Clarke Estate History
The Clarke Estate was built as the home of Chauncey and Marie Rankin Clarke in 1919. A wealthy, socially prominent couple, they hired architect Irving Gill to build their country home on 60 acres of citrus groves in Santa Fe Springs. Gill build this elegant house...Read More
Chauncey Clarke was born in 1858 in Peoria, Illinois, where his family made a fortune by developing the Clarke Distilleries. In the 1890's, Chauncey moved to Phoenix, Arizona, for his health, and there he purchased hundreds of acres of desert land...Read More
Most of the buildings in which we work and live have been influenced in some way by Irving Gill's architecture. Although he had little formal architectural education. Gill pioneered innovations such as tilt-up concrete construction, un-decorated wall surfaces, sky-lit bathrooms,...Read More
The Estate • The Clarkes • The Architecture
The Clarke Estate 10211 Pioneer Boulevard, Santa Fe Springs, California, 90670 (View Map)
Phone Number: (562) 946-6476
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