The Valley House Record

The 1940s Valley House Record.

Every house this record dates to the 1940s whose architect a document names and that is not on a year page of its own, with who built it and who first owned it, where the record names them.

The houses this record dates to the 1940s whose architect a document names, in the years with fewer than 100 such houses, with who built them and who first owned them where the record names them: 1940 (2), 1941 (1), 1943 (1), 1946 (3), 1947 (2), 1948 (11) and 1949 (8).

28Houses with a named architect
0Architect attributed only
9Builder named too
9First family named too
22Confirmed standing

Every house on record.

Sorted by year, then city and street. A date under the year is the date of the building notice.

28 houses
HouseBuiltStyleDesigned byBuilt byFirst familyRecord
2550 Las Lunas Street
Pasadena
1940Whitney R. Smith libraryLandmark recordDesignation of 875 Canon Drive as a Landmark, p. 26
Standing
1560 North Bradford Street
Pomona
1940
county: 1948
R. M. KingC. N. SheetsMrs. Mary Siebold
earliest on record
National Register recordLincoln Park Historic District, National Register of Historic..., p. 33
1230 Oakwood Drive
Arcadia
Unresolved: The Arcadia record credits Harold J. Bissner Jr., who was born in 1925, and both it and the county date the house 1941, when he was 16. The credit and the date conflict, and the record leaves it unresolved.
1941Ranch houseHarold J. Bissner Jr.Landmark recordArcadia Historic Preservation Commission agenda packet, p. 32
Standing
4003 Via Padova
The Sheets House
Claremont
1943Modern homeMillard SheetsPreservation groupClaremont Heritage 2021 Home Tour booklet (Notable Architects), p. 5
Standing
623 West 11th Street
Claremont
1946Modern homePaul R. Williams libraryPreservation groupClaremont Heritage 2021 Home Tour booklet (Notable Architects), p. 10
Standing
1060 Prospect Boulevard
Pasadena
1946Ranch houseHarold BissnerD. W. IllsleyW. G. Haas
first owner
National Register recordProspect Historic District, National Register of Historic Places..., p. 27
Standing
1097 S. Los Robles Avenue
Airform "Bubble House"
Pasadena
1946Wallace Neff libraryLandmark recordDesignation of the House at 1500 Normandy Drive as a Historic Monument, p. 6
Los Angeles Conservancy: Airform "Bubble House" (historic places page), p. 1

Standing
857 Chapea Road
Case Study House No. 2
Pasadena
1947Mid-Century Modern homeSumner Spaulding and John RexSurveyLos Angeles County West San Gabriel Valley Area Plan, Appendix B..., p. 187
Standing
325 Monterey Road
Fleet House
South Pasadena
1947Modern homeHenry Dreyfuss and Edward Larrabee BarnesSurveyCity of South Pasadena Citywide Historic Context Statement, Final..., p. 13
2021-2029 Housing Element Environmental Assessment, p. 117
City of South Pasadena Inventory of Historic Resources, p. 59
616 Blanchard Place
Claremont
1948Lewis Crutcherthe ownerNational Register recordIntercultural Council Houses, National Register of Historic..., p. 18
Standing
628 Blanchard Place
Darrow House
Claremont
1948International Style homeLewis CrutcherRoger CurtisNational Register recordIntercultural Council Houses, National Register of Historic..., p. 15
Standing
140 Brooks Avenue
Claremont
1948Lewis CrutcherNational Register recordIntercultural Council Houses, National Register of Historic..., p. 15
Standing
603 E. First Street
Claremont
1948Lewis CrutcherRoger CurtisNational Register recordIntercultural Council Houses, National Register of Historic..., p. 18
615 E. First Street
Langston Residence
Claremont
1948International Style homeLewis CrutcherRoger Curtis
developer: Intercultural Council of Claremont
National Register recordClaremont Heritage 2020 Home Tour booklet (Our Town), p. 17
Intercultural Council Houses, National Register of Historic..., p. 15
621 E. First Street
Claremont
1948Lewis CrutcherNational Register recordIntercultural Council Houses, National Register of Historic..., p. 18
1220 Journey's End Dr.
Gainsburg Residence
La Cañada Flintridge
1948Mid-Century Modern homeLloyd WrightEmanuel Gainsburg
first owner
Landmark recordCity of La Cañada Flintridge Official Register of Historic Properties, p. 4
La Cañada Flintridge City Council Resolution No. 20-34 amending..., p. 5
Los Angeles Conservancy, Historic Places: Gainsburg House, p. 1

