Location: Glendale, California
Year built: 1968
Last sold: 2002
Specs: 3 beds, 2.5 baths, 2,444 square feet, 0.28 acres
Notable changes: New roof, solar panel system, some flooring, HVAC
Price: $1,198,000

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Once a private game preserve for the family of L.A. oil baron Edward Doheny, Glendale’s Chevy Chase Canyon remains to this day a wild, rural neighborhood where deer, coyotes, bobcats, and at least one mountain lion roam. Here, on a cul-de-sac street branching off from a winding dirt road, architect Gus Stamos built a modern house for himself and his wife, Sophie, in 1968.

Former high school sweethearts who eloped in the 1940s — Sophie’s parents didn’t approve of Gus — the Stamoses would live out the rest of their days at 1105 Outlook Lane. Last sold in 2002, after Sophie’s death, it’s now on the market for only the second time ever.

While the two-story house — one of just five on the tucked-away lane — hasn’t been completely trapped in amber over the past five decades, its changes have been relatively minor. Listing agent Jacqueline Tager says the current owners replaced the wood flooring in some of the common spaces, installed an intricate mosaic-tile floor in one of the bathrooms, and painted some of the molded-concrete blocks in vibrant magentas, yellows, and oranges. Other updates include a new roof with a solar panel system and central HVAC.

Windowless and opaque on its street-facing side, the home’s rear side is lined with ample walls of glass that look out onto the canyon and the city beyond. Other standout details include tongue-and-groove ceilings, original orange formica countertops, and walls paneled with stereo cabinet doors salvaged from the company where Sophie Stamos worked as an office manager. For more images click here.

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