildin-'s, one -_ust observe that tne 3entz House h-:s survived tho cacsa^e of ti.^e very •'.veil indeed, ana has suffered loss fro:- -.iteration than r_ost houses in its cinas. Xo irreversible alteration" have occured. All original doors, vrindovs, hardv;ari, screen frames (all things very diffi­ cult to re.;l:jce, cnce ^one) have- rurvivsd intact. The house has, if any- tnin£, ^rov;a ';;.ore beaatlfui as Its exterior surfaces havo a~od and wcathcr- •cd, ±3 Its trees, cnlei'iy the ca;..ph;rs alon ;" tne boulevard, and the four California live oaks on the property, and Its numerous other plantings, have matured. Ine attention of passers-by is drav;n to the quiet beauty and oij,nity of tnis ouildin^,. 1r»ey are t-,clc- to experience a iri'eene .and Greene buiidin^--essontiaiiy un-istjrbcu on its original .cite, surrounded by ;_ature, beautiful trees, and other residential build 1:.,/s of equal dirni- ty and ch^.rx—as it ;..uct have been envisioned by its creators In its prino

In 1910 the C-reenes added the sleeping porch, second upstairs bath and dressing roo- to tne flat dec.-: aoove tne kitchen, raid's bedroom and back porch, and tne j-tarage, which fronts en Prospect Crescent.

8. SIGNIFICANCEThat the Bentz House belongs in this class of their work is not only ob­ vious, out is well documented. Mrs. Bent?,:

"...When in 1904 Mr. Bentz, Kyles Eaton and J.C. Erainard bought tne old Cooly tract cf ~$2 acres and laid it cut it was decided that -,ve b.ild on the least expensive lot there. Mr. Greene was called on to draw plans and spedf icati ,ns — Henry Greene being the engineer--He tnought ne wouldn't possibly be able to do so for he v/as very busy with five big Jobs in Pasa­ dena at the tioie, cut considering cur friendship he did as we wanted, a very simple one..." 1 *

Tne original perxit application estimate is for £5600.

Perhaps the chief reason for the survival and prospering cf the

1- Krs. Louise Bentz, letter to Randell L. Xakiruon. 2. Pasadena Building Perxit Log, Volume 2. Available at Room 20?,

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5o=fiGiNAUIF KNOWN' PHYSICAL APPEARANCEcjlevard, thrcu-h the Prospect Portals, of <n>er crick, tccred with lanterns, and de- ene/ene enters" the Project Park Tract, hail-ark of Pasadena..., nl "and returns with •ly oart cf the century. Descending a slight, z" House through an arch of caaphor trees.

, structure to be built in the Prospect Park .e hill, on the southeast corner of an irregu-'r.ce of Prcsrect Boulevard and Prospect Cresc- .outhoist, because cf the building's placement iter, ana along the northern edge, one's first .der vs.ll (which encloses approximately two- .h a tall hedc-e of piStosporum, across an ex-the illU3.iorrtr.at the building sits fartherhouses alor.5 t/.e street. •

ily ?. prctc-typics.1 California bungalow, a :• the level cf*architecture, if not initiated, Dc.t active -c-nd productive period—the years 3. two-story, eirht-rcoz, fraxe bungalow, Lor.g the Prospect Boulevard elevation, the o ceip overhangs, the gentle pitch to the fiuGnce dominates fro it almost any other pers- ievs the building from either the south orlift en either edge of the roof, the strong

nea, underscored by the- overhangs which carry s, WA.«r. pur^^ns an^ bea— ends exusnding l 1^of scarf joints, plu-s and pegs). It bears

reer.e traits: bands of casement windows and ors, joining interior and exterior spaces and n interior spaces and the terrace and gardens(rather than stock co^sercial) doors and

unique to the building; the ^reference for to the reii3a--36" hand-split, redwood shakes,

generated by these. While cany bungalow ;->e 32.o.e elements and materials, produced build- n e.y/.-,'5_rd co.rioatjrcs of the style, the •veiy low oudget, gracefully personifies the work.

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There are several reasons for the signif icance of the iantz nous a, Its place within the body cf vork of Ch?.rlos and Henry Green-;, to its p in modern architecture, to tr.i. position cf the cllon'c, John G. B;ntz, a a prominent turn-of-the Cent'or-y Pas^ien^. businessman, devoloprr, -in.d p-.'. of tne cirwS, L-O tne cu-3.1ity -nnu. extent ox "v/cc prcgr^..i ci rc-s^crition tr» ing place on the house.

