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streaming in from multi-pane windows, casting
reflections on richly hued, glossy wood floors.
Not surprisingly, the home still features exten-
sive, original woodwork—appropriate given
Fleming's lumber trade—which was crafted
by its builder H.X. Goetz. A well-known local
contractor and craftsman of his time, Goetz
also built Santa Monica's first city hall (an
ornate Mission Revival structure that was
located about a mile away), and the impressive
North Beach Bath House along Ocean Avenue.
Examples of Craftsman-era precision are
found throughout the home: in the graceful
series of archways that announce main rooms,
appropriately scaled in size and featuring high
ceilings; and in spaces like the living room, where
built-in bookcases frame a crisp white fireplace.
The primary bedroom is where you can wake to
morning scenes of blue skies and wafting palm
trees in the sitting room, and relax before bed in
a tucked-away nook embellished with crisp line
moulding and geometric wood panels, where
flames flicker in an elegant white fireplace. "It
has luxurious detailing you don't see very often,"
Pence says of the home. "To build something
with that kind of detail today would probably cost
$800 to $1000 per square foot."
