The Mother of Hollywood, Daeida Wilcox Beveridge, lived on Hollywood Boulevard in a Moorish-Mission home.

The Formosa on Hollywood Boulevard was “the prettiest Japanese bungalow cottages in Southern California” when it opened in 1913.

It was cobbled together using discarded movie sets and prop pieces from some of Hollywood’s most famous pictures.

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.

Did the curse of “Jinx Mansion” follow Edna Cudahy to her next Hollywood home?

Everyone who lived under the red-tile roof at 7269 Hollywood Boulevard suffered some misfortune, from divorce to death.

It’s truly wicked what became of “Ozcot,” the Hollywood home of L. Frank Baum.

Marilyn Monroe’s troubled childhood had a brief bright spot in 1933, when her mother purchased a home near the Hollywood Bowl.

The French painter’s artistic home was the first Hollywood tourist attraction.

“The prettiest spot in Hollywood” was at the corner of Franklin and Whitley avenues: Pearl Park. In 1916, Stephen Willis built the bungalow court named after his new bride, Hollywood socialite Pearl Herndon, who grew up a block south at 1738 Whitley Avenue. The newlyweds settled in at 1838 Whitley, the largest of six duplexes in the Northern Italian-inspired residence park, designed by a local landscape engineer who experimented as architect. Along Whitley Avenue, the formal

A man’s home is his castle. But for Dr. A.G. Castles, his home was quite literally a castle: The eccentric art collector built a pair of royal residences across the street from each other on Argyle Avenue, his 30-acre kingdom. Glengarry Castle on Argyle Avenue (USC) The first, Glengarry, was completed in 1909 and earned recognition as one of the noteworthy mansions of the Hollywood foothills. Its competition, Holly Chateau (now Magic Castle), was designed by the same architec

Among the dozens of Whitley Heights homes lost to the Hollywood Freeway was 6785 Whitley Terrace, which has remained a mystery — until the discovery of this photograph! 6785 Whitley Terrace in 1924 (Bison Archives) Built in 1922, it was located at the fork in the road that led either down to Wedgewood Place (pictured above, foreground) or continuing along the Whitley Terrace loop.

This L-shaped stunner was the longtime residence of silent film star J. Warren Kerrigan, best remembered for Sampson (1914) and The Covered Wagon (1922). In 1918, he designed the Swiss Chalet bungalow for himself and his mother Sarah at 2307 Cahuenga Boulevard, “right where the hills bob and dip and form pockets for fields of beautiful flowers to nestle in,” described Motion Picture Magazine in 1918.

Anyone could live like a movie star at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard: the Garden Court Apartments. Opened in 1917 to accommodate players in the burgeoning motion-picture industry, the four-story’s neoclassical exterior featured Corinthian columns, dentil cornice, and figural corbels “holding up” the second-story molding. At the entrance, a trio of cherubs embraced a fountain, flanked by a pair of globe light posts.

As planning began for the Hollywood Freeway, many of the homes that stood in the way of progress were acquired by the state and then auctioned off at a fraction of their worth. If the new owners were unable to relocate the structure immediately, it was bulldozed. One of the first victims of this controversial tactic was 6786 Whitley Terrace, which sold for $855 in 1948. (Dick Whittington Studio / USC)

Kathryn Baird Sullivan realized her long-cherished dream to “launch brides and grooms happily on their marital ways” when she turned her home at 1927 Highland Avenue into the Hollywood Wedding Chapel. Hollywood Wedding Chapel (UCLA) The very first day of business in 1930, she solemnized six ceremonies. Billing herself as a “wedding consultant,” Sullivan’s services included planning of the decorations, music, reception, and catering — with the promise to make the big day “deli

Before the Hollywood sign or Walk of Fame, the first tourist attraction in town was Paul de Longpre’s enchanting gardens on Cahuenga. Paul de Longpre postcard (CA State) In 1901, the French painter built a Mission Revival mansion on his “Corner of Paradise,” three acres just north of Prospect Boulevard (later renamed Hollywood Boulevard), reportedly gifted by the Mother of Hollywood, Daeida Wilcox Beveridge, in a bid to bring world-famous culture to her blossoming community.

Below the Mediterranean mecca of Whitley Heights sat another European-inspired beauty: the French Village. French Village In 1919, brothers Walter and Pierpont Davis built up a cluster of unique cottages, located at the convergence of Highland Avenue and Cahuenga Boulevard, modeled after the Normandy countryside — “far removed from the conventional, commercial type,” described the 1921 Building Review.

The last home to be torn down for the freeway was amongst the first to go up in Whitley Heights: 6787 Whitley Terrace, otherwise known as the Heartbreak House. 6787 Whitley Terrace The owners, Edwin “Ted” and Ruth Anderson, were wealthy Chicagoans “tired of the flatness” of the Windy City when they built upon “the highest hill we could find” in 1922. Protective of their architectural wonder, the couple shunned all requests for photoshoots. They could do little about lookie-lo

The most famous resident of Whitley Heights, Rudolph Valentino lived at 6776 Wedgewood Place with second wife Natacha Rambova and an imported pack of dogs featuring German Shepards, Italian mastiffs, and Spanish greyhounds. Rudolph Valentino's home The Sheik actor supposedly fell in love with the neighborhood while driving by one day — its Mediterranean architecture reminded Valentino of his native Italy. In 1922, he purchased four plots of land for his marital estate with Ra