A Long Beach mid-century modern home by lauded architect John Lautner is on the market for only the second time in 71 years for $2.95 million.

Known as the Alexander House, the four-bedroom 2,886-square-foot ranch style with four bathrooms sits behind a long privacy wall. It went up on the nearly third-acre lot in tree-lined Park Estates in 1951.

Property records show it changed hands for the first time in 2018 for $1.5 million.

According to the listing, it has undergone updates without altering any of the architect’s original vision for the home.

Beyond the front door is an open floor plan. There’s a tongue and groove-beamed ceiling, skylights, concrete and brick floors, built-ins and glass walls.

Lautner designed the home to blur the line between indoors and out from the remodeled kitchen, which opens to the dining room, to the step-down living room with its floor-to-ceiling brick fireplace and partial wall.

A wide cantilevered overhang defines the patio and extends the interior spaces to multiple entertaining areas.

Lautner’s drawings, which are archived at the Getty Research Library, suggest a site for a pool in the garden where now sits the infinity-edge saltwater pool with a lanai deck and spa.

There’s also an outdoor kitchen, a fire pit and a bar area.

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Janel Winston and Ginette Skelton of Coldwell Banker Realty share the listing, which benefits from Mills Act property tax savings in exchange for its maintenance.

Lautner, who died in 1994 at 83, moved to L.A. in 1939 to supervise the construction of the Sturges House by his mentor, Frank Lloyd Wright. He left his mark during his 55-year career with iconic homes such as the UFO-shaped Chemosphere in the Hollywood Hills and Silvertop in Silver Lake and the domed Elrod House in Palm Springs. It was featured in the 1971 James Bond film “Diamonds Are Forever.”

Most of his work was residential.