Glen Stewart - Craftsman in Wood
Following Greene & Greene (Pasadena)

This url https://stewart.sdsu.edu/0mystuff/glen_stewart_pub/ Upd 23Oct2025; return to Kris' home page

Glen, born on prairies of Canada, Saskatchewn, came to live with his aunt Maida Stewart Bartels and Uncle Fred Bartels in N Hollywood at first. Then moved to Bay Area and discovered surfing at Santa Cruz while in high school at Los Altos High.

Glen's sister Jeannie, Maida Jean Kellgren, typed up the memoirs of their Grandfather, Gordon Wolseley Stewart (1885-1978); the txt-version of the family tree Descendants of Colonel John Stewart (1844-1894), text file, print in landscape mode and makes sense; Glen & Kris appear under 2nd Wife of Colonel John Stewart

Ties That Bind 1122 pgs pdf, is an online story of Saskatchewan and families that homesteaded there, published 1984. You can download the file, then search for Stewart. The doc is courtesy of Hamlet of Gray History. The section on Bechard describes the founding of Bechard, where Grandfather Stewart had his homestead. Riceton-Bechard Families 177 pgs, search for Stewart. Summer 2019 our RdTrip across Canada let us explore explore Elphinstone St., Regina; & Bechard

Glen and Kris Stewart were married 26 March 1975 and started the process of getting his Green Card so he could live and work permanently in the USA.

Kris earned her Masters in Computer Science from San Diego State University in 1979 and got her dream job at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena. We rented a nice little home in The Meadows of Altadena, directly across the Arroyo Seco from JPL. FYI, the Arroyo Seco is also the home of the Rose Bowl.

Glen and the Shoptones - Jon Cohen, keyboard, surfer & Science author
EatonFire2025, wildfire devastated most of Altadena, and a good part of L.A. . Luckily The Meadows survived - we lived at 4283 Aralia St.
Click on image for bigger, note the 2 golden arrows to JPL and 4283 Aralia.
CalFire live source; enter 4283 Aralia Road, Altadena & find JPL, so close to The Meadows, The Rose Bowl, just south within the Arroyo Seco.
Glen ran into an old Verdugo Jr High buddy who suggested he work with Ken Ross on Ken's project to resurrect the Bolton House. As Glen read and practiced his skills, he found his career in the style of Greene and Greene pdf craftsmen workworking and construction, early 1900's Pasadena.

I think these three articles help highlight Glen's professional career.

1. Resurrecting the Bolton House by Ken Ross, Fine Homebuilding Oct/Nov 1983 No.17;

Glen discovers Greene and Greene architects and the craftmen style from early 1900's Pasadena. Tim Andersen, Architect, has online write up of Bolton House restoration - 2015; with 20 pictures Bolton restoration , here's a small sample

Photo by Tim Andersen Architect - Browse entryway ideas
Photo by Tim Andersen Architect - More sunroom ideas
Photo by Tim Andersen Architect - Browse entryway photos

2. Craftsman Style Beach House by Tim Andersen, Fine Homebuilding Feb/March 1986 No. 31 [Cover of magazine is view from home to the ocean in Port Hueneme]; Tim Andersen is the same architect from Bolton House restoration. Glen Stewart and Gordon Sproul build a craftsman home on the beach of Port Hueneme, near Oxnard, CA.

3. Stair in the Air by Glen Stewart, Fine Homebuilding June/July 2001.
Glen writes about the unique staircase he built for client John on Nantucket Island. Fyi, Kris gets a photo credit on p. 72
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