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Click here to see my house in the Fall 2004 issue of Atomic Ranch



The Saga of My New House

In the coming weeks, I will regale you with the story of my "new" 1947 International Modern meets the French Quarter petit maison. The illustrations following will be the core of a photo essay I'm developing entitled "Valley Modern", the history of modern design for the masses in Southern California, 1940's and 50's.
40's house plan from Cooper Hewitt Front of my house
View of my house from gate View from my house of the driveway
Rear patio of my house Another view of rear patio

I found these photos of houses by a California architect named Hervey Parke Clark, in a book by George Nelson and Henry Wright entitled Tommorrow's House published in 1945. What do you think, similar to mine?

Hervey Parke Clark house
Hervey Parke Clark house Hervey Parke Clark house
If you found this interesting, click here for page two, "Design Influences"

You can send comments to me at csales@csun.edu

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