Samuel Freeman House
Samuel Freeman House | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
California Historical Landmark No. 1011[2] | |
Location | Los Angeles, California |
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Coordinates | 34°6′20.39″N 118°20′18.97″W / 34.1056639°N 118.3386028°WCoordinates: 34°6′20.39″N 118°20′18.97″W / 34.1056639°N 118.3386028°W |
Built | 1924 |
Architect | Frank Lloyd Wright |
Architectural style | Modern architecture |
NRHP reference No. | 71000146[1] |
CHISL No. | 1011[2] |
LAHCM No. | 247 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | October 14, 1971 |
Designated LAHCM | November 25, 1981 |
The Samuel Freeman House (also known as the Samuel and Harriet Freeman House) is a Frank Lloyd Wright house in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles, California built in 1923. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. The house has also been listed as a California Historical Landmark #1011, and as Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument #247 in 1981.
As an example of Wright's Mayan Revival or early Modernist architecture, the structure is noteworthy as one of the four textile block houses built by Wright in the Los Angeles area, the others being Storer House, Ennis House, and Millard House. The construction manager on site was Wright's son, Lloyd Wright.
In 1986, the Freeman House was bequeathed to the USC School of Architecture.[3] In 2005, a stabilization project was completed using a $901,000 FEMA grant and $1.5 million in school funds.[4] A five-year program of documenting the history and condition of the house resulted in a 3200-page, seven volume set of books compiled and edited by Benjamin McAlister, Karen M. Kensek, Douglas E. Noble, and Celeste Rodriguez. Publication of the books in 2014 was supported by a grant from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts.[5]
See also[]
- Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments in Hollywood
- List of Registered Historic Places in Los Angeles
- Hollywood Heights, Los Angeles
References[]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ "Freeman House". Office of Historic Preservation, California State Parks. Retrieved 2012-09-06.
- ^ Hamilton, Harriet Ryan, Matt (February 3, 2019). "Thieves stole architectural gems from USC in a heist that remained hidden for years". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
- ^ "Freeman House Restoration". Curbed. December 3, 2008.
- ^ "Freeman House Archive Publication". Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts.
Further reading[]
- Storrer, William Allin. The Frank Lloyd Wright Companion. University Of Chicago Press, 2006, ISBN 0-226-77621-2 (S.216)
- Chusid, Jeffrey M. 2011. Saving Wright, the Freeman House and the Preservation of Meaning, Materials, and Modernity. New York: W.W. Norton & Co (ISBN 978-0393733020).
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- Hollywood Hills
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