THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY GUILD
San Fernando ValleyMany neighborhoods. More than one story.
Explore the San Fernando Valley one neighborhood at a time, tracing the details of its homes and the different ways people have imagined life in Southern California.
- Neighborhood stories
- Modernism
- Local heritage
Historic places.
Reliable starting points.
Selected resources from preservation organizations, museums and public archives. A starting collection, not a complete register of historic homes.
Balboa Highlands
The city's profile of the Balboa Highlands Historic Preservation Overlay Zone and its Eichler homes in Granada Hills.
Visit resource (new tab) Los Angeles City PlanningSurveyLA historic resources
Research the Valley's Los Angeles neighborhoods through city surveys. This does not cover every municipality in the wider Valley.
Visit resource (new tab)External resources checked September 24, 2026. Historic references are not homes for sale or invitations to enter private property. Confirm current information and any visiting arrangements with the source.
The architecture of this place.
Where a published source links this place to an architect or designer in our library.
- Studio City
Rudolph M. Schindler
The city’s SurveyLA historic resources survey identifies several mid-century houses in Studio City as the work of master architect R.M. Schindler.
- Studio City
John Lautner
SurveyLA identifies mid-century residences in Studio City as the work of master architect John Lautner.
- Balboa Highlands, Granada Hills
Eichler / California Modernist Movement
Developer Joseph Eichler built Balboa Highlands in Granada Hills from 1962 to 1964, with homes designed by A. Quincy Jones, Frederick Emmons and Claude Oakland. It is now a Historic Preservation Overlay Zone.
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- Balboa Highlands, Granada Hills
Jones & Emmons
A. Quincy Jones and Frederick Emmons designed Balboa Highlands for developer Joseph Eichler (1962–64), with Claude Oakland. It is now a Historic Preservation Overlay Zone.
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- Balboa Highlands, Granada Hills
Claude Oakland
Claude Oakland joined A. Quincy Jones and Frederick Emmons in designing Eichler’s Balboa Highlands (1962–64).
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