Sold on 9/11/2007 for $2,300,000
3 Richland in Pasadena California is a 5 bedroom 5 bath home with 5042 SqFt.

This home has been described as, WALLACE NEFF, ARCHITECT. HOUSE FOR ALBERT & MILDRED GATES, 1925. BUILT DURING THE GOLDEN AGE OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ARCHITECTURE, NEFF DESIGNED THE RESIDENCE IN HIS SELF-DESCRIBED CALIFORNIAN'' STYLE, BLENDING SPANISH, TUSCAN AND OTHER MEDITERRANEAN REVIVAL ELEMENTS THAT WERE POPULAR AT THE TIME. A SIMPLE, UNCLUTTERED FACADE AT THE STREET GIVES WAY TO THE RICH DETAILS OF THE LIVING AND DINING ROOMS, ALL WITH ORIGINAL ARCHED WINDOWS AND DOORS THAT OPEN DIRECTLY TO THE LOGGIA. THE LARG, LANDSCAPED LOT WITH POOL PROVIDES FOR LARGE-SCALE ENTERTAINING, COMPLETE WITH SWEEPING VISTAS OF THE ROSE BOWL AND THE SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAIN RANGE. WHILE THE FLOOR PLAN OF THE FIVE BEDROOM, FIVE BATH RESIDENCE IS MOSTLY INTACT FROM THE ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION, SOME RESTORATION WILL BE REQUIRED TO RETURN THE OVERALL PROGRAM TO A VISUAL PRESENTATION THAT IS WORTHY OF THE HOME'S SIGNIFICANT PLACE IN SOUTHERN CALIFOIRNIA HISTOIRY.