# List of historic homes in Carmel Point

Below is a list of historic homes in Carmel Point, Monterey County, California, USA.

## Table key

Listed as a California Historical Landmark

## Historic homes in Carmel Point

| Building name | Street | Architect/builder | Style | Year constructed | Notes |
| Butterfly House | 26320 Scenic Road | Francis W. Wynkoop | Mid-century modern | 1951 | Butterfly House is a Mid-century modern house. Due to its unique wing-shaped roof, this building is commonly referred to as the Butterfly House. The house was designed and built by architect Francis W. Wynkoop. It is one of the few houses that are on the Carmel Point shoreline. |
| Carmelite Monastery | W. Isabella Avenue | | | 1937 | The site of the first Carmelite Monastery.$^{:p166}$ |
| Mrs. Clinton Walker House | 26336 Scenic Road | Frank Lloyd Wright | Organic architecture | 1951 | Listed on California Historical Landmarks on September 19, 2016 (#16000634) |
| Charles King Van Riper's House | 26262 Isabella Avenue | Unknown | English country style | 1920 | Charles and Helen van Riper were neighbors of Robinson Jeffers and his wife Una. It is located at 26262 Isabella Avenue between San Antonio and Inspiration Avenues. |
| Cypress House | 26405 Valley View Avenue | | American Craftsman | 1926 | Wood-shingled house that was one of the first built on Carmel Point in the late 1920s.$^{:p33}$ |
| Driftwood Cottage | 26398 Ocean View Avenue and the corner of Scenic Drive | George W. Reamer | Japanese architecture | 1908 | Built for Florence E. Wells (1864-1966) of San Francisco as a summer cottage. The home has George W. Reamer's signature lava rock fireplace. It was the first home of actress Jean Arthur who bought it after World War II, and named it "Driftwood Cottage," with Japanese architecture in the house and garden. A Japanese bronze dragon latches the gate. |
| Esther M. Hill House | Scenic Road 2NE of Santa Lucia Avenue | Marcel Sedletzky | American Craftsman | 1964 | The Esther M. Hill House, is located on Scenic Road 2NE of Santa Lucia Avenue on Carmel Point. It was built by Sedletzky in 1964. |
| Henry Dickinson House | 26363 Isabella Avenue | M. J. Murphy | American Craftsman | 1923 | Home of Henry F. Dickinson was a Chicago lawyer who came to Carmel in 1923. They helped organize the Carmel Music Society. |
| Dr. Emma W. Pope House | 2981 Franciscan Way | Julia Morgan | Minimal Traditional | 1940 | The Dr. Emma W. Pope House was designed and built by Julia Morgan on a hillside overlooking the Carmel Mission. The one-story, wood-framed house was built in 1940, in the Minimal Traditional architectural style for Dr. Emma Whitman Pope, who was a friend from Morgan's undergraduate years at the UC Berkeley. |
| Edith's House and Studio | 2310 Bay View Avenue | Hugh W. Comstock | Cape Cod style | 1936 | One-story two-bedroom stone and shingle sided Cape Cod style house with green shutters and a studio built by master builder Hugh W. Comstock in 1936 for Edith S. Anderson and her husband Dr. David H. Anderson. Comstock designed a living room around a large stone fireplace. |
| Edward G. Kuster House | 26205 Ocean View Avenue | Lee Gottfried | Medieval European-style | 1920 | Like Tor House, it was made of granite stones brought up from the Carmel beach. The roof is Vermont slate. The house is also referred to as the Kuster/Meyer House, because in 1955, Dr. L. Bruce Meyer, an othopedist, bought the house from Kuster.$^{:p64-69}$ |
| Gate House | Hilltop Avenue | Charles King Van Riper | Vernacular | 1940s | The Gate House was built on four lots, as a caretaker's cottage on the Charles King Van Riper estate on Carmel Point. The cottage roof has extended and rounded eaves and the exterior walls are made of Carmel-stone.$^{:p144-149}$ |
