South Pasadena, California
1904-05
In late 1904, the Greenes were contracted to design
the entrance gate portals and fence for a private
development, Oaklawn, only blocks from Orange Grove
Ave. The gates provided prestige to the subdivision
and help establish the ambiance wanted by the developer,
S. W. Ferguson. The entrance gate is actually composed
of two tile roofed towers made of large boulders at
the base and progressively smaller cobblestones toward
the top that stand on each side of the entranceway
to Oaklawn Street from Columbia Street. The towers
were meant to support lanterns that would hang over
the roadway and each tower is connected to a lower
cobblestone column with a metal pedestrian gate slung
between the tower and column on each side.
