Architect
Elmer Grey
1872–1963
Profile
About Elmer Grey.
Partner with Myron Hunt on signature Pasadena civic and institutional commissions of the 1910s and 1920s.
Styles
Associated Styles.
- Italian Renaissance Revival — Formal classical style used for select prestige residences in the SGV, often by Myron Hunt and contemporaries. Examples concentrate in San Marino and along Pasadena's Orange Grove Boulevard.
- Mediterranean Revival — Closely related to Spanish Colonial Revival but drawing more directly from Italian and broader Mediterranean precedents. Common in SGV estate construction of the 1920s, particularly San Marino.
Works
Notable Works in the SGV.
- Rose Bowl (1922, with Myron Hunt)
- Huntington Hotel (now The Langham Pasadena)
- The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens (with Myron Hunt)