Structure Type: built works - dwellings - houses
Designers: [unspecified]
Dates: constructed 1921
A portion of the Rogers Estate later accommodated the Charles and Ray Eames House, finished in 1949.
Originally, this house was conceived of as a vacation house, but, over time and many additions, it became (in 1928) the primary residence for the "Cowboy Philosopher" and his family;
Additions were made to the house in 1928 to enable it to be used for year-around habitation; according to Gebhard and Winter (1994), Rogers had the roof line raised in the living room to accommodate his performance of rope tricks in 1933;
PCAD id: 4053