Green Gables | |
Location | Palo Alto, California |
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Coordinates | 37°26′45″N 122°7′27″W / 37.44583°N 122.12417°W |
Architect | Joseph Eichler |
Architectural style | Mid-Century modern |
NRHP reference No. | 04000863 [1] |
Added to NRHP | July 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]