Holmes-Shannon House Explained

Holmes-Shannon House
Location:	4311 Victoria Park Drive, Victoria Park, Los Angeles, California
Coordinates:	34.0467°N -118.3283°W
Built:	1911
Architect:	Train, Robert Farquhar; Williams, Robert Edmund
Architecture:	American Craftsman-Bungalow
Added:	March 26, 2008
Refnum:	08000202
Designated Other1:	LAHCM
Designated Other1 Date:	2007-08-15^[1]
Designated Other1 Number:	885

The Holmes-Shannon House is a Craftsman style home with Tudor influences.

History

It was built in 1911 in the Victoria Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. Designed by Robert Farquhar Train and Robert Edmund Williams, the house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in March 2008 based on its well-preserved Craftsman architecture. It is also listed as a Historic-Cultural Monument by the City of Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Commission, which described it as "a residential building designed in the Tudor-Craftsman style by a prominent firm and reflective of the development of Victoria Park".^[2]

In media

• Modern Family (2012 episode) - The interior was used in the fourth season episode "Open House of Horrors". (The exterior was shot at the Miller and Herriott House in North University Park.)^[3]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Los Angeles
• List of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments in the Wilshire and Westlake areas
• Victoria Park, Los Angeles

Notes and References

1. Web site: Designated Historic-Cultural Monuments | Office of Historic Resources, City of Los Angeles . 2011-10-03 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111002104315/http://www.preservation.lacity.org/monuments/ . 2011-10-02 .
2. Web site: Holmes Shannon House. June 12, 2007. Cultural Heritage Commission. Los Angeles Department of City Planning. 25 May 2013.
3. Web site: Scene It Before: Phil's Halloween Open House from Modern Family Los Angeles Magazine. 9 October 2014.