701 South Windsor Boulevard

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One of Wilshire Boulevard's most modern houses lasted on its lot at the southwest corner of Windsor Boulevard for barely a year. It wasn't a matter of fire, with its innovative steel construction rendering it virtually fireproof; rather, it was moved to Carthay Circle where it stands today.



Vincent Palmer developed what the Los Angeles Times
referred to as "cellular steel construction." Palmer is credited
with the design of 701 South Windsor; he also used his method
to build Richard Neutra's design for William Beard in Altadena,
among other projects. The image of 701 above appeared
in the Times May 27, 1934, the ad below on April 29.






Seen above the title from Wilshire during its brief tenure
 on the boulevard and above from Windsor, the demonstration
house for Palmer Steel Buildings, in place for a year from the spring
of 1934, was moved to 6155 San Vicente Boulevard where it remains
 today. While unassisted aesthetically by new dormers, window
 and door additions, and too much vegetation, at least the
board-and-batten-over-brick detailing survives.





Illustrations: LAPL; LAT; Google Street View