{"nrhp_refnum":"71000150","name":"Schindler, R. M., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"833 N. Kings Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"West Hollywood","county":"Los Angeles County","state":"CA","lat":34.08632287200004,"lon":-118.37204069899997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1971-07-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A house at 833 North Kings Road, built in 1921-1922 and designed by architect R. M. Schindler, originally listed in Los Angeles and now in West Hollywood, Los Angeles County, California.","why_significant":"The form calls it one of the ten buildings most visited by architects, historians and art students for its contribution to 20th century modern architecture. It was Schindler's first house after leaving Frank Lloyd Wright's office, with lift-slab concrete walls showing a personal approach to structure. Its slab-on-grade rooms opening to gardens became prototypical of the California house.","narrative":"Built in 1921-1922 at 833 North Kings Road, this house was designed by R. M. Schindler as his first residence after leaving Frank Lloyd Wright's office. Its plan is a double L, creating two private outdoor living rooms and several garden courts. Walls combine 4-foot lift-slab concrete panels with glass set in shoji-like redwood frames, and sliding canvas doors open rooms at slab level to the garden. Redwood sleeping porches on the second level overhang the two entrances. The house was intended for two couples, each with two studio rooms, sharing a central kitchen. Wright's influence appears in the creative use of space, while the concrete panel walls show Schindler's own approach to structure. The design was a model for later California houses. Richard Neutra lived and worked here from 1924, and the two formed an office together; Neutra wrote a book in the house. Alterations were mostly interior and minor, with a bedroom enlargement in 1952 and a detached garage in 1965.","period_of_significance":"1921-1922","architect_builder":"R. M. Schindler","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied, in fair condition and altered; changes were described as cosmetic, so restoration to the original was considered possible.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:32.250996-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/71000150.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000150/176c6ec091-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000150/176c6ec091-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Stanley A. Westfall, Jeffrey B. Lentz","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Schindler_House_isometry.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Stanley A. Westfall, Jeffrey B. Lentz</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Schindler_House_isometry.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123859495","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schindler_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1932041"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/los-angeles-county/schindler-r-m-house-71000150/"}