This is a Prairie-style home built around 1913 by San Jose architect Frank Delos Wolfe for orchardists Frederick and Rosalie Diepen. Wolfe built many Frank Lloyd Wright-style Prairies during this period.
Click here to go to the Frank Wolfe web site where you'll see more pictures of this house and others like it.
Living room. The room is 26' x 22', with a 16' ceiling with egg-and-dart molding, and it's always sunny. The
central fireplace is a feature of this Prairie syle.
Living room looking into dining room.
Living room with Stickley TV cabinet.
Here are the windows on the inside with a rug I designed and had made to "reflect" them.
Front door now. I added some trim, painted it the same color as the egg and dart molding, and painted stencils on it. Click here to see a side-by-side of the same door before and after.
Living room stained glass windows from outside.
The deep overhangs are a hallmark of Wolfe. The decorative molding goes all around the house.
Door into dining room. The painting over the door is one I did of the
famous
cat mascots of the town of Los Gatos. There's a closeup of the painting on my art page.
Dining room. Still has all its original built-in cabinets, stained glass,
and the egg-and-dart molding.
Dining room cabinet closeup.