Skinny House, Narrow residential building in Rose Park, Long Beach, United States.

Skinny House is a three-story residential building on a narrow lot in Rose Park, Long Beach, squeezed between neighboring homes. The structure rises vertically through multiple levels to maximize the limited width of the property.

Newton P. Rummonds built the house in 1932 on a 10-by-50-foot lot he had received a year earlier as repayment of a $100 loan, after a bet that no habitable house could be raised on such a small plot. In 1959 the house was found to have leaned 4 inches to the north and was straightened. It became a registered Long Beach city landmark in 1983.

The home has become a talking point in the neighborhood and draws visitors interested in unusual architecture today. People often stop to photograph it and wonder how anyone manages to live in such tight quarters.

The house stands at the corner of Gladys Avenue and 7th Street in Rose Park, and it is a private residence, so view and photograph it only from the public street. The narrow yellow-stucco facade is easiest to take in from across the road.

A lawyer named William John Cox operated his law office from this residence between 1977 and 1981 while working on several notable cases. This unusual mixing of home and workplace made the building even more interesting to locals and curious visitors.