James Daniel Derby House
- Architect
- Lloyd Wright
- Style
- Mid-Century Modern
- City
- Los Angeles, CA
- Collection
- the wrights of los angeles
The James Daniel Derby House was built in 1926 in Glendale for its namesake client, designed by Lloyd Wright in the American Modernistic style with Mayan-inspired features. It remains a private residence.
the style
The house combines American Modernistic massing with Mayan decorative features, a pairing that marks it as part of 1920s Los Angeles architects' turn toward Mesoamerican sources for a distinctly Southern California modernism.
More on Mid-Century Modernsignificance
The James Daniel Derby House has been individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places since December 14, 1978.