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602 Kingman Ave
After years of searching, I believe we have found the ugliest house in Los Angeles. Nestled in Rustic Canyon among traditional houses by John Byers and The Heineman Brothers, and modernist architects like: Richard Neutra, RM Schindler, Craig Elwood, Charles Eames, Raphael Soriano, and Harwell Harris, is this gem. Classical elements (assumed to be salvaged from older houses) combine with a completely uninspired block of a house to create. . . this. With a million-dollar ocean view, the only question we have is, "Why?"
Our apologies to the current residents (and their neighbors).
Pumphrey House, 1939
Harwell H Harris
615 Kingman Ave
The horrizontal, wood-batered house is quite Wrightian and very dificult to see behind fences and foliage.
Architecture in Los Angeles: A Compleat Guide
David Gebhard and Robert Winter
Pacific Palisades, South, No. 4.
__________
Harwell Hamilton Harris
Harwell Hamilton Harris (1903 - November 18, 1990) was a modernist American architect, noted for his work in Southern California that assimilated European and American influences.[1]
He began his studies at Pomona College but left after a year to study sculpture at the Otis Art Institute, now Otis College of Art and Design. In 1928, he began apprenticing under architect Richard Neutra with whom he was associated until 1932. (Fellow apprentices included Gregory Ain and Raphael Soriano.)
Adopting Neutra's modernist sensibility, Harris merged the vernacular of California with a sensitivity to site and materials characteristic of the American Arts & Crafts Movement. In his residential work of the 1930s and 1940s, primarily in California, Harris created a tension and a continuum between exterior and interior with continuous rooflines. Learning from Frank Lloyd Wright, he designed interior spaces that are often based on the cruciform plan. His work is characterized by a careful use of materials and clean, fluid spaces.
From 1952 until 1955, Harris served as the Dean for the School of Architecture of the University of Texas. The group of modernist architects he attracted to the faculty there came to be known as The Texas Rangers. In 1955, he left the university and established a private practice in Dallas, which he maintained until 1962 when he moved to Raleigh, North Carolina where he re-established his practice and began teaching at North Carolina State University. He retired from teaching in 1973 but continued to practice architecture from his home studio in Raleigh until shortly before his death there on November 18, 1990.
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harwell_Harris
Pumphrey House, 1939
Harwell H Harris
615 Kingman Ave
The horrizontal, wood-batered house is quite Wrightian and very dificult to see behind fences and foliage.
Architecture in Los Angeles: A Compleat Guide
David Gebhard and Robert Winter
Pacific Palisades, South, No. 4.
__________
Harwell Hamilton Harris
Harwell Hamilton Harris (1903 - November 18, 1990) was a modernist American architect, noted for his work in Southern California that assimilated European and American influences.[1]
He began his studies at Pomona College but left after a year to study sculpture at the Otis Art Institute, now Otis College of Art and Design. In 1928, he began apprenticing under architect Richard Neutra with whom he was associated until 1932. (Fellow apprentices included Gregory Ain and Raphael Soriano.)
Adopting Neutra's modernist sensibility, Harris merged the vernacular of California with a sensitivity to site and materials characteristic of the American Arts & Crafts Movement. In his residential work of the 1930s and 1940s, primarily in California, Harris created a tension and a continuum between exterior and interior with continuous rooflines. Learning from Frank Lloyd Wright, he designed interior spaces that are often based on the cruciform plan. His work is characterized by a careful use of materials and clean, fluid spaces.
From 1952 until 1955, Harris served as the Dean for the School of Architecture of the University of Texas. The group of modernist architects he attracted to the faculty there came to be known as The Texas Rangers. In 1955, he left the university and established a private practice in Dallas, which he maintained until 1962 when he moved to Raleigh, North Carolina where he re-established his practice and began teaching at North Carolina State University. He retired from teaching in 1973 but continued to practice architecture from his home studio in Raleigh until shortly before his death there on November 18, 1990.
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harwell_Harris
Pumphrey House, 1939
Harwell H Harris
615 Kingman Ave
The horrizontal, wood-batered house is quite Wrightian and very dificult to see behind fences and foliage.
Architecture in Los Angeles: A Compleat Guide
David Gebhard and Robert Winter
Pacific Palisades, South, No. 4.
__________
Harwell Hamilton Harris
Harwell Hamilton Harris (1903 - November 18, 1990) was a modernist American architect, noted for his work in Southern California that assimilated European and American influences.[1]
He began his studies at Pomona College but left after a year to study sculpture at the Otis Art Institute, now Otis College of Art and Design. In 1928, he began apprenticing under architect Richard Neutra with whom he was associated until 1932. (Fellow apprentices included Gregory Ain and Raphael Soriano.)
