SKINNIEST -- House - Long Beach, CA
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N 33° 46.536 W 118° 09.468
11S E 392796 N 3737877
The world's skinniest House is located in Long Beach.
Waymark Code: WMX32N
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 11/19/2017
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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]
The yellow-stuccoed house was built on a lot measuring 10 feet (3.0 m) by 50 feet (15 m) in 1932 by Newton P. Rummonds, who received the land as a repayment for a $100 loan one year earlier.[3][4][5] He built the 860-square-foot (80 m2) house after someone bet him that he could not build a habitable house on such a small lot.
In 1959, it was discovered that the house had leaned 4 inches (100 mm) 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.
Date the Record Happened: 1959
Where did this record happen: Long Beach
Who Broke this record: Newton P. Rummonds
Is there something to see here?: Yes
What is there to see here: House
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