Zane Grey Estate, Mediterranean Revival residence in Altadena, United States.
The Zane Grey Estate is a Mediterranean Revival home in Altadena, California, built with reinforced concrete, stucco walls, and tile roofs. A rooftop addition sits above the main floors and contains a studio and library, while the lower levels are divided into separate residential units.
The house was built in 1907 for Arthur Woodward and bought in 1920 by the writer Zane Grey, who used it as a home and working retreat. In 2002 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
The estate carries the name of the writer who used the rooftop studio to craft Western novels that shaped how Americans imagined their own frontier. That top floor space, with its library and writing room, gives visitors today a sense of the working life of a popular author in the early 1900s.
The estate sits in a residential area of Altadena and is easy to spot from the street thanks to its tile roofs and stucco exterior. Some parts of the building are available for short-term rental, which gives visitors a way to see the interior more closely.
The house was the first fireproof building in Altadena, a direct response to a devastating fire that had destroyed the original owner's previous home. That decision shaped every detail of the construction from the ground up and made it an early example of fire-resistant building in the area.
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