Garber House (Los Angeles)
The Garber House in Los Angeles, California, is an English Tudor Revival building by architect Herbert A. Linthwaite, AlA that was built in 1922 and listed as a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument in 2007. The Cultural Heritage Commission found the building "embodies the distinguishing characteristics of an architectural type specimen, inherently valuable for a study of a period style or method of construction" as an example of Tudor Revival residential architecture in the Hollywood area.
Garber House | |
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Location | 6060 Scenic Avenue, Los Angeles, California |
Coordinates | 34.11023°N 118.321971°W |
Built | 1922 |
Architect | Herbert A. Linthwaite |
Architectural style(s) | English Tudor Revival |
Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument | |
Designated | June 5, 2007 |
Reference no. | 874 |
Linthwaite is noted for inventing a type of construction method for concrete buildings in the 1920s: the "hollow concrete wall." Possessing exclusive rights to build with this system, Linthwaite used this method in several buildings in Los Angeles during this time period.