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Carmel' s most famous resident architect, Charles Sumner Greene, who made significant contributions to California architecture in the early part of the century, moved to Carmel ill 1916. Greene, along with his brother Henry Mather Greene, established the architectural firm of Greene and Greene in Pasadena in 1893. Together. the brothers developed and refined the Craftsman style of architecture into high art. When Daniel L. James engaged the Greenes in 1914 to design a home on a rocky bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean south of Carmel, Charles Greene took charge of the commission. A year later he began a gradual withdrawal from the firm and eventually made Carmel his permanent residence. After building his own home and studio on Lincoln Street, Greene worked on commissions in Pebble Beach and Ihe Fleishacker house in Woodside. He did the extensive remodeling of Spindrift, the Martin Flavin house in Carmel Highlands. and on several homes in Carmel. since demolished. Greene also designed the War Memorial Arch on Ocean Avenue at San Carlos. , OCR Text: Carmel' s most famous resident architect, Charles Sumner Greene, who made significant contributions to California architecture in the early part of the century, moved to Carmel ill 1916. Greene, along with his brother Henry Mather Greene, established the architectural firm of Greene and Greene in Pasadena in 1893. Together. the brothers developed and refined the Craftsman style of architecture into high art. When Daniel L. James engaged the Greenes in 1914 to design a home on a rocky bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean south of Carmel, Charles Greene took charge of the commission. A year later he began a gradual withdrawal from the firm and eventually made Carmel his permanent residence. After building his own home and studio on Lincoln Street, Greene worked on commissions in Pebble Beach and Ihe Fleishacker house in Woodside. He did the extensive remodeling of Spindrift, the Martin Flavin house in Carmel Highlands. and on several homes in Carmel. since demolished. Greene also designed the War Memorial Arch on Ocean Avenue at San Carlos. , Heritage Society of Pacific Grove,Historical Collections,Names of People about town,G through H File names,Greene,GREENE_011.pdf,GREENE_011.pdf 1 Page 1, Tags: GREENE_011.PDF, GREENE_011.pdf 1 Page 1

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