Form 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STATE: (July 1969)

COUNTY: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES

INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY

ENTRY NUMBER DATE (Type all entries — complete applicable sections) ff> 7. ft fa, OO 4 Z 7//V/7/ lliillilililllilP COMMON: JOHN SOWDEN HOUSE

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STREET AND NUMBER: 5121 Franklin Avenue CITY OR TOWN:

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STATE CODE COUNTY: •'' ' * ' \ ' CODE California 9002/ - oS"" L°s Arigeies Q^

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PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate)

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OWNER'S NAME: U) Dr. Harold Mazur STREET AND NUMBER: 4821 Los Feliz Avenue r CITY OR TOWN: STA FE: CODE 77 Los Angeles C alifornia 90029 ^ ill COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: COUNTY: Hall of Records y^joGi^oti STREET AND NUMBER: 320 W. Temple St, CITY OR TOWN: STA TE CODE Los Angeles Ca lifornia 90012 Q6 ^

TITLE OF SURVEY: ENTR O HABS pending (in progress) ^v X Tl DATE OF SURVEY: \C\~]O S Federal CD State CD County Q Loca 0 b- NUMBERY 33 DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: Z -D National Park Service and Library of Congress C STREET AND NUMBER: 1 m O 1-Z I———————————————— CITY OR TOWN: STA1 E; CODE Washington, D.C. n DATE 1 (Check One) D Excellent [Xj Good Q Fair [~1 Deteriorated a RU ins 1 1 Unexposed CONDITION (Check One) (Check One)

S Altered Q Unaltered (I] Moved g$. Original Site DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

The 6500 sq. ft. house is raised above the street level and reached by scissor stairs; where the stair divides was a decorative concrete planter box. The facade is composed of two planar walls, wood framed and covered with stucco, between which is the stair to the living room level; above the entrance opening and between the planar walls are two protruding chevron shaped masses formed of textured concrete block set at different depths; these form a rail and a hood for the recessed balcony off the living room. The house rests on an almost level pad and the plan is a rec­ tangular doughnut around a large central court (22* x 68*); rooms lead directly or through a glazed hall into the court,

with two steps down to the change of level. Originally there IS* was a 32* long pool in the court with two pylons built up of textured concrete block to form a water organ (water fell into m different depth pipes to produce a series of sounds). Pool and rn pylons have been removed, also colored stones in the recesses of the textured block on the court. Aside from these changes, others are in the nature of repairs, cosmetic rather than structural. Various ornamentation has been removed, but the major rooms are essentially as built.

The living room and library are across the front facade (S) n and east; a studio extends across the ;west end; bedrooms fill in the north side of 1:he hollow rectangle and dining room, kitchen, service, porch and servants' bedrooms are on the south. o z GO PERIOD ("Check One or More as Appropriate) Q Pre-Columbian! Q 16th Century 18th Century 20th Century

Q 15th Century D 17th Century 19th Century

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