Pratt, Charles M., House
National Register of Historic Places

Pratt, Charles M., House

Ojai, Ventura County, California
Listed
June 13, 2002
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
00001227

About this property

Casa Barranca, more commonly referred to as Charles M. Pratt House, near Ojai, California is a historic Arts and Crafts-style house that was built in 1909 as a winter home for industrialist Charles Millard Pratt. It is one of the "ultimate bungalows" designed by architects Charles and Henry Greene of Greene and Greene. It is a unique house, built for a client with "unlimited resources" in a rural location that allowed the architects to place the house "in a truly natural setting"; this "was the fulfillment of a lifelong interest of the architects." With the building site chosen within the original 14 acre parcel, an adjacent 38-acre parcel was purchased to preserve "the all important viewshed to which the house is directed." The combination of factors allowed the work to be created very consistently with intended principles of the Arts and Crafts movement. The structure and cladding of the building are almost completely honest and devoid of mannered veneers and false beams contained in the other "ultimate bungalows". It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. As of the listing, the house and views are perfectly preserved. The Pratts partially owned the nearby Foothills Hotel, which they could use for entertaining, so "they only needed the house to serve as “sleeping quarters” and family relaxation."

Location

1330 Foothill Rd.
Ojai, Ventura County, California
34.42625, -119.25505

Categories

ARCHITECTURE
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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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When was Pratt, Charles M., House listed on the National Register?

Pratt, Charles M., House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 13, 2002.

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Pratt, Charles M., House is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Pratt, Charles M., House is recorded as the industrial era, specifically around 1909.

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