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$15 Advanced Purchase • $18 Day of Event
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Tour to Feature Norman Rockwell's 1930s Art Studio and Scott Quintin Designed-Home
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The 2009 Alhambra Historic Home Tour on Sunday, June 28 is a self-guided walking tour showcasing six homes in the original Alhambra and Orange Blossom Manor Tracts in picturesque northeastern Alhambra.
A diverse collection of architectural styes including a stately Victorian, two stunning Spanish Colonial and Mission Revivals, a beautiful mid-Atlantic Colonial Revival, an attractive Scott Quintin-designed Dutch Colonial Revival and a quaint English Tudor nestled in a charming neighborhood often featured in movies and television will be open to tour-goers. Norman Rockwell's 1930s art studio loft will be open for viewing.
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Renowned desert plein air artist Victor "Clyde" Forsythe and his wife Cotta built this stately mid-Atlantic Colonial Revival home (pictured above) in 1923, just a few blocks away from a community of artists — known as "Artists' Alley" — that included Samuel Hyde Harris, Eli Harvey and Frank Tenney Johnson, among others. The home included an art sudio loft above the garage with large picture windows facing the San Gabriel Mountains. Forsythe named his new home the Orange Blossom Manor in honor of the fragrant orange groves adjacent to his property.
In 1929, Forsythe invited his old friend and former classmate, Norman Rockwell, to join him in Alhambra. Rockwell painted in Forsythe's art studio throughout the 1930s creating illustrations that would capture America's heart. Norman Rockwell's art studio will be included on the 2009 Alhambra Historic Home Tour.
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All evidence suggests that this stunning 1924 Mission Revival was a kit home, designed and manufactured by Pacific Ready Cut Homes.
After undergoing an extensive renovation in 2003, this home now showcases beautifully restored original Oak, Poplar and Douglas Fir woodwork throughout and rare, collectible Claycraft tiles in the living room fireplace.
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The Kellogg Home
Famed Southern California architect Scott Quintin designed this lovely Dutch Colonial Revival style home to resemble a Flemish farmhouse in 1925 for newspaper executive Edward Kellogg and his wife, Cecil. Arched doorways, bookcases and windows may be found throughout this attractive two-story home along with original art deco light fixtures.
A prolific architect, Quintin designed multiple public buildings and private residences in Alhambra and throughout Southern California in the 1920s and 30s. Quintin is also credited with the design of the original 1927 English Tudor style Story Park Clubhouse in Alhambra. Sadly, this clubhouse was razed in 1973.
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DOWNLOAD TICKET ORDER FORM BY CLICKING ON THE ABOVE IMAGE. INSTRUCTIONS FOR MAILING ARE INCLUDED.
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Alhambra Preservation Group is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. All proceeds from this event benefit the preservation of our city’s architectural heritage.
FOR QUESTIONS OR MORE INFORMATION CALL (626) 755-3467 AND LEAVE A MESSAGE. WE WILL RETURN YOUR CALL.
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