The George R. Kress House is a
Tudor Revival
Tudor Revival architecture (also known as mock Tudor in the UK) first manifested itself in domestic architecture in the United Kingdom in the latter half of the 19th century. Based on revival of aspects that were perceived as Tudor architecture ...
-style home in a canyons area of
Los Angeles, California
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that was built in 1931.
[ It was listed on the ]National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...
in 1998.Benedict Canyon
Benedict Canyon is an area in the Westside of the city of Los Angeles, California.
To the north of the Benedict Canyon neighborhood is the neighborhood of Sherman Oaks, to the west is the neighborhood of Beverly Glen, to the east are Beverly P ...
in a private gated community, it is a by house ranging from one-story tall on its south end to three stories on the north. It faces east. It has a terra cotta tile roof.[
It is significant both for its association with a builder and practical engineer who moved buildings, George R. Kress, and for its architecture.
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Kress moved hundreds of houses in Pittsburgh and in Los Angeles. In Los Angeles the buildings he moved included mansions and some 13-story buildings.
References
External links
National Register of Historic Places Registration File
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Los Angeles
Tudor Revival architecture in California
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