Edwin Hubble House

One story, 1925 to today

1. 1925

   Edwin Hubble’s home on Woodstock Road

   Edwin Hubble lived in this San Marino house from its completion in 1925 until his death in 1953. Los Angeles architect Joseph Kucera designed the two-story Mission Revival home on the east side of Woodstock Road, near the end of a residential cul-de-sac. Its design resembled many houses built around Los Angeles at the time. For most of his professional life, the astronomer made his home here while his work changed the understanding of the universe. Hubble worked at the Observatories of the Carnegie Institution of Washington and the Mount Wilson Observatory. His discoveries helped astronomers determine the distances of remote objects, and his findings about redshift provided major evidence that the universe was expanding. The Woodstock Road house remained in his family until about 1973, roughly twenty years after his death. It continued as a private residence and became a National Historic Landmark in 1976.

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