![]() Fallen leaf lake homes for sale windows#This picture-postcard, redwood Alpine-style home - with a peaked roof and exposed trusses, walls with no insulation, steel windows that can be shuttered for the winter and a native stone foundation - is a reminder of what some of the houses that were lost in the recent fire looked like. The fire raged dangerously close for several days but stopped just short of the east ridge that overlooks the small lake, saving the hills that sweep down to the summer homes along its edge.Īmong them is a house on the south side of the lake by architect Warren Charles Perry, who was the dean of the School of Architecture at UC Berkeley from 1927 until 1950. The slender, 3-mile-long leaf-shaped glacier lake, where scenes from "The Bodyguard" and "City of Angels" were shot, barely escaped June's Angora Fire - named for the thickly wooded hills just south of Lake Tahoe that were stocked with Angora goats by ambitious pioneers in the 1800s. Margy Boyd Tom Livermore MANDATORY CREDIT FOR PHOTOG AND SF CHRONICLE/NO SALES-MAGS OUT Eric Luse Show More Show Less 8 of21 designspotting 11_619.JPGĬoming from downstairs up to the main room of the home. Master Bedroom photos of different seasons of the chapel the family built. Margy Boyd Tom Livermore Horace and Olga Clifton-plaque MANDATORY CREDIT FOR PHOTOG AND SF CHRONICLE/NO SALES-MAGS OUT Eric Luse Show More Show Less 5 of21 designspotting 11_315.JPG Margy Boyd with her dog Fidel, who is the present owner in the main room of the home. Morning along the water's edge of Fallen Leaf Lake. Margy Boyd Tom Livermore MANDATORY CREDIT FOR PHOTOG AND SF CHRONICLE/NO SALES-MAGS OUT Eric Luse Show More Show Less The 80 year old home was built by the Cliftons who also built the historic chapel. Margy Boyd Tom Livermore MANDATORY CREDIT FOR PHOTOG AND SF CHRONICLE/NO SALES-MAGS OUT Eric Luse Show More Show Less 2 of21 designspotting 11_424.JPG Clifton house in Fallen Leaf Lake, one of the houses that might have succumbed to the Angora fire had the fire jumped the ridge and reached the lake. Present owner is Margy Boyd.Įric Luse / The Chronicle names (cq) from source 1 of21 designspotting 11_325.JPG The main room of the home with the grand fireplace off to the right, front door to the left and the loft above the seating area to the rear.Ĭlifton house in Fallen Leaf Lake, one of the houses that might have succumbed to the Angora fire had the fire jumped the ridge and reached the lake. ![]()
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