301 Ocean View Blvd - Green Gables Inn Hospitality Building

Green Gables Inn, the first Four Sisters Inn, was built in 1888 by Englishman William Lacy, an engineer and amateur architect who moved with his family to Los Angeles. The multi-gabled seaside house was framed entirely of redwood and boasted solid maple floors, brass and copper door, and window fixtures, exposed dark wood interior trim, and a massive wooden mantelpiece (later replaced by plaster). The overall appearance of the house was much darker and busier than it appears today, although the present windows, fixtures, and woodwork are original. The upstairs room dubbed the “Chapel Room” reflects Lacy's English architectural heritage of exposed ceiling beams and myriad angles, slopes, and nooks.