Curbed Spotlights 'Mid-Century Ancient' in RPV

A Walter Davis-designed that real estate blog Curbed L.A. described as a "mid-century ancient" is on the market for $1.485 million in Rancho Palos Verdes.

The home, located at 6252 Via Canada, was built in 1960 for Davis' son. It features five bedrooms, three bathrooms

From the listing on Zillow:

This is a one in a kind property that astounds. This is an incredible once in a lifetime opportunity to own, not only a home, but a work of art. For example, the ceiling in the Master Suite took approximately 8 years to create. It was inspired by the Capella Palatina, the Royal Chapel of the Norman Kings in Palermo, Sicily dating back to the 11th Century! Think about it, anyone can own a home and hang a piece of art inside; it's something else all together to live in piece of art!

Commenters on the Curbed story had varying opinions of the house. It was called "amazingly garish"; "really wonderful … (with) a fun mash-up of many styles and periods"; "colorful"; "kinda magical"; "some Hitchcockian-induced nightmare"; "strange and amazing"; and "a bad dream after throwing up bad Mexican food."

Davis is perhaps better known as the architect for the La Venta Inn—the first structure completed on the Palos Verdes Peninsula in 1924.

The listing is represented by George Fotion. For more information, view the listing on Zillow.

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