Green Gables

Green Gables was the snug white farmhouse that Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert own, and Anne Shirley, Rachel Lynde, and Davy and Dora Keith called home.

Physical appearance
Green Gables is described as being very pretty. The Snow Queen, and various other trees surrounded it. The yard is, apparently, always very neat. The Orchard Slope is behind it.

Location
Green Gables was situated at the end of a very long driveway, Mrs. Rachel Lynde (their neighbour) thinks it no wonder that the Cuthberts are a little odd, living back there all alone.

Construction
Mr. Cuthbert, father of Marilla and Matthew, built Green Gables. He was apparently as shy as his son, for he built the house at the end of a very long driveway.

Occupants
Mr. and Mrs. Cuthbert, father and mother of Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, were the original inhabitants of this lovely home. Anne Shirley, the bright and imaginative orphan, came to call it home when she was adopted accidentally by the Cuthbert siblings. Davy and Dora Keith, at Anne's pleading, were also adopted by Marilla, after Matthew's death. Although the twins were rioutous, Green Gables loved to have them. Subsequent to Thomas Lynde's death, Rachel Lynde came to live with Marilla as Anne went to Redmond College.

Etymology
Green Gables was named (not surprisingly) for its very green, bright gables.

Behind the scenes

 * In the 1934 film Anne of Green Gables, Anne Shirley is the one who names Green Gables.

Book appearances

 * Anne of Green Gables
 * Anne of Avonlea
 * Anne of the Island
 * Anne of Windy Poplars
 * Anne's House of Dreams
 * Anne of Ingleside
 * Rainbow Valley

Film appearances

 * Anne of Green Gables (1919)
 * Anne of Green Gables (1934)