Architect Hugh Gibbs designed the Colonial Revival style house for Long Beach oilman O.M. Slosson in 1949. A native of Los Angeles, Mr. Slosson founded the Slosson Oil Transportation Co. in Long Beach i 1931. After discharge from the U.S. Navy in ?World War I, he worked in the oil fields of Texas and Arkansas. In 1952 he drilled oil wells in Wilmington and Whittier. He also discovered oil in the Tejon Hills near Bakersfield, where an oil sand, the Slosson Oil Pool was named for him. The house is located at 4121 Cedar Street in the Virginia Country Club neighborhood of Long Beach, California. Please do not use this image in any media without my permission. © All rights reserved.
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