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This Colonial Revival-style home was built for Dr. Marcus O. Tucker in 1937. Tucker was the first African American physician to live and work in Santa Monica. One the building's unique features is its set of bow windows on either side of the recessed front door.

After graduating from the University of Kansas in 1925, Dr. Tucker moved to California and opened his medical practice. His son, Marcus O. Tucker, Jr., who grew up in this house, would serve from 1963 to 1965 as the first African American deputy city attorney in Santa Monica and later was appointed to the Los Angeles Superior Court.

The Tucker residence is one of only three known surviving Williams projects in Santa Monica.