Adopting Neutra's modernist sensibility, Harris merged the vernacular of California with a sensitivity to site and materials characteristic of the American Arts & Crafts Movement. In his residential work of the 1930s and 1940s, primarily in California, Harris created a tension and a continuum between exterior and interior with continuous rooflines. Learning from Frank Lloyd Wright, he designed interior spaces that are often based on the cruciform plan. His work is characterized by a careful use of materials and clean, fluid spaces.
From 1952 until 1955, Harris served as the Dean for the School of Architecture of the University of Texas. The group of modernist architects he attracted to the faculty there came to be known as The Texas Rangers. In 1955, he left the university and established a private practice in Dallas, which he maintained until 1962 when he moved to Raleigh, North Carolina where he re-established his practice and began teaching at North Carolina State University. He retired from teaching in 1973 but continued to practice architecture from his home studio in Raleigh until shortly before his death there on November 18, 1990.
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harwell_Harris
602 Kingman Ave
After years of searching, I believe we have found the ugliest house in Los Angeles. Nestled in Rustic Canyon among traditional houses by John Byers and The Heineman Brothers, and modernist architects like: Richard Neutra, RM Schindler, Craig Elwood, Charles Eames, Raphael Soriano, and Harwell Harris, is this gem. Classical elements (assumed to be salvaged from older houses) combine with a completely uninspired block of a house to create. . . this. With a million-dollar ocean view, the only question we have is, "Why?"
Our apologies to the current residents (and their neighbors).
Santa Monica Canyon's Channel Road Inn, recently ranked top B&B in Los Angeles by Conde Nast Traveler. [#15 in album of 18]
Kenaston House, 1937-37
John Byers, Edla Muir; remodelled in 1963 by Elda Muir
914 Corsica Dr
The Spanish Colonial Revival made modern.
Architecture in Los Angeles: A Compleat Guide
David Gebhard and Robert Winters
Pacific Palisades, South, No. 29
__________
John Byers
Byers designed and built dozens of homes in Brentwood, Pacific Palisades, and Santa Monica from 1916 through 1946. He was fascinated with the native California architecture and its Mexican and Spanish roots. He was most notable for his "Adobe" designed buildings, having written several articles in the 1920s and 1930s on adobe construction and its influence in California architect. He studied the native building traditions of Hispanic cultures, and went through a phase where he built houses of adobe and stucco. He established his own workshop, employing Mexican craftsmen who were masters at creating and installing the adobe brick, the decorative tile, wrought iron and woodwork that he used in his houses.
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Byers_(architect)
Kenaston House, 1937-37
John Byers, Edla Muir; remodelled in 1963 by Elda Muir
914 Corsica Dr
The Spanish Colonial Revival made modern.
Architecture in Los Angeles: A Compleat Guide
David Gebhard and Robert Winters
Pacific Palisades, South, No. 29
__________
John Byers
Byers designed and built dozens of homes in Brentwood, Pacific Palisades, and Santa Monica from 1916 through 1946. He was fascinated with the native California architecture and its Mexican and Spanish roots. He was most notable for his "Adobe" designed buildings, having written several articles in the 1920s and 1930s on adobe construction and its influence in California architect. He studied the native building traditions of Hispanic cultures, and went through a phase where he built houses of adobe and stucco. He established his own workshop, employing Mexican craftsmen who were masters at creating and installing the adobe brick, the decorative tile, wrought iron and woodwork that he used in his houses.
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Byers_(architect)
Kenaston House, 1937-37
John Byers, Edla Muir; remodelled in 1963 by Elda Muir
914 Corsica Dr
The Spanish Colonial Revival made modern.
Architecture in Los Angeles: A Compleat Guide
David Gebhard and Robert Winters
Pacific Palisades, South, No. 29
__________
John Byers
Byers designed and built dozens of homes in Brentwood, Pacific Palisades, and Santa Monica from 1916 through 1946. He was fascinated with the native California architecture and its Mexican and Spanish roots. He was most notable for his "Adobe" designed buildings, having written several articles in the 1920s and 1930s on adobe construction and its influence in California architect. He studied the native building traditions of Hispanic cultures, and went through a phase where he built houses of adobe and stucco. He established his own workshop, employing Mexican craftsmen who were masters at creating and installing the adobe brick, the decorative tile, wrought iron and woodwork that he used in his houses.
