{"nrhp_refnum":"08000202","name":"Holmes-Shannon House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"4311 Victoria Park Dr.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Los Angeles","county":"Los Angeles County","state":"CA","lat":34.046572782000055,"lon":-118.32936597499997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2008-03-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Craftsman single-family house at 4311 Victoria Park Drive in the Victoria Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, completed in 1911 and designed by architects Robert F. Train and Robert E. Williams for Michael Shannon and Nellie Holmes Shannon.","why_significant":"The house is argued to be a good, little-altered example of the Craftsman style and of the Arts and Crafts movement in California. It represents the work of the locally prominent firm Train and Williams. It was also one of the first homes completed in Victoria Park, a 1907 residential tract.","narrative":"Completed in 1911, this two-story Craftsman house on Victoria Park Drive in Los Angeles was designed by the architecture firm Train and Williams for Michael Shannon and his wife, Nellie Holmes Shannon. It has an L-shaped plan, a cross-gable roof, false half-timbered walls of roughcast stucco and wood trim, and a brick-faced concrete foundation. Inside, mahogany wainscoting, built-in cabinetry, a Grueby tile hearth, silk wall coverings and stained glass, probably by Judson Studios, remain largely original. Walls conceal steel mesh over wood sheathing, an early measure against earthquake damage. A matching garage with chauffeur's quarters sits on the lot. The house was among the first built in Victoria Park, a tract laid out in 1907 on a rounded plan. It was listed as a good example of the Craftsman style and of Arts and Crafts influence in Southern California, with its design, materials and workmanship remaining nearly unaltered.","period_of_significance":"1911","architect_builder":"Train, Robert Farquhar; Williams, Robert Edmund","architectural_style":"Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements - Bungalow/Craftsman","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still in use as a single dwelling; the form describes it as remarkably well preserved with very little alteration since 1911.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:29.522989-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/08000202.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000202/74ea42f770-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000202/74ea42f770-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Los Angeles","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Holmes-Shannon_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Los Angeles</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Holmes-Shannon_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123859212","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holmes-Shannon_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5883514"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/los-angeles-county/holmes-shannon-house-08000202/"}