Category Archives: John Hudson Thomas

6421 Benvenue, Oakland

Posted on October 17, 2022 by edificionado

Our featured home today is a charming John Hudson Thomas design from the most creative period in his highly prolific career. Here he takes the familiar shingle style and embellishes it with a number of unexpected flourishes both inside and … Continue reading →

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21 Mosswood, Berkeley

Posted on August 16, 2022 by edificionado

Mosswood Road is best known today as the location of a number of impressive residences designed by Julia Morgan’s associate Walter Steilberg, but before Steilberg made his mark on the brief thoroughfare there were already several lovely homes there. This … Continue reading →

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41 Oakvale, Berkeley

Posted on August 16, 2021 by edificionado

Our featured home today is an early and exceptional shingle style residence designed by John Hudson Thomas. The Leo and Ella Dungan house is one of Thomas’ most endearing and creative early designs. Its conglomeration of highly peaked roofs straddle … Continue reading →

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2708 Virginia, Berkeley

Posted on November 20, 2020 by edificionado

The Bray house began its life as a modest shingled bungalow, but several years after it was built it was purchased by John Hudson Thomas’ sister and her husband. Together, they undertook a significant renovation in the early 20s which … Continue reading →

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221 Sandringham, Piedmont

Posted on August 10, 2020 by edificionado

Our featured home today is a picturesque Piedmont Tudor designed by John Hudson Thomas. Thomas designed in a variety of styles over the course of his long career, but by his late period he focused mainly on substantial period revival … Continue reading →

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95 The Plaza, Berkeley

Posted on September 16, 2019 by edificionado

Our featured home today is a picturesque residence designed by John Hudson Thomas at the height of his creativity. The home is an interesting combination of prairie and Viennese Secessionist influences combined with Thomas’ trademark detailing. John Hudson Thomas designed … Continue reading →

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1035 Shattuck, Berkeley

Posted on March 13, 2019 by edificionado

Our featured home today is an early and exquisite shingle style craftsman by prolific local designer John Hudson Thomas. Thomas is perhaps best known for his later Secessionist structures but he began his career, like many of his contemporaries, working … Continue reading →

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35 Hillcrest, Berkeley

Posted on July 2, 2018 by edificionado

Our featured home today is a beautiful Viennese Secessionist residence designed by John Hudson Thomas at the height of his creativity. Thomas designed in a variety of styles over the course of his long career but his Secessionist homes are … Continue reading →

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1960 San Antonio, Berkeley

Posted on September 27, 2016 by edificionado

The Spring mansion has been on the market a number of times in the last few years, but it is always a treat. John Spring made his fortune in real estate, but he only ended up living at his Berkeley … Continue reading →

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774 Hilldale, Berkeley

Posted on May 21, 2016 by edificionado

Our featured home today is a statuesque John Hudson Thomas Norman revival. Thomas’ early career was marked by extraordinary innovation and creativity but by the late 1920s commissions were streaming in and his homes became less inventive and more repetitive. … Continue reading →

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