AN ENGLISH HOUSE, AN ITALIAN GARDEN, ON THE SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA ~by Ann Scheid~ Mortimer Fleishhacker and his wife Bella were wealthy San Franciscans, patrons of the arts, and major philanthropists. In searching for an architect for their summer residence on the San Francisco peninsula, they visited Pasadena in 1910, driving around to see the Greenes’ work. They were not impressed with the wooden houses with their Japanese motifs; instead …Read More