Goode House
As secretary of the Improvement Association, Edgar D. Goode’s work for the incorporation of the city of Glendale earned him the title of the “Father of Glendale.” Originally from Indiana, Edgar and his wife, Alletia, moved west shortly after their marriage in 1862. They purchased a house on North Cedar, just a few short blocks from the center of town, in 1897. The Queen Anne-Eastlake style dwelling, built just five years before, became home to the Goodes and their two daughters, Fay and Pearl and three sons, Ray, Leo, and John. In a $5-million project of the city’s housing authority, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Crippled Children’s Society, a 25-unit apartment complex was built on the grounds around the house, and the structure itself was fully restored in the 1990s.
Glendale, Los Angeles County
Photographer: Andrew Schmidt