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The aptly nicknamed Skinny House at 708 Gladys Avenue (corner of 7th Street) in the Rose Park neighborhood of Long Beach, California, United States, is a narrow three-story house 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.〔(101 Things to do in Long Beach, California )〕〔(LA Times, October 29, 2001 )〕 The yellow-stuccoed house was built on a lot measuring by in 1932 by Newton P. Rummonds, who received the land as a repayment for a $100 loan one year earlier.〔Builder's name was Newton P(rice) Rummonds, as in ''LA Times'' article (note 2, above), not "Nelson" erroneously used in ''101 Things to do in Long Beach, California'' (note 1, above).〕〔( Longbeach.gov )〕〔(Virtual Globe Trotting.com )〕 He built the house after someone bet him that he could not build a habitable house on such a small lot. In 1959, it was discovered that the house had leaned to the north and was straightened. The Skinny House is a registered city landmark of Long Beach, California, as of 1983.〔(Long Beach Historic Landmark designation 16.52.170 )〕〔(Press-Telegram, ''Famed `Skinny House' in Long Beach, Calif., Goes Up for Sale.'', October 26, 2001 )〕 Public interest lawyer William John Cox maintained his law practice in Skinny House between 1977 and 1981, including his prosecution of the Holocaust denial case.〔http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNVAmjQEUuE〕 ==See also== * List of City of Long Beach Historic Landmarks 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Skinny House (Long Beach)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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