California

This large rustic retreat built by San Francisco architect Willis Polk in 1898 was the center of similarly designed Empire Mining Co. offices and homes owned by William Bourn.

Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1923. One of his concrete block houses. Private Residence.

Designed for Ernest A. Evans in 1907 by Louis Christian Mullgardt. Particularly strong influences from the English Arts & Crafts movement. Private Residence.

A 1902 Bernard Maybeck design inspired by Spanish missions. Subsequent additions have not diluted his architectural genius. Private.

Called Bernard Maybeck’s masterpiece, this 1910 church reveals the architect’s debt to gothic inspiration, yet contains modern innovations of its time. Considered highly influential.

The last and finest commission before the death of 36-year-old architect A.C. Schweinfurth in 1900. Designed in 1897, the structure is at once rustic and restful, with redwood tree trunks incorporated into the design.

Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1924. Owned by University of Southern California. Not open to the public due to major renovations.

Arguably Greene & Greene’s masterpiece, the Gamble House, completed in 1909 for David Gamble (of Proctor and Gamble), is an incredible example of the bungalow style. Contains almost all of the original furniture and fixtures.

Designed in 1912 by John Galen Howard – who then rented it from the owner – this simple, shingle Arts & Crafts house symbolizes the Bay Area approach to Arts & Crafts. A 1927 addition was designed by Julia Morgan.

Bounded by Alameda, Hester, Park, and Race Streets, San Jose, California.

Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1936. Owned by Stanford University.

Frank Lloyd Wright’s first project in Los Angeles completed in 1920. Hollyhock House is a good example of Wright’s integration of house and grounds.