4601 North Figueroa Street
Los Angeles, CA, USA

Ziegler Estate

Located in Northeast Los Angeles near the Southwest Museum, the Ziegler Estate is a historic building on Figueroa Street in the Highland Park section of Los Angeles, California. Built in 1904, the building was designed by Charles Hornbeck and Alfred P. Wilson with elements of both Queen Anne and American Craftsman architecture. In the 1950s, Carl Dentzel, then director of the Southwest Museum, purchased it as a potential addition to the Southwest Museum Complex, which also included the Casa de Adobe and the Braun Research Library. The house is currently used as a day-care facility.

The Zeigler Estate was nominated by Charles J. Fisher and the Highland Park Heritage Trust for Los Angeles Historic Cultural designation, and was declared Monument #416 on February 21, 1989. On October 3, 2003, it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.

National Register of Historic Places - Ziegler Estate

Statement of Significance:

Located on the western slope above the Arroyo Seco in the Highland Park district of northeast Los Angeles, the Ziegler Estate is designed in the Shingle Style with the influence of the nascent Craftsman style. The two-story house was constructed in 1904 by owner-builders Charles Hornbeck and Alfred P. Wilson. With its geometric plan and massing and clad in a smooth skin of wood shingle and clapboard, the house embodies the distinctive characteristics of the Shingle Style. The Craftsman influence is exhibited in characteristic details including exposed rafter tails and knee braces. The Ziegler Estate is registered as City of Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument #416. The property was surveyed as potentially eligible for listing on the National Register in 1990 and was formally determined eligible in 1993 as part of Section 106 review. The Ziegler Estate is significant in the area of architecture as an outstanding example of transitional Victorian/Craftsman architecture in the Arroyo Seco region of Southern California and is nominated for listing on the National Register of Historic Places under Criterion C. Recently renovated according to the Secretary of the Interior Standards for use as a childcare center, the property retains its integrity of location, setting, design, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association.