{"nrhp_refnum":"76000489","name":"Mooers, Frederick Mitchell, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"818 S. Bonnie Brae St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Los Angeles","county":"Los Angeles County","state":"CA","lat":34.05345503800004,"lon":-118.27562632099995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-06-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Victorian house with a large attic story and a corner tower, at 818 South Bonnie Brae Street in Los Angeles, California. It was built in 1894 for Frank L. Wright.","why_significant":"The nomination ties the house to its third owner, Frederick Mitchell Mooers, discoverer of the Yellow Aster gold mine in Kern County. It also cites the house's exterior architecture, with wood carving and detail that few Victorian houses in America match, and its richly appointed dining room.","narrative":"Built in 1894 at 818 South Bonnie Brae Street in Los Angeles, this wood-frame Victorian house rises two stories plus a large attic and a round corner tower, with a porch wrapping the north and west sides. Its rounded, sculptural forms are basically Queen Anne, with Gothic and Moorish details and unusually fine wood carving. The house was built for Frank L. Wright, but its third owner, Frederick Mitchell Mooers, gave it historical importance as the discoverer of the Yellow Aster gold mine in Kern County. The architect is unknown, though the description speculates that Joseph Cather Newsom may have designed it. Inside, the dining room keeps its embossed leather walls and carved woodwork, and most upstairs rooms retain original wallpaper. A 1971 earthquake damaged plaster in the parlor and sitting room, which were later paneled in wood. The house was cited in architectural guides and a 1899 newspaper article on Mooers.","period_of_significance":"1894","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Queen Anne with Gothic and Moorish details; the data sheet also lists Eastlake","criteria":[],"status_note":"Private residence, occupied and carefully preserved by its owner, who planned to restore it. Earthquake damage in 1971 affected some interior plaster, and wood paneling was installed in the parlor and sitting room.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:31.56299-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/76000489.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76000489/c195db2f75-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76000489/c195db2f75-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Los Angeles","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Frederick_Mitchell_Mooers_House_2_(Los_Angeles).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:Frederick_Mitchell_Mooers_House_2_(Los_Angeles).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123859333","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Mitchell_Mooers_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5498414"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/los-angeles-county/mooers-frederick-mitchell-house-76000489/"}