Benton and Park’s 1968 Mid-Century Modern in Encino Lists for $4.5 Million

Benton and Park 1968 Encino residence with yellow Porsche in the driveway

High in the hills south of Ventura Boulevard, 16411 Garvin Drive offers a fresh look at the work of Benton and Park, AIA. Built in 1968, the residence is a large, primarily single-level expression of late California modernism: broad rooflines, soaring interior volumes, extensive glass and a carefully staged relationship between the rooms, terraces and long Valley views.

The house is currently offered at $4.5 million. The listing describes four bedrooms, five bathrooms and approximately 4,483 square feet on a 0.76-acre lot, with a two-car garage and gated parking. The plan places generous public rooms at the center, including an oversized family room with built-ins and an entertainer’s bar, while the primary suite is set apart with three walk-in closets, a dressing area and a spa bath fitted with a soaking tub and Apparatus Studio fixtures.

Benton and Park

Architects Wallace Benton and Donald Park established their Los Angeles practice in 1956. Park studied under A. Quincy Jones at USC and later worked in Jones’s office before partnering with Benton. The firm produced custom modern houses across greater Los Angeles, including work in Crestwood Hills and a notable group of residences in the San Fernando Valley. Their houses tend to favor clear planning, high ceilings, clerestories or full-height glazing, built-in cabinetry and an easy movement from interior entertaining areas to pool terraces and gardens.

The Garvin Drive residence fits that lineage while leaning toward the more dramatic, Trousdale-influenced end of the firm’s work. A monumental entry leads into light-filled rooms with mountain and Valley outlooks. Two fireplaces, wood floors, a walk-in pantry, den, office, sauna and separate-entry in-law suite add to the original program. Outside, the pool, spa, cold plunge and pickleball/sports court turn the hillside lot into a private recreational compound.

Encino and the Lanai Road hills

The property sits in the coveted 91436 section of Encino near Lanai Road Elementary School, in a quiet hillside pocket above the commercial spine of Ventura Boulevard. Encino developed with a wide range of postwar ranch houses and custom modern residences, and the Santa Monica Mountains give the neighborhood its characteristic combination of privacy, mature landscaping and long north-facing views across the San Fernando Valley.

Listing history and details

Address: 16411 Garvin Drive, Encino, California 91436
Architects: Benton and Park, AIA
Year built: 1968
Asking price: $4,500,000
Bedrooms / bathrooms: 4 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms
Interior: approximately 4,483 square feet
Lot: approximately 0.76 acre
Notable features: walls of glass, high ceilings, two fireplaces, built-ins, bar, three primary-suite walk-in closets, in-law suite, pool, spa, sauna, cold plunge and sports court
MLS: TheMLS #26678259

Redfin’s sale history shows that the property sold for $2.399 million in August 2018 with a long history of ownership for the prior owners. The current listing returned to market on April 10, 2026.