Granada Hills in Los Angeles in Los Angeles County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

Edminster House

Eichler Homes

— Balboa Highlands —

Edminster House Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Baker, August 7, 2026

1. Edminster House Marker

Inscription.
The Edminster House, built 1964, 17031 Nanette Street, has been designated as historically significant to the Balboa Highlands Historic Preservation Overlay Zone under the City of Los Angeles Mills Act program.

Erected by City of Los Angeles. (Marker Number 848.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1964.

Location. 34° 18.167′ N, 118° 30.151′ W. Marker is in Los Angeles, California, in Los Angeles County. It is in Granada Hills. It is at the intersection of Nanette Street and Jimeno Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Nanette Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 17031 Nanette St, Granada Hills CA 91344, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in California’s The Valley (the San Fernando Valley)

and in the Transverse Ranges.

It is also on the American Pacific Coast.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Ring of Fire,

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in the Pacific Rim,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain

and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Kramer House (approx. 0.4 miles away); O’Melveny Park (approx. ¾ mile away); Los Angeles Aqueduct Filtration Plant (approx. 0.9 miles away); The Cascades (approx. 1.4 miles away); "The Cascades" (approx. 1.4 miles away); Granada Hills Masonic Temple (approx. 1.7 miles away); Taft House (approx. 2.1 miles away); Rim of the Valley Trail (approx. 2.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Los Angeles.

Regarding Edminster House. The Balboa Highlands HPOZ, located in the community of Granada Hills in the North San Fernando Valley, is the first post-World War II neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley to achieve historic district status. Balboa Highlands was constructed from 1962-64 by developer Joseph Eichler, who built thousands of homes in Northern California. It is one of only three Eichler tracts in Southern California

Edminster House and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Baker, August 7, 2026

2. Edminster House and Marker

(the other two are located in the City of Orange and in Thousand Oaks), and the only Eichler development in Los Angeles County. Its homes were built around an atrium accessed through sliding-glass doors, blurring indoor and outdoor space. Designed by noted architects A. Quincy Jones, Frederick Emmons, and Claude Oakland, Balboa Highlands represents an outstanding example of Mid-Century Modern residential architecture.
The Balboa Highlands HPOZ was adopted by City Council in 2010.
-from L.A. City Planning

The modest yet striking middle-class homes of the tract embody Eichler's vision of modern architecture for everyone. The houses of Balboa Highlands generally exhibit four basic models with three roofline types: flat, A-frame, or slant.
All of the buildings have simple front façades with unassuming clerestory windows, but within each house is an open atrium courtyard and floor-to-ceiling glass walls opening to the atrium and rear yard. The highly functional interiors are filled with natural light and have partially open floor plans with a communal feel.
By the 1950s, his company Eichler Homes was constructing thousands of houses in

Edminster House image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Baker, August 7, 2026

3. Edminster House

The house has some alterations from the original.

the San Francisco Bay Area, meeting with widespread critical as well as popular acclaim. Eichler collaborated with some of the era's leading Modern architects in the designs of his homes, and enlisted Claude Oakland and the partnership of A. Quincy Jones and Frederick Emmons to design the Balboa Highlands models. The developer insisted that anyone should be able to own an Eichler home, explicitly rejecting race or religion-based restrictions in a time when it was difficult for non-white residents to purchase a house in the brand new housing tracts being developed in the city.
-from L.A Conservancy

Eichler Homes Foster Residence Significance Statement:
The property meets the criteria for HCM designation because it embodies the "distinguishing characteristics of an architectural-type specimen, inherently valuable for a study of a period style or method of construction."
-from L.A. City Planning

Additional keywords. Balboa Highlands Eichler tract, Eichler Homes, HPOZ, Foster Residence,

Eichler Homes - Foster Residence image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Baker, August 7, 2026

4. Eichler Homes - Foster Residence

At 17145 Nanette Street, it is Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument No. 848.

Wrong Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Baker, August 7, 2026

5. Wrong Marker

A Balboa Highlands homeowner installed this plaque just for fun. This is not a NRHP location.

Eichler Home with NRHP Plaque image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Baker, August 7, 2026

6. Eichler Home with NRHP Plaque

An Eichler Home in Balboa Highlands image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Baker, August 7, 2026

7. An Eichler Home in Balboa Highlands

Balboa Highlands HPOZ image. Click for full size.

from City of Los Angeles, 2010

8. Balboa Highlands HPOZ

Credits. This page was last revised on August 20, 2026. It was originally submitted on August 7, 2026, by Craig Baker of Sylmar, California. This page has been viewed 26 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. submitted on August 7, 2026, by Craig Baker of Sylmar, California.