The Making of a Legacy Estate

  • 1911

    Mortimer Fleishhacker Sr’s initial purchase of Woodside land and commissioned Greene; Greene to design a country house on 45 acres in Woodside

  • August 1911

    Additional 12.5 acres purchased for main drive from Albion Way to Main House

  • 1914

    Purchased 5 additional acres, included farm buildings

  • 1915

    Purchased final 11.5 acres

  • 1917

    Addition to service wing of main house. Freeform pool completed with 2 bathhouses

  • 1928

    Roman Pool and Dairy House completed

  • 1930

    Camperdown Elm Allee: brick path between two lines of camperdown elm trees

  • 1931/32

    Wurster House completed

  • 1931

    Manager’s house completed

  • 1966

    The United Nations celebrated its 20th Birthday with the Secretary General and the world’s dignitaries at Green Gables

  • 1972

    The Oak Valley home completed

  • 1979

    Swimming Pool added to Oak Valley home

“The whole construction was carefully thought out and there was a reason for every detail. The idea was to eliminate everything unnecessary, to make the whole as direct and simple as possible, but always with the beautiful in mind as the final goal.”

—Henry Greene