| George W. Reamer House | Scenic Drive and Ocean View Avenue | George W. Reamer | Unknown | 1910 | Built across from Florence E. Wells's Driftwood Cottage |
| General Joseph Stilwell House | 26218 Inspiration Avenue | | Spanish Eclectic | 1934 | Two-story house built for U.S. Army Joseph Stilwell.$^{:p34}$ |
| Hugh W. Comstock House | 26350 Ocean View | Hugh W. Comstock | Tudor Revival architecture | 1931 | |
| John Fleming Wilson Cottage | 14th Avenue and 2489 San Antonio Avenue | Unknown | Unknown | Early 1910s | John Fleming Wilson built a cottage as a writer's studio. In 1912, he sold the studio to realtor Philip Wilson Sr. (1862-1944) who developed the first and only Carmel Golf Course. The nine holes golf course was sold when Wilson Sr., went to service during World War I and the land was subdivided into lots. The clubhouse became a one bedroom residence. |
| Mission Ranch | 26270 Dolores Street | John Martin | Farmhouse | 1859 (built) 1986 (Rebuilt) | John Martin built the Martin Ranch. The ranch became known as the Mission Ranch because it was so close to the Carmel Mission. |
| Nightcaps | Scenic Road | David Allen Smith | Modern Cottage | 1995 | Nightcaps is a 1,200 square-foot modern cottage located on Scenic Road in the coastal town of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. Designed by renowned architect David Allen Smith and built in 1995, Nightcaps is a beautiful example of contemporary architecture that perfectly blends into the surrounding natural landscape.$^{:p180-183}$ |
| Sea Urchin and Periwinkle | Scenic Drive | Unknown | Mediterranean-style | 1930s | Sea Urchin and Periwinkle, formerly known as Fishermen's Shacks around 1915, are twin white stucco cottages located on Scenic Drive in the Carmel-by-the-Sea. These cottages, built in the 1930s, were once used as fishermen's shacks before they were purchased by Sarah Worcester. In the mid-1960s, the cottages underwent some renovations, including the addition of a basement, driveway, and garage by a subsequent owner. Unfortunately, these historic cottages are now at risk of being demolished to make way for a new house, potentially erasing a piece of Carmel's history.$^{:p196-197}$ |
| Seaburst House | 26200 Scenic Road | Francis W. Wynkoop | Mid-century modern | 1919 (built) 1953 (rebuilt) | Once Col. Dutton's House. The house was referred to as "The Warehouse," and "The Castle" by his neighbor Robinson Jeffers. It was rebuilt by Francis W. Wynkoop in 1953, called "Seaburst House". |
| Tor House and Hawk Tower | 26304 Ocean View | Robinson Jeffers | Tudor | 1919 | Listed on the California Historical Landmarks on October 10, 1975 (#75000444) |
| T. J. Brennan House | 26097 Scenic Road and Martin Way | Ernest Bixler | Tudor architecture | 1936 | Ernest Bixler built a large two-story wood-framed and Carmel-stone veneer Tudor-style house for Dr. T.J. Brennan. |
| Thomas Kinkade House | 26443 Scenic Road | | Modern architecture | 1960s | |
| Vilhelm Moberg House | 2423 San Antonio Avenue | M. J. Murphy | Spanish Electric | 1935 | Once the home of Vilhelm Moberg (1898-1973), a Swedish author and journalist. While Moberg lived there, he wrote the series The Emigrants. The novels were translated from Swedish to English by Gustav Lannestock, who lived with his wife nearby on Scenic Road.Moberg lived in Carmel from 1948 to 1960. |
| Whitecaps | Scenic Road | David Allen Smith | Modern Cottage | 1980 | Whitecaps is a modern cottage situated in the coastal town of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. Designed by architect David Allen Smith and built in 1980, Whitecaps is an example of contemporary architecture that complements the natural surroundings of the area.$^{:p176-179}$ |