Historic LA home designed by legendary architect left to rot as wild animals spotted roaming inside

A historic Los Angeles home designed by legendary architect Frank Lloyd Wright is slowly crumbling — after allegedly being left to rot into a haven for wild animals. The 1939 Sturges Home, located at 449 North Skyewiay Road in Brentwood Heights, is the only Usonian-style building in Los Angeles. But the architectural gem is now vacant and deteriorating, putting it at risk of being lost to “demolition by neglect.” Frank Lloyd Wright’s historic 1939 Sturges House has fallen into disrepair after years of neglect in Brentwood. Los Angeles officials have ordered repairs to the vacant architectural landmark. The Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Sturges House is pictured in May 2026. American architect Frank Lloyd Wright on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 1935. Getty Images “The house sits deteriorating, and has for