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Hollywood’s first 50 years, until the freeway paved paradise in 1954


Pacific Ready-Cut Home Spotlight: 1910 N. Serrano Avenue
Archibald and Daisy Murdock’s home at 1910 N. Serrano Avenue was made-to-order… straight from the pages of Pacific Ready-Cut’s 1925 catalog.
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Daeida Wilcox Beveridge: Mother of Hollywood
The Mother of Hollywood, Daeida Wilcox Beveridge, lived on Hollywood Boulevard in a Moorish-Mission home.
May 10


1530 Easterly Terrace: Skinner House by William Kesling
The Skinner House was one of two dozen designed by architect William Kesling in the Silver Lake area between 1935 and 1937.
Mar 28


The Formosa Apartments & Cottages: 7139 Hollywood Boulevard
The Formosa on Hollywood Boulevard was “the prettiest Japanese bungalow cottages in Southern California” when it opened in 1913.
Mar 23


Hollywood Pueblo Revival by Robert Stacy-Judd
This adobe house at 1514 Crescent Heights Boulevard was built in 1924 by architect Robert Stacy-Judd while he simultaneously designed the Aztec Hotel in Monrovia.
Mar 8


Hollynook Court (1913-1953)
Hollynook Court was aptly named, tucked away on a verdant acre at the bend of Highland and Franklin avenues in Hollywood. Hollynook Court (UCLA Digital Library) The seven bungalows were built in 1913, originally as Sabin Court after landlord Nat Sabin. There were two duplexes, four single-family cottages, and a fourplex in the rear for a total of 12 units. Sabin’s mother Effie was the first resident at 1803A Highland, until she swallowed strychnine on October 15, 1913. Five
Feb 26


Eve Arden’s Hollywood Home Before Shocking 2013 Flip
Photos of Eve Arden's charming Hollywood home in 1943, seven decades before it was destroyed by a flipper.
Dec 20, 2025


Elvira and Brad Pitt’s Haunted House
Briarcliff Manor, built in 1911, is connected to at least one mysterious death: a man who drowned in the heart-shaped pool.
Oct 31, 2025


What Is Going on With Frank Lloyd Wright’s Freeman House?
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Freeman House is the smallest of his four textile-block homes in Los Angeles, yet it is the greatest preservation failure. How did this happen?
Sep 22, 2025


4900 Los Feliz Boulevard: Italian Villa on a Hill
Built in 1912, the 21-room mansion was originally the marital home of Edna Letts and Malcolm McNaghten.
Aug 31, 2025


The House That Jack McDermott Built (1923-1962)
It was cobbled together using discarded movie sets and prop pieces from some of Hollywood’s most famous pictures.
Jul 24, 2025


5163 Franklin: House of Good Fortune
The Los Feliz home radiates good vibes — thanks to a girl born on Friday the 13th.
Jun 14, 2025


Anna May Wong's Moongate
Anna May Wong’s home was “just as I dreamed it”: modern Chinese furniture, traditional moon gates, and a blue roof like the ones she had seen in Peking.
May 26, 2025


6937 Vanland: Hollywood Castle’s Fairytale History
This storybook castle in the Hollywood Hills has its very own fairytale: Often associated with Roland E. Hill, the architect of...
Feb 18, 2025


Rudolph Schindler’s Druckman House
Modernist architect Rudolph Schindler achieved the ultimate in utilitarianism at 2764 Outpost Drive.
Feb 8, 2025


Edna Cudahy’s Hollywood House of Death
Did the curse of “Jinx Mansion” follow Edna Cudahy to her next Hollywood home?
Feb 4, 2025


Was Norma Talmadge’s Hollywood Home “Jinxed”?
Everyone who lived under the red-tile roof at 7269 Hollywood Boulevard suffered some misfortune, from divorce to death.
Jan 6, 2025


L. Frank Baum’s Ozcot (1910-1954)
It’s truly wicked what became of “Ozcot,” the Hollywood home of L. Frank Baum.
Nov 13, 2024


Welcome to Los Feliz Manor
Los Feliz Manor opened its doors in 1929 as “a home of beauty and refinement”--and it hasn't changed! See inside the Art Deco masterpiece.
Jul 31, 2024


Chateau Rossmore, Mauretania Apartments, Jack Haley -- and the Truth
The iconic apartment buildings on Rossmore Avenue share an interesting architectural past.
Jul 26, 2024
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