Yes, that tall Montanan played an architect in one of the most humorless bombastic pieces of drivel ever put on the screen—and by that I mean “The Fountainhead”—but he knew where to go when he wanted to find a real architect and build a home for his family just north of Sunset. Jones was responsible for building some of the most comfortable mid-century homes in the State, he did it with an eye for light, community, and a deft assessment of geography and topography. He and his partner, Frederick E. Emmons, designed this 6,000-square-foot masterpiece for the Coopers in 1953.
