Edwin Hubble House

Architect: Joseph Kucera
Year: 1925
Style: modern
City: Los Angeles, CA

The Edwin Hubble House is a two-story Mission Revival home on Woodstock Road in San Marino, designed by Los Angeles architect Joseph Kucera and completed in 1925. It was the residence of astronomer Edwin Hubble from 1925 until his death in 1953, the years he made the discoveries at Mount Wilson Observatory that reshaped modern astronomy. The house itself is not architecturally distinguished, similar to many homes built in the area at the time, but it was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1976 on the strength of Hubble's occupancy, and remains a private residence today.

the style

The house is built in the Mission Revival style, common to Southern California homes of the 1920s; the design itself is unremarkable and draws its importance entirely from who lived there rather than how it was built.

significance

Declared a National Historic Landmark in 1976 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, based on its association with Edwin Hubble rather than its architecture. It remains a private home.

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