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Pasadena,CA 91105
Key Details
Property Type Single Family Home
Sub Type Single Family Residence
Listing Status Active
Purchase Type For Sale
Square Footage 1,744 sqft
Price per Sqft $1,708
MLS Listing ID CL24461631
Bedrooms 3
Full Baths 2
HOA Y/N No
Year Built 1958
Lot Size 6,487 Sqft
Acres 0.1489
Property Description
The Thomas & Barbara Wirick House, Calvin Straub FAIA (1958). The home was designed as the influential USC professor was merging his practice with former students Conrad Buff and Donald Hensman- establishing the influential Pasadena architectural firm of Buff, Straub, & Hensman. It is described by the National Registry of Historic Places as "one of the firm's definitive achievements in residential post and beam architecture...a composition of modules woven with lines (framing) and planes (walls)." The upper entry level overlooks the double-height living and dining area which is comprised of large expanses of glazing and slender structural framing. An adjoining office/sitting room includes a hidden door to a storage area that was developed below the carport. A more recently added elevator that travels to both the 1st floor and carport is accessed via this space. Also on this level is the primary bedroom suite, which opens out to the living room below and is privatized by curtains or screens. It connects to a walk-in closet that extends into the bathroom via sliding doors. A spacious interior staircase with clerestory windows leads to the lower level. This is the communal hub of the home- a soaring glass-walled living and dining area that embraces the surrounding landscape and dist
Location
State CA
County Los Angeles
Area Listing
Zoning PSR6
Interior
Interior Features Breakfast Bar,Kitchen Island,Pantry
Heating Forced Air,Central
Cooling Central Air
Fireplaces Type Living Room
Fireplace Yes
Appliance Dishwasher,Electric Range,Disposal,Range,Refrigerator
Laundry Dryer,Laundry Room,Washer
Exterior
Exterior Feature Other
Pool None
Utilities Available Other Water/Sewer
View Y/N true
View Hills,Trees/Woods
Handicap Access Other
Total Parking Spaces 2
Private Pool false
Building
Story 2
Foundation Concrete Perimeter
Water Other
Level or Stories Two Story
New Construction No
Others
Tax ID 5482012010