Gores took part in a top-secret operation known as Ultra, which broke the code of the German high command.

By the time he completed active duty he had been awarded both the Legion of Merit and the Order of the British Empire.

Gores was initially confined to an iron lung and for the rest of his life and doctors informed him that his physical activities would be severely restricted.

To help her husband continue with his love for architecture, Pamela became involved in his work and even once acted as contractor for one of his projects.

Also, like many other modern architects of the time period, Landis included large amounts of natural light by incorporating grand glass windows into his building designs.

Gores was hired to design the building as a pool house and personal escape lodge for prominent lawyer John Irwin and his wife Jane Watson, daughter of the founder of IBM.

Tom Nissley, co-chair of the Friends of the Gores Pavilion, sums up the rescue of the structure by stating, "The pool house represents the moderns in a very nice way...and it's a public park, so people can come and see it without interrupting someone's home."