Bembridge House (Long Beach, California)

953 Park Cir
Long Beach, CA 90813

Bembridge House was completed in 1906 as the home for Stephen and Josephine Green of Seattle and faces the 1.9 acre Knoll Park (Drake Park) given to the city in 1904 by the Seaside Water Company. It is one of the last Victorian structures still standing in Long Beach and lures many people to the structure as well as the adjacent park.

Following the death of Mr. Green in 1912, the home has had seven different owners. In 1918, the home was purchased by the late Thomas M. and Hazel Rankin of Cambridge, Nebraska, and the daughter, Dorothy (Mrs. Charles) Bembridge, occupies the home to this date. The structure itself is a two and one-half story Queen Anne Victorian residence with an asymmetrical composition consisting of a high pitched roof and multiple gables extending on the facade and sides of the house. The primary exterior material is horizontal board painted grey-blue with a white trim. Five double sash windows flanked by paired columns adorn the second story facade. A triangular pediment covers the main entry while double columns adorn the porch. A corner tower with conical roof projects from the second story above the circular portion of the porch. The original windows remain, many with leaded transoms and moldings. A two story carriage house adorns the same lot. A glass sun porch was added in 1924 and the home was reroofed in 1966, which might have destroyed the home had it not been for the care taken in presoaking the shingles nine times to make them fire retardant.

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 houseNRHP - National Register of Historic PlacesQueen Anne style (architecture)historic landmark1906_construction