5121 Franklin Ave., Los Angeles, California. County/parish: Los Angeles.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places July 14, 1971. NRIS 71000151.
1 contributing building.
John Sowden House, also known as the "Jaws House" or the "Franklin House", is a residence built in 1926 in the Los Feliz section of Los Angeles, California by Lloyd Wright. The house is noted for its use of ornamented textile blocks and for its striking facade, resembling (depending on the viewer's points of cultural reference) either a Mayan temple or the gaping open mouth of a great white shark.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123859534