The Greenes designed the Henry A. Ware house in Pasadena according
to the client’s demands for a traditional English-style
home. Henry Ware had asked also that the design resemble his
former residence in the Eastern United States. Like the Kew
house of 1912, the upper portion of the house is of shingle
with the ground floor made of plaster. The interior details
of the dining room and stairwell are strongly English in style,
but in the living room the Greenes successfully introduced other
forms. For the living room, because of Mrs. Ware’s poor
eyesight, the lighting was a special design challenge. Below
the beamed ceiling, sixty electric lights are concealed behind
a redwood molding that curves subtly away from the wall, acting
as a shield from incandescent glare. The result is a warm glow
that subtly circles the room.
