{"nrhp_refnum":"06000978","name":"Eames House","other_names":["Case Study House #8"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"203 N Chautauqua Blvd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Pacific Palisades","county":"Los Angeles County","state":"CA","lat":34.02969748700005,"lon":-118.5193324255704,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2006-09-20","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"2006-09-20","areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Art","Invention"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 1949 residence and studio on a 1.4-acre bluff site at 203 N Chautauqua Boulevard in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California, designed by Charles and Ray Eames as Case Study House #8.","why_significant":"It is described as the most recognizable and widely published house of the Case Study House program, which introduced Modern domestic architecture to the public after World War II. It is also the property most closely associated with designers Charles and Ray Eames, who lived and worked there. It is cited as an exceptionally important work of postwar Modern residential design and construction.","narrative":"Set on a bluff above the Pacific in Pacific Palisades, this residence and studio was completed in 1949 as Case Study House #8. Charles and Ray Eames revised an earlier design by Charles Eames and Eero Saarinen, producing two rectangular volumes separated by an open court. A modular steel frame of 20-by-7-foot-4-inch bays is filled with plaster, plywood, asbestos, glass and translucent panels, painted in black, white, beige, red and blue. The residence covers about 1,500 square feet and the studio about 1,000. The property is significant as the most widely published house in the Case Study House program, which promoted Modern domestic architecture after World War II. It is also the place most closely tied to Charles and Ray Eames, who lived and worked there from 1949 until their deaths in 1978 and 1988. The nomination notes that the buildings, interiors and landscape remain remarkably intact, with the setting largely unchanged apart from maturing vegetation.","period_of_significance":"1949-1988","architect_builder":"Eames, Charles and Ray (revised as-built); Eames, Charles and Saarinen, Eero (original design)","architectural_style":"Modern Movement","criteria":[],"status_note":"Retains an extraordinarily high degree of integrity and is described as well maintained; current use is single dwelling.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:31.469045-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/06000978_NHL.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06000978/174adae1d1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06000978/174adae1d1-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 2.0","author":"ercwttmn","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eames_House0.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">ercwttmn</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eames_House0.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123857922","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eames_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q980011"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/los-angeles-county/eames-house-06000978/"}