PCAD - Heckendorf, Marvin L. House, Modesto, CA

AKA: Chicken Coop House, Modesto, CA

Structure Type: built works - dwellings - houses

Designers: Funk, John, C., Architect (firm); John Cooper Funk (architect)

Dates: constructed 1939

1815 Patricia Lane
Modesto, CA 95354

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Marvin L. Heckendorf House, John Funk

The house was designed for Funk's brother-in-law, Marvin L. Heckendorf (05/03/1907-11/22/1962), a grocer in Modesto, CA; Rebecca Cox Heckendorf (11/17/1907-03/07/1983), Marvin's wife, was the sister of John Funk's wife, Margery Cox Funk.

PCAD id: 22

Publications

"Architecture around San Francisco Bay 1941", Architect & Engineer, 145: 16-55, 06/1941. Architectural Forum, 194-196, 03/1941. Built in USA, 1932-1944, 30-31, 1944. "Valley house : house for Mr. and Mrs. Heckendorf, Modesto, California, architect John Funk", California Arts and Architecture, 58: 28-29, 1941-05. Gordon, Elizabeth, "A little private kingdom", House Beautiful, 89: 9, 110-113, 09/1947. Nelson, George, Tomorrow's House, 158-159, 1946.

Exhibitions

Architecture around San Francisco Bay 1941 Built in U.S.A.: 1932-1944

Links

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