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2-acre estate, twice a Pasadena Showcase House of Design, seeks $14 million

February 26, 2025

The grand colonial-style main house. (Photo by Susan Pickering Photography)

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The grand colonial-style main house. (Photo by Susan Pickering Photography)

A 1933 grand colonial-style estate featured as a Pasadena Showcase House of Design twice in the last 42 years is on the market for just under $14 million.

Known as the Stewart House, the 11,100-square-foot residence has a two-story main house and a guest house with a loft for a total of seven bedrooms and 12 bathrooms. Records show it’s been in the same family for more than 40 years, but its name comes from the original owner Arthur C. Stewart, a third-generation oil company executive.

Stewart built the house for $13,000 on land given to him as a wedding gift by his father, according to a promotional video for the 2023 Pasadena Showcase House of Design. Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts, the 501c3 nonprofit behind the annual fundraiser, also featured Stewart House in 1983.

Originally designed by architects Sylvanus Marston and Edgar Maybury, it sits behind wrought-iron gates on 2-acre-plus grounds with themed gardens, including a rose garden and a vegetable garden.

There are expansive lawns, a lighted tennis court and a pool with a cabana.

Inside the main house, the foyer has a staircase and leads to the living room anchored by a fireplace.

The formal dining room and home bar boast hand-painted murals.

Wood paneling adorns the library’s walls.

In the garden room with its checkered black-and-white floors and walls of French windows and doors, the backyard is on view.

The house’s west wing features a butler’s pantry, a newly remodeled gourmet kitchen and a breakfast area. These spaces open to the family room, which was also updated.

Five bedrooms occupy the second level, including the primary suite with a fireplace and French doors to a covered terrace with a checkered black-and-white floor.

The property also has a gym and a wine cellar.

Darrell Done and Carol Chua of Coldwell Banker Realty share the listing.

Stewart was the former senior vice president of Union Oil Company of California and scion of a prominent family. His grandfather, Lyman, cofounded Union Oil in 1890, the Union Rescue Mission in 1891, and what is now Biola University in 1908. His father, William, served as Union Oil’s president.

During his lifetime, the Los Angeles native who rose through the ranks of his grandfather’s company was also a civic leader and philanthropist.

He died in 1998 at 92.

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