Poised on a promontory in Crestwood Hills, a neighborhood described by Gebhard and Winter in their Los Angeles Architectural Guide as 'a remarkable social, planning, and architectural development', the Hamma house was declared Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument No. 797 in 2005, acknowledging its rightful place in the history books as an integral part of modernism's genesis in Southern California....

Anchored in articulated block to the gently sloping site, a modernist structure of ribbon windows and clerestories set within wood planes floating above wooded, landscaped grounds. 2 bedrooms, 2 baths plus 1 bedroom guest house and pool on 2 acres, secluded and gated in the architectural community of Crestwood...