{"nrhp_refnum":"71000152","name":"Storer House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"8161 Hollywood Blvd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Los Angeles","county":"Los Angeles County","state":"CA","lat":34.100720129000024,"lon":-118.36674453899997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1971-09-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A five-level, three-story hillside house at 8161 Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles, built in 1923 and designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, with walls of cast concrete textile block.","why_significant":"It is one of four textile block houses Wright designed for Southern California and is described as unique in his work. Wright conceived the block houses as expressions of the semi-arid climate, using concrete block that superficially resembles regional adobe. The houses are placed in a Wright period marked by surface and applied ornament, with a Mayan influence in their insloping walls and ornament.","narrative":"Built in 1923 at 8161 Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles, this hillside house was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and is one of four textile block houses he created for Southern California. Its five levels rise from an entrance terrace above the street, and the front shows a columnar effect formed by narrow two-story windows separated by bands of block. The walls are reinforced concrete block cast in a single ornamental pattern and left exposed inside and out. In some blocks the pattern is hollowed out to admit light. Wright conceived these houses as expressions of the semi-arid regional climate, using a material that resembles adobe block. The design belongs to his period of surface ornament, with Mayan-influenced insloping walls. The house has been restored under the direction of Lloyd Wright, the architect's son, who had overseen its construction. It remains a private residence in excellent condition, with very little altered from the original.","period_of_significance":"20th Century; 1923 (built)","architect_builder":"Frank Lloyd Wright (architect); Lloyd Wright, his son, was in charge of construction","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as excellent condition, unaltered, on its original site, and occupied as a private residence. It was restored by the owner under Lloyd Wright's direction; only the wood floors laid over the original concrete block floors on the lower level deviate from the original.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:31.557505-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/71000152.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000152/74315284f5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000152/74315284f5-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Los Angeles","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Storer_House,_Hollywood_Boulevard.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:Storer_House,_Hollywood_Boulevard.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123859552","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storer_House_(Los_Angeles)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7619996"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/los-angeles-county/storer-house-71000152/"}