Kelton Apartments

Kelton Apartments

Kelton Apartments
Location 644-648 Kelton Ave. Westwood, Los Angeles, California
Coordinates 34°03′55″N 118°27′09″W / 34.06528°N 118.45250°W / 34.06528; -118.45250Coordinates: 34°03′55″N 118°27′09″W / 34.06528°N 118.45250°W / 34.06528; -118.45250
Built 1941
Architect Richard Neutra
Governing body private
Designated June 21, 1988[1]
Reference no. 365
Location within Los Angeles

The Kelton Apartments, is an historic 4-unit 2-story[2] multi-family building located at 644-648 Kelton Avenue, in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. Designed in 1941 in the international or modernistic style of architecture by noted Los Angeles architect Richard Neutra for himself, it is still owned by the Neutra family. [3][4][5] It is next door to the Elkay Apartments which Neutra designed in 1948. On June 21, 1988, the City of Los Angeles designated the building a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument.[1][6] [7]

References

  1. 1 2 Los Angeles Department of City Planning (September 7, 2007). "Historic - Cultural Monuments (HCM) Listing: City Declared Monuments" (PDF). City of Los Angeles. Retrieved 2008-12-29.
  2. ↑ Westwood Village Walking Tour, p. 36
  3. ↑ Google Books Dwell magazine, July-August 2006, p. 158
  4. ↑ David Gebhard, Robert Winter (2003). An Architectural Guidebook to Los Angeles, p. 138. Gibbs Smith. ISBN 1-58685-308-2.
  5. ↑ An architectural guidebook to Los Ángeles, David Gebhard, Robert Winter, p. 138
  6. ↑ City Data listing for 644 Kelton Avenue
  7. ↑ LA Times June 23, 2006
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