Blacker, Robert R., House

1177 Hillcrest Ave., Pasadena, California. County/parish: Los Angeles.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places February 06, 1986. NRIS 86000147.

1 contributing building.

Also known as:

  • Blacker--Hill House

From Wikipedia:

Robert R. Blacker House

The Robert Roe Blacker House, often referred to as the Blacker House or Robert R. Blacker House, is a residence in Pasadena, California, United States, which is now on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. It was built in 1907 for Robert Roe Blacker and Nellie Canfield Blacker. It was designed by Henry and Charles Greene of the renowned Pasadena firm of Greene and Greene. This house was a lavish project for the Greene brothers, costing in excess of US$100,000.00 ($3.37 million today). Everything for the house was custom designed, down to the teak escutcheon plates of the upstairs mahogany panel doors to the linen closets with their ebony cloud adorned keys.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123858961

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