Sink Your Teeth into This!

Chances are you'll be "ahhhing" the minute you see our extraordinary new real estate find—a charming dental office that has survived the ages unscathed, built in 1963 to the design of San Francisco mid‐century architect Aaron Green.

This is the same Aaron Green who was Frank Lloyd Wright's West Coast representative and only partner, from 1951 to 1959; the one who also designed three very progressive, though unbuilt, house designs for Joe Eichler's San Mateo Highlands in the early 1960s.

Green's dental office design, located in Cloverdale, 18 miles north of Healdsburg, in Sonoma County, is still a sight to behold. The subject of a 2013 talk by the Cloverdale Historical Society, 'In the Spirit of Frank Lloyd Wright' discussed the influences on Green that led to his dental‐office design for Dr. Harold Nathan Ives, the building's original owner who practiced there from 1952 to 1973.

Dr. Ives additionally commissioned the architect to design Ives' private residence, also in Cloverdale, and had contractor Frank Rose build both structures from Green's plans.

Now for sale, Ives' former dentistry office, at 114 North Main Street, is represented by listing agent Joe Pheffer of Solid Properties, priced at $500,000.

"I could not identify a single, meaningful 'comp' [market value comparison] in Cloverdale, or anywhere in Sonoma County," admits Pheffer. "There just isn't anything like it!"

The current owner, Cindi Lands, inherited the property in 2017 after her mother's passing, says Pheffer.

A compact design at 1,102 square feet, the office features an open‐concept reception area and waiting room filled with natural light, a doctor's office, laboratory, three operatory rooms, and two bathrooms. A private, off‐street parking lot accommodates six parking spaces.

The extensive use of glass, natural wood finishes, and intriguing geometric details distinguish this unique medical building.

In the mid‐'70s, Dr. Ives sold the building and his practice to Cindi Lands' father, who in turn sold the business (but not the property) upon his own retirement. The building has never functioned as anything but a dental office.

Today, minimal alterations impact the originality of the building. An ADA ramp now leads to the front door, an addition that would not have been required in 1963.

"But the waiting room feels like an Eichler," Pheffer says. "It's ringed with orange‐colored seating…and it's completely encircled by giant picture windows. The roof cantilevers way out, and a circular brick wall encircles the entire building."

Marvels of the architect's design include the inverted triangular roof supports that cleverly conceal metal brackets and poles.