Style House - A Bit of History

The Tribune Jackson Style House – 5937 Chelton Drive

Updated August 2025

The “Style House” opened to the public in April 1935. Over 1500 visitors passed through the home that first weekend.

Local architect Frederick L. Confer designed the home in collaboration with James H. Anderson, and the builder was James Armstrong.

The agents for the house were Mitchell & Austin, with Harry Stockman as the agent in charge.

The Jackson Furniture Company entirely furnished the house.

The View Then and Now

Award-Winning

The house is a modified Regency-type design. And it won an award for the distinguished “house of seven rooms or less” in the fourth Biennial Exhibition of American Architects. The house has also been called Monterey Style. Color is used abundantly throughout the house. The exterior is painted white with mustard color shutters.

The Style House was built amongst the pine trees on a site with an inspiring view of the bay. A prize-winner at a recent exhibition in San Francisco by the American Institute of Architecture, the “Style House with its novel Regency architecture,…remains one of the outstanding demonstration in the history of Eastbay real estate.”

Unique Home and Cozy Interior

The living room, with a vaulted ceiling, features French doors that open to the delightful front patio and the rear deck, offering stunning SF and Bay views.

The floor plan features a full bath and a spacious bedroom on the main level, complete with French doors that open to the patio. There are two additional large rooms, one of which features a deck to take in the views. The lower level features a bedroom, ideal for a family/rumpus room, a half bath, a generous laundry/craft room with a workstation, and a storage area—a two-car garage.