Myron Hunt

As a memorial to the late Chief Justice R. Wright, the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation has awarded a grant of $300,000 to the Pasadena Public Library Foundation to restore and improve the Central Library Auditorium. The auditorium restoration will begin in January 1986 and is scheduled for completion the following fall.

An Elmer Grey-designed English Tudor estate in Hancock Park is on the market for the first time in 35 years. Built in 1925 by the famed architect whose work includes the Beverly Hills Hotel and the Pasadena Playhouse, the two-story house sits on a quiet palm-tree-lined street surrounded by gated homes. The estate's first owners, business executive Edward Bowen and his wife, Ella, died in 1930 after their plane went down in a storm between Oceanside and San Clemente. The Bowen House still bears their name.

An Elmer Grey-designed English Tudor estate in Hancock Park is on the market for the first time in 35 years. Built in 1925 by the famed architect whose work includes the Beverly Hills Hotel and the Pasadena Playhouse, the two-story house sits on a quiet palm-tree-lined street surrounded by gated homes. The estate's first owners, business executive Edward Bowen and his wife, Ella, died in 1930 after their plane went down in a storm between Oceanside and San Clemente. The Bowen House still bears their name.

Like a kindergarten teacher kneeling down to meet her 3-foot-tall charges at eye level, the new elementary school at the Ambassador Hotel site, set to open today, is impeccably attuned to the importance of a first impression. Designed by the Pasadena firm Gonzalez Goodale Architects, the school extends a friendly, crisply proportioned façade along 8th Street, on the southern edge of the sprawling 76-acre site over which the hotel long presided. Inside, the two-story school wraps 46 classrooms around a pair of generously sized courtyards.

Myron Hunt designed this grand Colonial Revival villa in 1916 in Pasadena's Oak Knoll neighborhood, described in The Times' stories of the day as "the Crown City's beautiful and fashionable suburb," replete with paved streets and "ornamental electric lights on classic bronze pillars." Even if you don't recognize the Pasadena architect's name, you've probably seen or been in one of his many local landmarks.

On display through Nov. 30 at the Pasadena Public Library is a modest photography exhibit of select buildings Julia Morgan designed for women's organizations in Southern California. While perhaps best known as the persevering architect who gave shape to the indulgent fancy of William Randolph Hearst for a castle at San Simeon on the California coast, Morgan, in a distinguished career, designed about 700 other projects.

Before he designed the Rose Bowl, the Ambassador Hotel and some 200 other landmark structures, architect Myron Hunt created his private residence in the Prospect Park neighborhood of Pasadena, where he lived with his wife and children from 1905 until his death in 1952. The three-story Arts and Crafts brownstone, listed for $2.25 million, has much of its original woodwork, with dark panels and doorways of Douglas fir and redwood that create a lodge-like feel in the living room and library.

Like a kindergarten teacher kneeling down to meet her 3-foot-tall charges at eye level, the new elementary school at the Ambassador Hotel site, set to open today, is impeccably attuned to the importance of a first impression. Designed by the Pasadena firm Gonzalez Goodale Architects, the school extends a friendly, crisply proportioned façade along 8th Street, on the southern edge of the sprawling 76-acre site over which the hotel long presided. Inside, the two-story school wraps 46 classrooms around a pair of generously sized courtyards.

Barber-neat hedges buffer the Valley Hunt Club from the world hurrying by on Orange Grove Boulevard, the busy Pasadena street known as Millionaire's Row before condos began displacing its deep-lawn mansions. No signs bordering the Valley Hunt grounds identify it by name. But staked beneath the hedges are discreet markers that label the property private.

Deja vu? Actor Wentworth Miller recently sold a place in Hancock Park. Now he is ready to make another break and has listed his home in Altadena at $1.59 million. The Mission Revival-style house, built in 1910 and set on more than three-quarters of an acre, is described as "attributed to Myron Hunt. " The master suite takes up the entire second floor of the 4,558-square-foot house, which has a total of three bedrooms and four bathrooms. Miller, 40, starred in the 2010 film "Resident Evil: Afterlife" and will star next year in the thriller "The Loft.

Before he designed the Rose Bowl, the Ambassador Hotel and some 200 other landmark structures, architect Myron Hunt created his private residence in the Prospect Park neighborhood of Pasadena, where he lived with his wife and children from 1905 until his death in 1952. The three-story Arts and Crafts brownstone, listed for $2.25 million, has much of its original woodwork, with dark panels and doorways of Douglas fir and redwood that create a lodge-like feel in the living room and library.

Myron Hunt designed this grand Colonial Revival villa in 1916 in Pasadena's Oak Knoll neighborhood, described in The Times' stories of the day as "the Crown City's beautiful and fashionable suburb," replete with paved streets and "ornamental electric lights on classic bronze pillars." Even if you don't recognize the Pasadena architect's name, you've probably seen or been in one of his many local landmarks.

On display through Nov. 30 at the Pasadena Public Library is a modest photography exhibit of select buildings Julia Morgan designed for women's organizations in Southern California. While perhaps best known as the persevering architect who gave shape to the indulgent fancy of William Randolph Hearst for a castle at San Simeon on the California coast, Morgan, in a distinguished career, designed about 700 other projects.

As a memorial to the late Chief Justice R. Wright, the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation has awarded a grant of $300,000 to the Pasadena Public Library Foundation to restore and improve the Central Library Auditorium. The auditorium restoration will begin in January 1986 and is scheduled for completion the following fall.

Architect Myron Hunt's house Location: 200 N. Grand Ave., Pasadena 91103 Size: Six bedrooms and six bathrooms in 5,600 square feet Lot size: 13,908 square feet Published on: Nov. 23, 2008 Listed then for: $2.25 million Sold for: $1.75 million in July Airy contemporary in Orange County Location: 1182 Hyde Park Drive, North Tustin 92705 Size: Four bedrooms...

Residents are hoping to convince federal officials that the Malaga Cove Library, with its white-stucco walls, red-tile roof and square tower, has special historic significance. The Malaga Cove Library Neighborhood Planning Committee, in an application to federal officials, says the 1929 Mediterranean Revival-style library is a prime example of work by architect Myron Hunt.