Cockins House
- Architects
- Walter Ferris James H. Bradbeer
- Year
- 1891
- Style
- Queen Anne
- City
- Los Angeles, CA
The Cockins House is a Queen Anne home built in 1891 by architects James H. Bradbeer and Walter Ferris at 2653 South Hoover Street for William and Sarah Cockins, who lived there until 1903. It became Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument No. 519 on February 1, 1991, after concerned neighbors nominated the deteriorating house for protection.
the building
From family home to duplex. After the Cockins family left in 1903, Thomas P. Newton occupied the house until 1908, and it was converted into a duplex in 1911 — with rumors that Charlie Chaplin stayed there in 1913 alongside USC students.
the style
The 5,570-square-foot house is a Queen Anne example, the ornamental Victorian style for which it stands as a contributing property in the North University Park Historic District.
More on Queen Annesignificance
USC later acquired and refurbished the long-neglected house, opening the Center for Occupation and Lifestyle Redesign there in 1999. It remains Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument No. 519 and a contributing property of the North University Park Historic District.
nearby
- Miller and Herriott House
- Forthmann House
- Casa de Rosas
- Egg Company Building II
- Kerckhoff House
- Second Church of Christ, Scientist