Original survey photo
(ca. 1990)
true
APN: Not on File
AHAD ID: 14278
Year Built: 1909 (actual)
Year Built (Assessor): 1907
Year Built (Other): 1908
Legal Description: W 300 ft. Blk 23, Altadena Map #1
Quadrant: Not on File
Current Lot Size: Not on File
Historic Name: Zane Grey House
Style: Spanish Colonial Revival
Stories: 3
Type: Residence
CHRS: 3S
Architects: Hunt, Myron & Grey, Elmer (confirmed)
Corwin & Merrill (attributed to) (1922)
Grey, Elmer (?) (attributed to) (1928)
Builders: Alta Planing Mill Co. (confirmed)
Hederson & Son (plumbing) (attributed to) (1908)
Building Permits:
None on File
Alterations:
| Cost | Description | Year |
| |
N/A |
1928 |
| |
N/A |
1922 |
Original Owner: Woodward, Arthur H. (Occupation: Inventor & Co. President; Place of business: International Register Co.)
Original Owner Occupation: Inventor & Co. President
Place of Business: International Register Co.
Other Owners:
| Name | Years | Comment |
| Grey, Zane |
1920 |
N/A |
Original Cost: $16,700
Original Lot Size: 5 ac.; 300x600 ('52); 300x334 ('59)
Moved on to Property: N
Former Addresses:
| Address | Years |
| Mariposa & Marengo, SE Corner Altadena, CA 91001 |
N/A |
Note
Orig. 2-story; 12 rms., 100x37, concrete found., walls & footings, ext. hollow terra cotta w/brick trim; Malthoid roof, wrought iron, fireplaces, oak floors, basement & garage; 1922: 3d story added, 4 rms., frame & plaster, new tile roof; 1928: remodeled
Sources
Builder & Contractor (journal) 4/9/08
Builder & Contractor (journal) 6/25/08
Builder & Contractor (journal) 7/2/08
Builder & Contractor (journal) 7/9/08
Builder & Contractor (journal) 6/3/09, p. 5 (NofC)
Builder & Contractor (journal) 11/2/22, p. 32
Star News 8/16/20
Altadena by Sara Noble Ives (book), p. 316
Altadena's Golden Years by Robert H. Peterson (book), p. 43
Altadena the Beautiful (brochure) 1926, p. 8
Th. 1911
Myron Hunt, The Search for a Regional Architecture
Information from William Wilson Co. real estate files
Picture file
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