Hollywood Hills in Los Angeles in Los Angeles County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)
Bailey House
Photographed By Craig Baker
1. Bailey House Marker
Erected 1999 by City of Los Angeles. (Marker Number 669.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Architecture. In addition, it is included in the Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1958.
Location. 34° 6.995′ N, 118° 23.504′ W. Marker is in Los Angeles, California, in Los Angeles County. It is in Hollywood Hills. Marker can be reached from Wonderland Park Avenue, half a mile north of Wonderland Avenue, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 9038 Wonderland Park Ave, Los Angeles CA 90046, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Nancy Pohl Overlook at Fryman Canyon (approx. half a mile away); El Paradiso (approx. 0.9 miles away); Upper Franklin Canyon Reservoir (approx. 1.1 miles away); Hogan Residence (approx. 1.2 miles away); "The Store Where The Creatures Meet" (approx. 1.4 miles away); “Love Street”
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Regarding Bailey House. The Case Study Houses were experiments in American residential architecture, sponsored by Arts & Architecture magazine, which commissioned major architects of the day to design and build inexpensive model homes for the United States residential housing boom after the end of World War II. The highly publicized program ran from 1945 to 1964, spanning thirty-six individual designs, many of which were never constructed.
In early 1957, psychologist Walter Bailey and his wife Mary commissioned Pierre Koenig to design a 1,200-1,300 square foot house on a level site nestled within a Hollywood Hills canyon. The Baileys were later described in Arts & Architecture magazine as a "contemporary-minded" couple with no children and an informal lifestyle. This represented the ideal program for Koenig to realize steel framings potential to achieve a truly open plan design that capitalized upon the vast spans that steel facilitated. Construction took place from August to November of 1958, and by January 1959 the house
Photographed By Craig Baker
2. Bailey House Marker
In February 1959 Case Study House #21 was published in Arts & Architecture and was lauded as "some of the cleanest and most immaculate thinking in the development of the small contemporary house." As was standard for all Case Study House participants, the house was opened to the public for several weeks of viewing.
A year later in 1960, photographer Julius Shulman was invited to photograph the Bailey House. The photographs he took would later become iconic symbols of California Modernism.
In 1997 a new owner hired Pierre Koenig to assist with a complete restoration of the house, including interior furnishings.
In 1999 the Bailey House was designated Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument No. 669. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2013. It is widely considered to represent the highest point of the Case Study House Program's success.
Related marker. Click here for another marker that is related to this marker. Stahl House — Case Study House No. 22, also designed by Pierre Koenig in 1958, and photographed by Julius Shulman, often compared to the Bailey House.
Photographed By Craig Baker
3. Bailey House and Marker
The marker is visible at the back of the carport, on a post, next to a column.
Photographed By Craig Baker
4. Bailey House
Photographed By Craig Baker
5. Bailey House
Credits. This page was last revised on August 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 7, 2023, by Craig Baker of Sylmar, California. This page has been viewed 61 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on August 7, 2023, by Craig Baker of Sylmar, California.
