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The Chemosphere is a modernist house in Los Angeles, California, designed by John Lautner in 1960. The building, which the Encyclopædia Britannica once called "the most modern home built in the world", [1] is admired both for the ingenuity of its solution to the problem of the site and for its unique octagonal design.
Lummis House, also known as El Alisal, is a Rustic American Craftsman stone house built by Charles Fletcher Lummis in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. [4] Located on the edge of Arroyo Seco in northeast Los Angeles , California , the house's name means " alder grove " in Spanish .
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places located in Los Angeles, California. Pages in category "Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Los Angeles" The following 43 pages are in this category, out of 43 total.
John Sowden House, also known as the "Jaws House" or the "Franklin House", is a residence built in 1926 in the Los Feliz section of Los Angeles, California by Lloyd Wright. The house is noted for its use of ornamented textile blocks and for its striking facade, resembling (depending on the viewer's points of cultural reference) either a Mayan ...
The house was inherited by Hale's niece, Odena Johnson, who stated her desire to dispose of it as soon as possible. [9] When plans were announced to demolish the house and build a chrome and steel gas station in its place, [6] the Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Commission stopped the demolition temporarily by declaring the house a Historic-Cultural Monument (HCM #40) in 1966.
The Aline Barnsdall Hollyhock House is a residence in the East Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for oil heiress Aline Barnsdall, it was built between 1919 and 1921. The house is now the centerpiece of the city's Barnsdall Art Park.
This is a list of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States. The list includes Hollywood, as well as Griffith Park and the communities of Los Feliz and Little Armenia. There are more than 148 Historic-Cultural Monuments (HCM) in this area. They are designated by the city's Cultural Heritage ...
[4] [5] The building and its contents were looting targets during the 1992 Los Angeles riots, [6] and Fredericks vacated the building in 2005. In 1984, the Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District was added to the National Register of Historic Places , with this building listed as a contributing property in the district.