Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/06/20

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Subject: [Leica] Nice place
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Wed Jun 20 08:51:53 2007



On 6/20/07 9:38 AM, "Frank Filippone" <red735i@earthlink.net> typed:

> This is considered the  ultimate Craftsman House ......  It is still 
> intact,
> with all the original furniture and accessories, just as the architect
> designed it all.
> 
> http://www.gamblehouse.org/photos/index.html
> Cost was about $72,000 in about 1911.  A working man's house cost $2,000 -
> $4,000 in 1911
> Included in this cost is the $20,000 Garage.........
> 
> Notice the Large overhanging rooflines,  large horizontal window groupings,
> lots of workmanship in every detail in the woodworking.  Colors are muted 
> to
> dark earth tones ( original house color was green.)
> 
> This is now a museum, with guided tours available for a few dollars.
> 
> BTW, Gamble was the family name of a rich industrialist..... as in Proctor
> and Gamble........
> 
> Frank Filippone
> red735i@earthlink.net
> 
> 
The term "Gamble house" is used to describe the house I lived in in Portland
for 20 years a house with a roof shaped like a barn.

A "Gamble roof" maybe

I don't know
Its a toss up.


Mark William Rabiner
Harlem, NY

rabinergroup.com



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