{"nrhp_refnum":"98001196","name":"Kress, George R., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2337 Benedict Canyon Dr.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Los Angeles","county":"Los Angeles County","state":"CA","lat":34.113233937000075,"lon":-118.43573785199999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1998-09-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Engineering","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Tudor Revival single-family house with a basement at 2337 Benedict Canyon Drive, Los Angeles (Beverly Hills post office), built in 1931 for house-moving engineer George R. Kress. It sits on a one-acre sloping lot with original terraces, retaining walls and a woodshed.","why_significant":"The house is listed under Criterion B for its link to George R. Kress, an engineer who made a noteworthy contribution to local history by moving large buildings. It is listed under Criterion C as a well-preserved period revival house of the 1920s and 1930s. Its exterior and interior are remarkably intact.","narrative":"Set on a one-acre hillside in Benedict Canyon, this 1931 Tudor Revival house was built for George R. Kress, a Los Angeles engineer known for moving large buildings. The wood-frame residence has two stories over a partly subterranean concrete basement. Its first floor is red brick studded with Santa Rita stone, and the upper level is half-timbered stucco and wood under a terra cotta tile roof with three chimneys. A quoined cast stone entry, a large glazed living room bay, beamed and trussed ceilings and extensive woodwork mark the interior. Kress moved structures such as the Commercial Exchange building in downtown Los Angeles, cut in two and rejoined in 1935, as well as studio stages and school buildings. The house was listed for that association and as an example of period revival architecture. Original terraces, river rock retaining walls and a woodshed survive, and the building retains nearly all of its original layout, finishes and hardware.","period_of_significance":"1931-1940","architect_builder":"Muck, Harry I","architectural_style":"Tudor Revival","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Still used as a single dwelling; the form describes the house as remarkably intact, with minor 1960s interior changes and a swimming pool added in 1975.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:27.903296-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/98001196.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123859248","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_R._Kress_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5543648"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/los-angeles-county/kress-george-r-house-98001196/"}