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Photograph of Schindler House
Photograph by Stanley A. Westfall, Jeffrey B. Lentz, Public domain. Via Wikimedia Commons.

R. M. Schindler House

Built in 1922 (modern architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. 19 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1894.

From the record

“The Schindler House, also known as the Schindler Chace House or Kings Road House, is a house in West Hollywood, California, designed by architect Rudolph M.”

Wikipedia article Schindler House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 616 National Register listings published here for Los Angeles County · listed in 1971 · category: Building · built in 1922, modern architecture, by Rudolph Schindler.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building, 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
  • Listed as. Schindler, R. M., House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 833 N. Kings Rd., West Hollywood, 90069
  • When was it listed? July 1971
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Los Angeles
  • When was it built? 1922
  • Architectural style. modern architecture
  • Architect. Rudolph Schindler
  • National Register reference number. 71000150 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Then and now

1894 to 1979

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering R. M. Schindler House, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet covering R. M. Schindler House, surveyed 1894

Fires near this property

78 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of R. M. Schindler House between 1995 and 2020, burning about 243 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined45
Smoking12
Arson/incendiarism7
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Debris and open burning1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
30 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
29 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaEAST FIRE
24 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named
21 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
18 September 1995Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaFRANKLIN
30 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
3 August 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaFRYMAN
26 August 2009Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Every fire recorded in Los Angeles County

Mines and quarries near this property

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of R. M. Schindler House: 3 prospects, 2 unknowns, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Calcium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Forest Lawn PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
J. JensenClayUnknown
Unnamed AditGold, CopperProspect
Unnamed Calcite OccurrenceCalciumProspect
Brush Canyon QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
CahuengaGoldProspect
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown

Every working recorded in Los Angeles County

Storms near this property

1 since 2023

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names West Hollywood, the town this property stands in, in 1 storm report in 2023: 1 debris flow. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2023Debris FlowWest Hollywood-A significant mud and debris flow damaged a patio at a residence in Beverly Hills.

Every storm recorded in Los Angeles County

Maps showing this location

19 surveys

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
El Greco Apartment0.5 miles1988
Sunset Towers0.6 miles1980
Patio del Moro0.6 miles1986
Hacienda Arms Apartments0.6 miles1983
North Harper Avenue Historic District0.6 miles1996
Ronda0.8 miles1985

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 71000150 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Los Angeles CountyAll 616 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.