Kelton Apartments, Multifamily residential complex in Los Angeles, California.
Kelton Apartments is a two-story, four-unit apartment building at 644-648 Kelton Avenue in Westwood, Los Angeles. Designed by modernist architect Richard Neutra in the International Style and built in 1941, it sits next door to his Elkay Apartments of 1948.
Built in 1941 in the International Style for Richard Neutra's in-laws after they left the nearby Strathmore Apartments, the four-unit building sits next to Neutra's 1948 Elkay Apartments. It appeared on the cover of L'Architecture d'aujourd'hui in 1946. Los Angeles designated it a Historic-Cultural Monument on June 21, 1988, and it joined the National Register of Historic Places in 2020.
The building was commissioned for Neutra's in-laws, who moved there from the nearby Strathmore Apartments. Its four units sit next door to the Elkay Apartments, which Neutra designed in 1948, forming a small cluster of his Westwood work.
The building stands at 644-648 Kelton Avenue in Westwood, next door to Neutra's Elkay Apartments of 1948. It is a four-unit, two-story structure, so visitors should look for a small residential block rather than a large complex; the address is best confirmed before a visit.
The building stands at 644-648 Kelton Avenue, next door to the Elkay Apartments that Neutra designed in 1948. It was built in 1941 for Neutra's in-laws after they left the nearby Strathmore Apartments, and appeared on the cover of L'Architecture d'aujourd'hui in 1946.
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