{"nrhp_refnum":"88002017","name":"El Greco Apartment","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"817 N. Hayworth Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Los Angeles","county":"Los Angeles County","state":"CA","lat":34.08633226000006,"lon":-118.36309906399998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-11-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, wood-frame and stucco Mediterranean Revival courtyard apartment house with twelve units, designed in 1929 by F. Pierpont Davis and Walter S. Davis. It was built in Westwood, Los Angeles, and moved in 1985 to 817 North Hayworth Avenue.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as a significant example of the courtyard apartment house developed in Los Angeles in the 1920s and 1930s. It is one of a small number designed by well-known architects, and it reflects the Spanish-influenced Mediterranean Revival style that dominated Southern California between the world wars. The Davis brothers were influential in multi-family housing design and in promoting a California style based on Mediterranean architecture.","narrative":"This two-story courtyard apartment house was designed in 1929 by architects F. Pierpont Davis and Walter S. Davis. Its wood-frame, stucco wings surround a patio with a reflecting pool and brick paving. Spanish details include clay roof tiles, glazed stair tiles, terra cotta window screens, wrought iron balcony railings and beam ceilings in the twelve apartments. The nomination ranks it among the most important courtyard apartment buildings in Los Angeles and notes that it was published in The Architect and Engineer. It was originally built in Westwood. After a developer sought to demolish it for a condominium project, tenants won city monument designation in 1980. A nonprofit group, Alternative Living for the Aging, then arranged to move it in 1985 to Hayworth Avenue and restore it as housing for older residents. Changes were limited mainly to a second courtyard exit, safety railings and a security gate, and the original fabric was retained.","period_of_significance":"1929","architect_builder":"F. Pierpont and Walter S. Davis","architectural_style":"Mediterranean Revival (Spanish style courtyard apartment house)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied; restored after the 1985 move, with the building in excellent condition and used as a private residence (senior housing).","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:26.926059-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/88002017.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002017/fbdf2c9617-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002017/fbdf2c9617-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Los Angeles","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:El_Greco_Apartments,_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:El_Greco_Apartments,_Los_Angeles.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123859078","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Greco_Apartments","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4067952"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/los-angeles-county/el-greco-apartment-88002017/"}