{"nrhp_refnum":"79000483","name":"Britt, Eugene W., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2141 W. Adams Blvd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Los Angeles","county":"Los Angeles County","state":"CA","lat":34.033040320000055,"lon":-118.31312375099998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-05-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick Colonial Revival residence with basement and attic ballroom at 2141 West Adams Boulevard in Los Angeles, built in 1910 on a lot of about 1.5 acres with a garage and formal garden.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house was one of the earliest Colonial Revival residences in Los Angeles built of brick rather than wood or stucco. It was designed by noted architect A.F. Rosenheim for lawyer Eugene W. Britt in the fashionable West Adams district. It is also valued for its remarkable state of preservation and minimal alteration.","narrative":"Built in 1910 at 2141 West Adams Boulevard in Los Angeles, this two-story residence was designed by architect Alfred Faist Rosenheim for Eugene W. Britt, a prominent local lawyer. Its red brick walls are trimmed with cream-colored terra cotta, and a two-story portico with fluted columns marks the symmetrical facade. Inside, the living room is finished in Peruvian mahogany, the dining room in Tobasco mahogany, and the attic holds a ballroom. The grounds include a matching garage and a formal garden with a grape arbor and fountains. The house is notable as one of the earliest Colonial Revival homes in Los Angeles built of brick, when most examples in Southern California used wood or stucco. It represented a significant addition to the West Adams district, then the city's most fashionable residential area. Its preservation and limited alteration led the city's Cultural Heritage Board to designate it a local landmark in 1978.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"A.F. Rosenheim","architectural_style":"American Colonial Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in excellent condition, occupied as a single-family private residence; the exterior has minor alterations (removed roof railing, added carport) and the interior has only modernizations.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:32.293492-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/79000483.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79000483/bbbe2d3745-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79000483/bbbe2d3745-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Los Angeles","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eugene_W._Britt_House,_West_Adams,_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:Eugene_W._Britt_House,_West_Adams,_Los_Angeles.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123858981","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_W._Britt_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5407834"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/los-angeles-county/britt-eugene-w-house-79000483/"}