tHINK OF IT: as a boy growing up in Pasadena, California, Dyke Messler had lunch at his grandparents’ house on Sundays. “I spent Christmas and birthdays there, too,” he says. Messler’s grandmother’s name was Gamble. Yes: His great-grandparents were David and Mary Gamble, who had commissioned the architects Greene & Greene to design their winter residence, which was built in 1908.
The Gamble House is a masterpiece of Arts & Crafts residential architecture, one of the houses by Greene & Greene referred to as “ultimate bungalows.”
But for Messler, the cozy house was just “my grands’. They let us run and explore, nothing was off-limits to us kids.” He says the house, with its exquisite joinery and craftsmanship, its Japanese-inspired design, became a discovery experience for him.
Following the death of their parents…
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Old House Journal (Digital) - 1 Issue, Arts & Crafts Homes 2025