A Pasadena home designed by lauded architect Wallace Neff for longtime Huntington Hotel owner and manager D.M. Linnard is on the market.
With an asking price of $5.9 million, this 6,178-square-foot Tudor revival-style house, completed in 1926, has three bedrooms and four bathrooms. It sits on a half-acre-plus lot in the Huntington Circle community of 13 restored cottages within the Langham Huntington Pasadena grounds.
Records show the property was sold through a limited liability company in March 2012 for $3.9 million.
Soaring 20-foot-high wooden trusses support the open-beam ceiling of the great room, and a 30-foot-long wall of diamond grid windows floods the south-facing dining room with light. The dining room steps up into an exotic den with a fireplace.
There are three kitchens, including an oversized eat-in kitchen on the entry-level that opens to the breakfast room.
The completed lower level of the house has its own entrance, two additional kitchens and a combined living and dining room.
The primary suite has a private balcony. It, along with multiple balconies, boasts unobstructed San Gabriel Valley views.
Residents can enjoy access to the Langham hotel’s dining, gardens and spa amenities.
Matthew Berkley of Engel & Völkers has the listing.
The house served as a permanent residence for Linnard and his wife, Emily.
Linnard was president of the California Hotel Co., which owned and operated the Maryland, the Huntington and the Green hotels in Pasadena. His concept of year-round resort living and the bungalow-style hotel helped transform the city into a luxury destination for presidents, magnates and other tourists. He died in September 1949 at age 82.