The houses for which C ble, Cordelia Culbertson, R and Jauies Houses--are all I while these are all v.ithouL they do not fully or fairly tlal proportion—of the Grc of the Greenes' contrib

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only build eleg?,nt houses cxoiusirciy for tho' v-ry '.:-- as half of their 137 docuzonted, niajor . ctruc tur'cs 7.."-r well-to-do, middle-class clicnt3--fcr under :10,COO, major group of their ho us s 3 has suffered tho ucot in causes — deterioration of surrounding r.oi^hbor/.oods, u practices, disregard for historic anl archit -.ctjrs.1 h taent, re-develop?oent, remodelling, and var.d?.li3Z. — ?•.-." Their numbers have possibly been reduoei by iv-..lf, and most have, been altered bsyond recognition or rsc-11. tive buildings in this class of their v,or>, the Eoritz the priae, extant example. Moreover, it was conceive the height of the Greenss" o-cst productive pei'iod, v;h was at its peak. Randell L. I-.akinoon:

"...From 1903 to 190^ they developed and ro the style for which they are u.ost widely l.n Its principles adapted e:;u^lly well to the ate designs for their weal ty clientele ar.d small single bedroom dwelling. . ."!•

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fined

"...The Eentz House exeiLollfies the full developzent of the basic Greene and Greene vocabulary and illustra­ tes the effectiveness of the- Grsenes 1 principles In bringing a genuine dignity to Eioderate-slsed as well as larger structures. . . 2*

1. Randell L. Makinson, A GUIDE TO THE WORK CF2. Ibid, p. 34.

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8. SIGNIFICANCEBsntz house Is its setting, the Prospect, park Tract, one of the most unique and successful residential developments in the city, and almost certain s:>on to be the subject of a Ka'cior.al Register nomination. laid out from the Cooly tract, a plol running from Oran£e Grove Boulevar. on the south, to the Seco Bridge on the north, between the old Santa F© Railroad spur on the east and Rosemor.t Avenue on the west, it has become a model of quality and stability. The initial building restrictionslimbed the least expensive building to $5000, but mcs built in the tract exceeded that figure. The list of

t of the he uses architects who

designed houses for the tract is most impressive, virtually aof the region's finest residential archltec' >f tr.e period from 1900

Lavrrence Stimson,1920: Myron Hunt, Roland Ccato, Arthur Keineman, Frank Lloyd Y.'right (La Miniatura), Sylvanus Marston, E-ig = r Maybury, Garrett Van Pelt, Joseph Slick, Wallace ^eff, Reginald Johnson, all de­ signed homes built in the tract during these years. And the tract, long /Lnovtn a.or ^os staolxx^y, survived red —lining, t:»e urban turmoil ci tno 60s (it has also been /.r.cv.Ti for twenty .years or more ai; a model of success­ ful integration) to become in its maturity one of the most handsome and desireable neighborhoods' in the city. John Bentz,. friend of long standing of Charles Greene, prominent Pasadena businessman, owner cf a thriving oriental import business, successful real-estate developer, and sometime patron of the arts (hf ia said to have influenced, assisted the Pasadena landscape artist, Benjamin Brown), along with and John C. Brainard, developed the Prospect park Tract.

and.encouraged lies Eaton

Since I960, the present owners have been engaged in a careful, sensitive program of authentic restoration cf the h^use. Techniques developed here--of research In"* o original colors, of stripping, rrepari and staining wood surfaces, etc.--have been successfully applied to cth restoration efforts thr..u^hout the city, en both craftsman buildings an earlier Victorians as well. The extent, quality and effect of this restoration oroject has prompted Janaan Strand to write:

n ...the devotion with which this particular house has been restored has inspired a preser­ vation movement In this city." 1 '

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1. Janaan Strand, A GREECE AND GREENE GUIDE, p. 66,

:MAIO:J EIIJLIOGSAPHICAL REFERENCES" >ra R. an-I Karen Current, GRE21^ AI-D GRLKICE: Architects in the Residen-

tJ-->l*StVio, A~on Carter Museum of Western Art, 1974.Randell^L. Kakinso'n, A GUIDL TC TH^ WCRIL OF GRE^S ^l^D GRLi:-;E, Peres-rlne

Sssith, Inc., Silt Lake City and Santa Barbara, 1974.Janaan Strand, A Gr^-^S /^D GR£5:,E GUIDE. Grant Dahlstrom/The Castle

Press, 1974

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VERBAL BOUNDARY DtbCfllPliOSThe property, an irregular rectangle, consists of lets 22 and 23 of

the prcscect'par^ Tract. Cclicencing at the SVf corner of lot 21, it runs E a—roxinateiy 169-33 ft. to the SE corner of lot 21, then S approximate­ ly ii3.5A ft. to the SS corner of lot 23, then W approximately 149-33 ft. to the corner round ing at the SV/ corner of lot 24, then l\ approximately 110.19 ft. alcr.£. Prospect Crescent to the beginnins

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