1939 California Homes - The Monte Vista | Architect Clarence W. Mayhew

 


Here is a custom-built house which combines de luxe living with the beauties and freedom of a country estate. Among problems the architect was called upon to solve to comply with the owner's demands were: That all major rooms open on the gardens; that a sleeping porch and dressing room supplant one bedroom, and that a solarium serve as connecting link between the two gardens. 

The finish is as unique as the design. Outside walls are redwood siding painted sage green, and the roof cedar shingles painted black. The interior floors are masonite in 2-ft. squares; the walls flush 1x10 redwood boards; the ceilings insulite, the joints covered with redwood battens; all materials in natural colors.