Custom details revive an Italian Revival

Architect Harold Bissner designed this Italian Revival estate for a physician and his wife in 1930, and now it has been restored, updated and put on the market as one of the highest-priced homes in Pasadena.

The price of nearly $7 million is quite a contrast with its initial building cost of $25,000, but that was a huge sum for a new home in Depression-era California.

About this house: Now that a team of artists, designers and craftsmen have completed their work, the house has updated features Bissner never imagined. Landry Design Group was the remodel architect.

Asking price: $6.95 million

Size: The house has seven bedroom suites in 7,684 square feet. The lot size is about 32,100 square feet.

Features: The master suite has two bathrooms and a fireplace, and there are two guest suites, two home offices, a state-of-the-art kitchen, a home theater and a gym with a steam shower, sauna and wet bar. There is also a cabana with a kitchen and three-quarter bathroom. The grounds have a 60-foot-long lap pool; a spa, a sports court and a large-scale model railway system manufactured by Lehmann-Gross-Bahn. There is also a basement and an elevator.

Where: Pasadena

Listing agent: Boyd Smith, (626) 568-7208, and Maggie Navarro, (626) 568-7265, at Coldwell Banker Previews, Pasadena.

To submit a candidate for Home of the Week, please send color interior and exterior photos (copies only; we cannot return the pictures) and a brief description of the house, including what makes the property unusual, to Ruth Ryon, Real Estate Section, Los Angeles Times, 202 W. 1st St., Los Angeles, CA 90012; or e-mail [email protected].