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Moore House (Ojai, California)

building in Ojai, California, United States

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 22, 2026
Entity authorityQ65062076 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Moore House is a residential home in Ojai, California designed by Modernist architect Richard Neutra in 1952 .

Neutra received the AIA First Honor Award for the building's design in 1954.

History

Neutra designed the house for a 40-acre plot owned by James and Orline Moore. The couple chose the location based on its vicinity to the home of Jiddu Krishnamurti, of whom they were disciples.

One of the house's most notable features is a series of moat-like ponds surrounding the house. The pools served two functions, humidifying the air around the house and irrigating a nearby garden.

The Moores added a cabana of a style similar to that of Neutra in the late 50s, reportedly straining the relationship between the couple and architect.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Moore House (Ojai, California)” as building in Ojai, California, United States. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1952, 1954—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Moore, House and Ojai can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as building in Ojai, California, United States. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q65062076. Authority coordinates are 34.455, -119.253. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1952 and 1954.

Critical limits

A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
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Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Moore House (Ojai, California)”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Moore House (Ojai, California) primary sources, Moore House (Ojai, California) archive and Moore research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Moore House (Ojai, California)”?
  2. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
  3. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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This entry incorporates text from “Moore House (Ojai, California)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.