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Skinny House, Long Beach, Los Angeles County

Skinny House

July 16, 2024 City of Long Beach Historic Landmark, Local landmark

The Skinny House in the Rose Park neighborhood of Long Beach is a narrow, three-story house, built in 1932, 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.

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Cherry Avenue Lifeguard Station, Long Beach, Los Angeles County

Cherry Avenue Lifeguard Station

February 21, 2020 City landmark, City of Long Beach Historic Landmark

Built in 1938, the Cherry Avenue Lifeguard Station was moved from Linden Ave. in 1965. Parts of other stations and siding were added to make it the Long Beach Lifeguard Headquarters. It is a City of Long Beach Historic Landmark.

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