The Batchelder House is a historic

home A home, or domicile, is a space used as a permanent or semi-permanent residence for one or many humans, and sometimes various companion animals. It is a fully or semi sheltered space and can have both interior and exterior aspects to it. H ...

built in 1910 and located at 626 South Arroyo Boulevard in

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. An important center of Pasadena cultural life in its day, the home was designed and built by Ernest A. Batchelder, a prominent leader of the Arts and Crafts Movement, and his wife, Alice Coleman, an accomplished musician. The house, a large

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, has a "woodsy" design with elements of a Swiss chalet style. Batchelder's first craft shop was located in the structure, where decorative tiles were made for

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, the Heineman Brothers, and other noted local architects of the era. Coleman also used the house's backyard stage to host chamber music concerts. The house was added to the

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on December 14, 1978. It is part of the

Lower Arroyo Seco Historic District The Lower Arroyo Seco Historic District is a residential historic district in Pasadena, California, Pasadena, California. The historic district encompasses homes located near the lower Arroyo Seco (Los Angeles County), Arroyo Seco along Arroyo Bo ...

Gallery

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References

External links

Pasadena Heritage Website
Houses in Pasadena, California Arroyo Seco (Los Angeles County) History of Pasadena, California Houses completed in 1910 Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in California Buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Pasadena, California 1910 establishments in California American Craftsman architecture in California Arts and Crafts architecture in California {{LosAngelesCountyCA-NRHP-stub