Skinny House (Long Beach)
The aptly nicknamed Skinny House at 708 Gladys Avenue (corner of 7th Street) in the Rose Park neighborhood of Long Beach, California, United States, is a narrow three-story house that has been cited by both the Guinness Book of World Records and Ripley's Believe It or Not as the nation's skinniest house.[1][2]
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In 1959, it was discovered that the house had leaned Script error: No such module "convert". to the north and was straightened. The Skinny House is a registered city landmark of Long Beach, California, as of 1983.[6][7]
Public interest lawyer William John Cox maintained his law practice in Skinny House between 1977 and 1981, including his prosecution of the Holocaust denial case.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
The house was featured in a segment of The Early Show.[8]
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References
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- ↑ 101 Things to do in Long Beach, California
- ↑ LA Times, October 29, 2001
- ↑ Builder's name was Newton P(rice) Rummonds, as in LA Times article (note 2, above), not "Nelson" erroneously used in 101 Things to do in Long Beach, California (note 1, above).
- ↑ Longbeach.gov
- ↑ Virtual Globe Trotting.com
- ↑ Long Beach Historic Landmark designation 16.52.170
- ↑ Press-Telegram, Famed `Skinny House' in Long Beach, Calif., Goes Up for Sale., October 26, 2001
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