Resource Report

Historic Resource Summary

Names
Major General Walter P. Story Country Estate (Primary)
Major General Walter P. Story Country Estate (Historic)
3405 N FRYMAN ROAD (Alternative)
Important Dates
1923-01-01 (Built Date)
Images
No image available
Resource Types
Building
Architect
Builder
Owner
Major General Walter P. Story

Location Information

Addresses
3405 N FRYMAN ROAD Primary
Location Description
No descriptions recorded
Administrative Areas
Sherman Oaks - Studio City - Toluca Lake - Cahuenga Pass Community Plan Area (Community Plan Area)
Los Angeles City Council District 2 (Council District)
STUDIO CITY NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL (Neighborhood Council)
STUDIO CITY NEIGHBORHOOD (Neighborhood)

Resource Description

Classification
Type: Residential-Single Family, House   Use: Historic     Style: Spanish Colonial Revival     Related Features: Mature vegetation; Tree, Historic; Wall, Perimeter; Historic tree(s)
Type: Residential-Single Family   Use: Current        
Type: California OHP Resource Attribute - HP02. Single family property          
Features
Component: Chimney Type: Exterior; Stone Material: none defined
Component: Cladding Type: Stucco, smooth Material: none defined
Component: Construction Type: Wood Material: none defined
Component: Details Type: Light Fixtures Material: none defined
Component: Façade Type: Asymmetrical Material: none defined
Component: Plan Type: Irregular Material: none defined
Component: Roof Type: Combination; Eaves, boxed; Tower Material: Clay tile
Component: Window Type: Casement; Divided lights; Grouped Material: Wood
Component: Window Type: Casement; Single; Divided lights Material: Wood

Narrative Description

No description available
Alterations
Windows replaced - some

Resource Significance

Evaluation Details

Date Evaluated
2012-08-10
Context/Theme
Architecture and Engineering, 1850-1980
Mediterranean and Indigenous Revival Architecture, 1887-1952
Spanish Colonial Revival, 1915-1942
Residential
Single-Family Residence
Eligibility Standards
  • Originally designed as a single-family residence
  • Is an excellent example of its type and/or the work of a significant architect or builder
  • Retains most of the essential character-defining features from the period of significance
  • Exemplifies the character-defining features of the Spanish Colonial Revival style
  • Use of arches of a variety of shapes for windows, doors, niches, openings in wing walls, and other features
  • Stuccoed exteriors; secondary materials may include wrought iron, wood, cast stone, terra cotta, and polychromatic tile
  • Patios, courtyards, loggias or covered porches and/or balconies
  • One or two stories in height
  • Gable, hipped, and/or flat roof, typically with clay tile roof or roof trim
  • Complex massing, resulting from turrets, towers, corbelled overhangs, multiple and often asymmetrically organized wings, exterior staircases
  • Single and multi-paned windows, predominantly casement in type
    • Integrity Aspects
    Retains sufficient integrity to convey significance
    Location
    Design
    Materials
    Workmanship
    Setting
    Feeling
    California Historic Resources Status Codes (explanation of codes)
    3S
    3CS
    5S3
    Significance Statement
    Excellent example of Spanish Colonial Revival residential architecture in Studio City.
    Periods of Significance
    From: 1923-01-01
    Date Evaluated
    2013-01-16
    Context/Theme
    Residential Development and Suburbanization, 1850-1980
    Early Residential Development, 1880-1930
    Early Single-Family Residential Development, 1880-1930
    Residential
    Single-Family Residence
    Eligibility Standards
  • May be within an area later subdivided and built out
  • Has an important association with early settlement or residential development within a neighborhood or community
  • Retains most of the essential physical and character-defining features from the period of significance
  • Dates from the period of significance
  • Represents a very early period of settlement/residential development in a neighborhood or community
    • Integrity Aspects
    Materials
    Association
    Workmanship
    Setting
    Feeling
    Design
    Retains sufficient integrity to convey significance
    Location
    California Historic Resources Status Codes (explanation of codes)
    5S3
    3CS
    3S
    Significance Statement
    Country estate of Major General Walter P. Story; example of early residential development in the Fryman Canyon area of Studio City. Story would come to the San Fernando Valley to visit his friend, Los Angeles pioneer Jules Viole, who had a residence at 11901 Iredell Rd; Story subsequently purchased the adjacent 16 acres for the construction of his summer home where he lived for part of the year. The current property is a portion of the original estate. Story owned the property until his death in 1957. The Fryman Canyon area of Studio City would not be subdivided for residential development until the late 1930s.
    Periods of Significance
    From: 1923-01-01
    Date Evaluated
    2013-01-16
    Context/Theme
    Other Context, 1850-1980
    Important Persons/Individuals, 1850-1980
    Residential
    Single-Family Residence
    Eligibility Standards
  • Retains most of the essential physical features from the period of significance
  • Is associated with persons who made important individual contributions to the history of Los Angeles
  • For residential properties, the individual must have resided in the property during the period in which he or she achieved significance
  • Directly associated with the productive life of the individual in the field in which he/she achieved significance
    • Integrity Aspects
    Materials
    Association
    Feeling
    Workmanship
    Design
    Location
    Retains sufficient integrity to convey significance
    Setting
    California Historic Resources Status Codes (explanation of codes)
    5S3
    3CS
    3S
    Significance Statement
    Country estate of Major General Walter P. Story. Walter P. Story (1882-1957) first came to Los Angeles as a child. After completing his secondary education on the East Coast, he returned to Los Angeles in 1905 and settled permanently. Upon his return he managed and pioneered the first motor transit lines in the West. In 1907, he began developing local real estate business, constructing several buildings in downtown Los Angeles in the early part of the century. Among these was the Walter P. Story Building, constructed in 1910 at the corner of 6th Street and Broadway, one of the first skyscraper office buildings in the business district. The building's penthouse would serve as his primary residence for the rest of his life. He was also responsible for the Los Angeles Stock Exchange Building on Spring Street, completed in 1921. Story then began his distinguished military career, first serving in World War I. In 1928, he founded Camp Merriam (now Camp San Luis Obispo), as the first training site for the California National Guard. In 1937, he was commissioned Major General, and in 1941 assumed command of the 40th Infantry Division, among numerous other distinctions. In 1923, Story purchased 16 acres in the Fryman Canyon area of Studio City, where he built his summer home; he lived here part of the year until his death in 1957. The current property is a portion of the original estate.
    Periods of Significance
    From: 1923-01-01
    To: 1957-12-31

    External References

    External System References

    SurveyLA ID: dc127185-1768-461a-bab3-1e364c46e421
    Property Identification Number: 159B169 322
    House ID: 6018

    Related Resources

    Related Historic Resources

    None

    Related Historic Districts

    None

    Related Activities

    SurveyLA - Sherman Oaks - Studio City - Toluca Lake - Cahuenga Pass Survey (was assessed in / assessed)

    Related Historic Events

    None

    Related People/Organizations

    Major General Walter P. Story (was owned by / owned, was made significant by / contributed to the significance of)

    Related Information Resources

    Images
    None
    Documents
    SurveyLA: Sherman Oaks-Studio City-Toluca Lake-Cahuenga Pass Historic Resources Survey Report (Document/Text, is referred to in / refers to)

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