Despite its law-breaking history, there’s no need to commit a crime to get your hands on this Streamline Moderne home.
Known as the Thomas J. Atol Residence, the Pasadena property was built in 1938 by the architect William Kesling. A prolific architect in the mid-1930s, Kesling ended up serving time in San Quentin for fraud during the same period he was working on the Atol home. While imprisoned, he allowed the John L. Hudson Construction Company to complete the build,…

