Real Estate
Vintage Dream House: 1957 Time Capsule Hits LA Market
WOW House: It was a sensation in 1957, and it still is. This remarkable vintage treasure is virtually unchanged from its swank 50s heyday.
LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE, CA — For vintage loving house hunters, the 1957 Research House is heart-stopping, or better yet, time-stopping. Stepping into this home is like stepping back in time. Even the furniture of its 1950s heyday remains in place.
The 1957 Research House, like it's more renowned Case Study relatives, was designed to showcase and push the boundaries of midcentury modern. Hundreds of thousands came to see it when it was opened to the public in 1957 as a sort of model home.
Designers from the Barker Bothers Furniture Company provided the interior decor to match the swank late 50s splendor of the home, and many of the pieces remain in the home today. Massive glass walls and sloping ceilings draw the eyes to the valley views and the California shaped pool.
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Owned by the same family since 1960, the doors to the famous home have been closed to the public since then. But according to Realtor.com, open house showings are scheduled for July 29 and 30.
- Address: 1401 Sugar Loaf Dr, La Canada Flintridge, California
- Price: $2,995,000
- Square Feet: 2935
- Bedrooms: 3
- Bathrooms: 2 Full and 1 Half Baths
- Built: 1957
- Features: Now for something really special! The views from this property are amazing! Owned by the same family since 1960, this properly has not opened its doors to the public since 1957 when an estimated 250,000 people came to the then sparsely developed FlintridgeHills to see it. Perched on a hillside on a 49,000 square foot lot the approximately 3000 square foot home was designed by renowned architect John C. Lindsay with interiors and furnishing by a team from Barker Bothers Furniture Company of which a few items remain at the property. Ten thousand manufactures were invited to submit their products from the roof to the floor and everything in between of which two hundred were chosen and their products used in the in the construction of the home.
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