Myron Hunt Architecture in La Cañada Flintridge
By Mike Kobeissi The front door of an early Flintridge estate opens onto a hall, and I stand in it for a full minute before I look at anything else. Where the light comes from, how far the eye travels and which room the hall shows you first will tell you more about a Myron Hunt house than any tile or hinge in it. Most buyers walk straight past that minute. They head for the kitchen, the fixtures, the details that photograph well. In a house planned by an architect like Hunt, those details matter less than the order of the rooms and the way the whole house sits on its land. What makes a Myron Hunt house distinctive? A Myron Hunt house stands out for its plan more than its ornament, with rooms arranged along clear lines, opened to gardens and terraces, and placed to take the light and the view the site offers. The style changes from house to house, while that clarity of plan rarely does. Hunt was a major figure in Southern California architecture , and his public work shows the ha...