Gregory Ain: Wilfong house (Altadena, Calif.)

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Description

This house in Altadena for John C. Wilfong was a long, low, glass-walled house with views towards the mountains. The investment banker Wilfong wanted a house where he and his wife could entertain and raise their child. Ain designed a linear house with formal entertaining areas that could be walled off with a sliding partition from the informal living areas. Unfortunately, the house burned in 1993 and was completely destroyed.

Creator

Gregory Ain, architect
Joseph Johnson and Alfred Day, architects
Julius Shulman, photographer

Source

Gregory Ain papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.

Date

1949

Rights

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Citation

Gregory Ain, architect Joseph Johnson and Alfred Day, architects Julius Shulman, photographer, “Gregory Ain: Wilfong house (Altadena, Calif.),” UCSB ADC Omeka, accessed April 16, 2024, http://www.adc-exhibits.museum.ucsb.edu/items/show/691.