Green Gables (Palo Alto, California)

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Green Gables
762 Wildwood Lane, Green Gables Historic District, Palo Alto, CA 6-3-2012 4-13-28 PM.JPG
Location Palo Alto, California
Coordinates 37°26′45″N122°7′27″W / 37.44583°N 122.12417°W / 37.44583; -122.12417
Architect Joseph Eichler
Architectural style Mid-Century modern
NRHP reference No. 04000863 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 28, 2005

Green Gables is a 1950s subdivision located in Palo Alto, California, United States. [2] The subdivision was developed by Joseph Eichler, whose company built its first 63 homes in 1950. [3] Eichler hired the architecture firm Anshen & Allen to design the one-story modernist houses. The houses in Green Gables represent Eichler's efforts to apply modernist principles to affordable single-family houses, which was considered a bold development strategy at the time. Contemporary critics acclaimed Eichler's work on Green Gables; Architectural Forum awarded it "Subdivision of the Year" in 1950 along with four of Eichler's other developments, and House Beautiful devoted a feature to the subdivision. [4]

The subdivision was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 28, 2005. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 15, 2006.
  2. "Edgewood Plaza Eichler Shopping Center".
  3. The Eichler Groupies
  4. Arbunich, Marty (May 21, 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Green Gables". National Park Service . Retrieved September 2, 2014. Accompanied by photos.