Edmund Blinn House
Encyclopedia
The Edmund Blinn House is located in Pasadena
, Los Angeles County, California
. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 2001.
style by architect George Washington Maher, a follower of Louis H. Sullivan and a contemporary of Frank Lloyd Wright
. The house was built in 1905, with an American Craftsman
style attention to aesthetic integration.
Pasadena, California
Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Although famous for hosting the annual Rose Bowl football game and Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena is the home to many scientific and cultural institutions, including the California Institute of Technology , the Jet...
, Los Angeles County, California
Los Angeles County, California
Los Angeles County is a county in the U.S. state of California. As of 2010 U.S. Census, the county had a population of 9,818,605, making it the most populous county in the United States. Los Angeles County alone is more populous than 42 individual U.S. states...
. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 2001.
History
The Blinn House was designed in the Prairie SchoolPrairie School
Prairie School was a late 19th and early 20th century architectural style, most common to the Midwestern United States.The works of the Prairie School architects are usually marked by horizontal lines, flat or hipped roofs with broad overhanging eaves, windows grouped in horizontal bands,...
style by architect George Washington Maher, a follower of Louis H. Sullivan and a contemporary of Frank Lloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd Wright was an American architect, interior designer, writer and educator, who designed more than 1,000 structures and completed 500 works. Wright believed in designing structures which were in harmony with humanity and its environment, a philosophy he called organic architecture...
. The house was built in 1905, with an American Craftsman
American Craftsman
The American Craftsman Style, or the American Arts and Crafts Movement, is an American domestic architectural, interior design, landscape design, applied arts, and decorative arts style and lifestyle philosophy that began in the last years of the 19th century. As a comprehensive design and art...
style attention to aesthetic integration.
Women's City Club
The Edmund Blinn House is now the home of the Women's City Club of Pasadena.See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Pasadena, CaliforniaNational Register of Historic Places listings in Pasadena, CaliforniaThis is a List of Registered Historic Places in Pasadena. There are 119 places listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places in Pasadena, California. Five of these sites are further designated as National Historic Landmarks of the United States...
- "George Washington Maher - architect of the Edmund Blinn House"