Late 1960s Masterwork by Architect Kendrick Bangs Kellogg - Point Loma
Imagine yourself residing in this late 1960s masterwork by architect Kendrick Bangs Kellogg brought into the 21st century with detailing not often found in contemporary homes.
Hosting expansive views of Shelter Island, San Diego Harbor & downtown and Mexico (and views of snow-capped mountains in the winter), this reinvention with contemporary appliances, fixtures and finishes is a singular expression of history and setting as seen by the property’s developer-owner, L.D. Richards, who learned the trade as a builder for local San Diego mid-century modern architects.
Hand-crafted vintage touches by Kellogg’s master mason and James Hubbell’s stained glass meld gracefully with new finishes and systems offering a myriad of jaw-dropping moments throughout the home and landscape.
An incredible location in Point Loma's highly sought-after La Playa neighborhood, you are a 10 minute walk to Yacht Club and Kellogg Beach, 15 minutes to San Diego Yacht Club and great restaurants.
Kendrick Bangs Kellogg grew up in Mission Beach, in the backyard of his family home, where he is said to have designed and built his first structure - a fort or club house of sorts. He attended the University of Colorado, University of Southern California, and the University of California at Berkeley.
In April 1955, Ken and his fellow architecture students from the University of Colorado (Boulder) took a field trip to see the architecture of Phoenix and Scottsdale. Here he met Frank Lloyd Wright and heard him speak for the first time. In his interview with Mr. Wright, Ken realized that the unaccredited school may not be the best direction to take at the time but hung on every of Mr. Wright's words. He would later hear a great number of stories from Taliesin Fellows about their time with Mr. Wright.
Mr. Kellogg returned to San Diego and worked in the offices of Sim Bruce Richards (during the summer of 1955 and ’56 providing drafting and rendering as well as building models for residences on the Kona Coast of Hawaii and in Rancho Santa Fe) and Dale Naegle.
Ken also became friends with La Jolla architect (and former Taliesin Fellow) Frederick Liebhardt. As a boy (the future president) of Chart House Restaurant, Buzzy Bent, worked on Fred's house as a laborer --- where "organic architecture" seeped into his bloodstream. Not too long after starting the Chart House Restaurant chain in 1960, Buzzy contacted Ken to design their Santa Barbara location.
The property encompasses 3 bedrooms and 3 /12 bathrooms of 2527 square feet and is offered through Agents of Architecture for $6.45M.
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