Standing
280 California Terrace
Pasadena
1948Mid-Century Modern homeThornton LaddW. Parker Lyon
first owner
Landmark recordDesignation of the House at 280 California Terrace as a Landmark, p. 3
Standing
701 Linda Vista Avenue
the Schonbach House
Pasadena
1948Mid-Century Modern homeLeland EvisonSanford Schonbach
first owner
Landmark recordDesignation of the House at 701 Linda Vista Avenue as a Landmark, p. 2
Standing
6236 N Deerfield Ave
Case Study House
San Gabriel
1948Mid-Century Modern homeThornton AbellSurveyCity of San Gabriel Citywide Historic Context Statement, Draft, p. 129
City of San Gabriel Historic Resources Survey, Preliminary..., p. 122
Los Angeles County West San Gabriel Valley Area Plan, Appendix B..., p. 188

Standing
528 Hermosa Avenue
Wilkins House
South Pasadena
1948Richard NeutraSurveyCity of South Pasadena Citywide Historic Context Statement, Final..., p. 13
City of South Pasadena Inventory of Historic Resources, p. 34

Standing
1203 Oakwood Drive
Brod-Papp House
Arcadia
1949International Style homeRichard NeutraEarle Brod (the owner)Earle and Mady Brod
first owner
Landmark recordArcadia Historic Preservation Commission agenda packets, p. 6
Arcadia Historic Preservation Commission agenda packet, p. 18
Arcadia Historic Preservation Commission agenda packet, p. 14

Standing
130 Brooks Avenue
Claremont
1949International Style homeLewis Crutcherthe Alvarez familyNational Register recordIntercultural Council Houses, National Register of Historic..., p. 18
Standing
150 Brooks Avenue
Claremont
1949Lewis Crutcherthe Fodor family (the owner)the Fodor family
first owner
National Register recordIntercultural Council Houses, National Register of Historic..., p. 18
Standing
627 E. First Street
Claremont
1949Lewis CrutcherNational Register recordIntercultural Council Houses, National Register of Historic..., p. 18
Standing
758 Flintridge Avenue
Franklin "Frank" Thomas House
La Cañada Flintridge
1949Mid-Century Modern homeTheodore Criley Jr.Ray GerhartFrank and Jeanette Thomas
first owner
National Register recordFrank Thomas House, revised draft National Register nomination, p. 10
City of La Cañada Flintridge Official Register of Historic Properties, p. 3
La Cañada Flintridge City Council Resolution No. 20-34 amending..., p. 7
National Register of Historic Places nomination: Franklin..., p. 11

Standing
3778 Hampstead rd
Gantvoort Residence
La Cañada Flintridge
1949Mid-Century Modern homeJohn LautnerLandmark recordCity of La Cañada Flintridge Official Register of Historic Properties, p. 4
La Cañada Flintridge City Council Resolution No. 20-34 amending..., p. 5

Standing
1085 Glen Oaks Boulevard
Pasadena
1949Thornton LaddThornton Ladd's Mother
first owner
Landmark recordDesignation of the House at 280 California Terrace as a Landmark, p. 7
Standing
1092 Paso Alto Drive
Pasadena
1949
county year
Thornton LaddLandmark recordDesignation of the House at 280 California Terrace as a Landmark, p. 8

Where to look next.

How this record is built.

This record is compiled by the Arroyo Casa Archive of Records from public documents: city and county historic resources surveys and inventories, National Register nominations, landmark designation reports and council records, planning documents and preservation groups' publications, plus the building notices of 1917 to 1930, printed as houses were permitted, contracted or announced. Where a house was matched to the Los Angeles County Assessor's record at the same address in the same city, the page says whether the county confirms it standing. A house is shown only when one of those documents names its architect, and the builder and the first family are shown beside the architect where a document names them. Each house carries the kind of document behind it, and a credit the document itself calls likely, probable, possible or attributed is marked attributed. The methodology and every source document are on one page.

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