Machell-Seaman House, Victorian residence in West Adams, Los Angeles, United States.
The Machell-Seaman House is a residential building in Los Angeles designed in Queen Anne style with curved lines, carved ornaments, and multiple turrets on its facade. The structure displays typical features of this approach with asymmetrical walls and rich decorative craftsmanship throughout.
The house was designed in 1888 by architect Joseph Cather Newsom and gained protected status in 1988. Recognition coming a hundred years later shows the lasting importance of this home to the city's building history.
The house carries three names: Machell-Seaman, Seaman, and Seaman-Foshay, reflecting its successive owners. In 1989 the Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Commission declared it Historic-Cultural Monument No. 408, a local designation that recognizes its Queen Anne-Eastlake design by Joseph Cather Newsom.
The house is located in West Adams and appears in both national and local heritage registers. It sits on Scarff Street and can be viewed from the outside like many other protected homes in this neighborhood.
The house is also known as the Seaman-Foshay House, and its National Register listing in 1988 rested on its well-preserved architecture. A year later, in 1989, the Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Commission made it Historic-Cultural Monument No. 408.
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