{"nrhp_refnum":"10000110","name":"Bradbury House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"102 Ocean Way","address_restricted":false,"city":"Los Angeles","county":"Los Angeles County","state":"CA","lat":34.02753772300008,"lon":-118.51687694099996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-03-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, fourteen-room Spanish Colonial Revival residence at 102 Ocean Way on a bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean in Los Angeles, completed in 1923 and built of adobe brick.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is significant under Criterion C as the first substantial adobe house designed by architect John W. Byers. It helped establish his reputation as a specialist in Spanish Colonial Revival design and in the modern use of adobe brick.","narrative":"Perched on a bluff above the Pacific at 102 Ocean Way, this fourteen-room, two-story house was completed in 1923 for Lewis L. Bradbury, a Los Angeles real estate holder. Santa Monica architect John W. Byers designed it in the Spanish Colonial Revival style, using adobe brick covered in thick stucco under a terra cotta tile roof. The exterior is fairly plain, but a Moorish-style rear patio, said to be modeled on one at the El Greco Museum in Toledo, is richly decorated with carved wood and at least twenty styles of glazed tile. The house was Byers' first substantial adobe commission and helped build his reputation as a champion of the style and of adobe construction. Changes have been modest: a 1971 remodel of the garage and guest wing by Wallace Neff, a swimming pool, and new landscaping. Seismic strengthening of the adobe walls began in the 1990s and continued later. The house is listed for its architecture.","period_of_significance":"1923","architect_builder":"Byers, John W.","architectural_style":"Spanish Colonial Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Described as in excellent condition; seismic strengthening of the adobe walls was under way, and the property remains in use as a 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 02:54:29.730631-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/10000110.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000110/686a53d42b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000110/686a53d42b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Patrick Pelletier","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bradbury_House_2014_02.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Patrick Pelletier</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:Bradbury_House_2014_02.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123858977","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradbury_House_(Los_Angeles)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24063786"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/los-angeles-county/bradbury-house-10000110/"}