The Sam and Alfreda Maloof Compound is a historic residential complex located at 5131 Carnelian Street in Alta Loma,

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. The complex includes the house and workshop of woodworker and furniture designer

Sam Maloof Sam Maloof (January 24, 1916 – May 21, 2009)
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, who designed the buildings himself. Maloof's house includes hand-carved redwood doors and windows, which Maloof gradually carved to replace the pre-made fixtures. Maloof also replaced many of the house's functional elements with his own creations, including door handles and surrounds, rafters, and even toilet seats. Maloof used the adjacent workshop and display room to build and show his furniture, and he experienced his greatest period of success in the 1960s and 1970s while working in the house. The house was relocated in the early 2000s when

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was built through the area; it is now a museum of

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work. The property was added to the

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on November 9, 2010.

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* * Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in California Houses completed in 1956 National Register of Historic Places in San Bernardino County, California Houses in San Bernardino County, California Furniture-making Art museums and galleries in California Rancho Cucamonga, California {{SanBernardinoCountyCA-NRHP-stub