Summit House was originally designed in 1953 by Foster Rhodes Jackson, a student of Frank Lloyd Wright, in the hills above California’s Pomona Valley. Recently restored and expanded by Barbara Bestor of Bestor Architecture, the house combines rough stone masonry, exposed timber and broad bands of glazing across a series of low horizontal volumes.
Photography: courtesy of Durkovic
Photography: courtesy of Durkovic
Photography: courtesy of Durkovic
Photography: courtesy of Durkovic
Photography: courtesy of Durkovic
The plan unfolds through interconnected living spaces lined with warm hemlock and anchored by masonry walls. Large windows and skylights draw light deep into the interior, while terraces and gardens extend the living spaces outward into the surrounding landscape.
Bestor’s intervention updates the house without shifting its original character. Kitchens, bathrooms and services have been reworked with a restrained material palette, while much of the original structure remains intact. Now spanning around 9,000 square feet across 1.34 acres, the house sits among mature trees with foothill views across the valley. More than 70 years after completion, Summit House still reflects the material warmth and indoor-outdoor planning associated with postwar California modernism.
It’s listed for $12.75 million with The Durkovic Group.
