AKA: Five-Unit Apartment Building, Los Angeles, CA
Structure Type: built works - dwellings - houses - apartment houses
Designers: Maston, Carl Louis, Architect (firm); Carl Louis Maston (architect)
Dates: constructed 1954-1955
2 stories
Building History
Los Angeles architect Carl Maston (1915-1992) and his first wife Virginia Poston (1917-1994) erected this five-unit apartment building as an investment property. It was completed in 1955 and drew immediate attention in the architectural and popular press.
Building Notes
Maston himself was the owner of this five-unit apartment complex. He won an National Merit Award from the American Institute of Architects (AIA) for this structure in 1955.
PCAD id: 839