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Byers_(architect)
Fascinating and disturbing Los Angeles history:
The Murphy Ranch is a ranch built in Rustic Canyon, Los Angeles in the 1930s by Winona and Norman Stephens who were sympathizers of the anti-semitic, white supremacist Silver Legion of America. Designed as a base for Nazi activities in the U.S. it was intended to be capable of being self-sustaining for long periods. The compound had a water storage tank, a fuel tank, a bomb shelter, and various outbuildings and bunkers.
On Monday, December 8, 1941, the day after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, local police occupied the compound and detained members of the 50-strong caretaker force.
As of 1990, it was abandoned and in a state of disrepair, and covered in graffiti. The site is currently owned by the city of Los Angeles. In early 2016, many of the ranch buildings were demolished, as they were deemed unsafe. A few buildings remain, including the power house, an all-concrete building that once contained the diesel generators. All entryways have been sealed.
Fascinating and disturbing Los Angeles history:
The Murphy Ranch is a ranch built in Rustic Canyon, Los Angeles in the 1930s by Winona and Norman Stephens who were sympathizers of the anti-semitic, white supremacist Silver Legion of America. Designed as a base for Nazi activities in the U.S. it was intended to be capable of being self-sustaining for long periods. The compound had a water storage tank, a fuel tank, a bomb shelter, and various outbuildings and bunkers.
On Monday, December 8, 1941, the day after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, local police occupied the compound and detained members of the 50-strong caretaker force.
As of 1990, it was abandoned and in a state of disrepair, and covered in graffiti. The site is currently owned by the city of Los Angeles. In early 2016, many of the ranch buildings were demolished, as they were deemed unsafe. A few buildings remain, including the power house, an all-concrete building that once contained the diesel generators. All entryways have been sealed.
Kenaston House, 1937-37
John Byers, Edla Muir; remodelled in 1963 by Elda Muir
914 Corsica Dr
The Spanish Colonial Revival made modern.
Architecture in Los Angeles: A Compleat Guide
David Gebhard and Robert Winters
Pacific Palisades, South, No. 29
__________
John Byers
Byers designed and built dozens of homes in Brentwood, Pacific Palisades, and Santa Monica from 1916 through 1946. He was fascinated with the native California architecture and its Mexican and Spanish roots. He was most notable for his "Adobe" designed buildings, having written several articles in the 1920s and 1930s on adobe construction and its influence in California architect. He studied the native building traditions of Hispanic cultures, and went through a phase where he built houses of adobe and stucco. He established his own workshop, employing Mexican craftsmen who were masters at creating and installing the adobe brick, the decorative tile, wrought iron and woodwork that he used in his houses.
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Byers_(architect)
602 Kingman Ave
After years of searching, I believe we have found the ugliest house in Los Angeles. Nestled in Rustic Canyon among traditional houses by John Byers and The Heineman Brothers, and modernist architects like: Richard Neutra, RM Schindler, Craig Elwood, Charles Eames, Raphael Soriano, and Harwell Harris, is this gem. Classical elements (assumed to be salvaged from older houses) combine with a completely uninspired block of a house to create. . . this. With a million-dollar ocean view, the only question we have is, "Why?"
Our apologies to the current residents (and their neighbors).
Kenaston House, 1937-37
John Byers, Edla Muir; remodelled in 1963 by Elda Muir
914 Corsica Dr
The Spanish Colonial Revival made modern.
Architecture in Los Angeles: A Compleat Guide
David Gebhard and Robert Winters
Pacific Palisades, South, No. 29
__________
John Byers
Byers designed and built dozens of homes in Brentwood, Pacific Palisades, and Santa Monica from 1916 through 1946. He was fascinated with the native California architecture and its Mexican and Spanish roots. He was most notable for his "Adobe" designed buildings, having written several articles in the 1920s and 1930s on adobe construction and its influence in California architect. He studied the native building traditions of Hispanic cultures, and went through a phase where he built houses of adobe and stucco. He established his own workshop, employing Mexican craftsmen who were masters at creating and installing the adobe brick, the decorative tile, wrought iron and woodwork that he used in his houses.
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Byers_(architect)
602 Kingman Ave
After years of searching, I believe we have found the ugliest house in Los Angeles. Nestled in Rustic Canyon among traditional houses by John Byers and The Heineman Brothers, and modernist architects like: Richard Neutra, RM Schindler, Craig Elwood, Charles Eames, Raphael Soriano, and Harwell Harris, is this gem. Classical elements (assumed to be salvaged from older houses) combine with a completely uninspired block of a house to create. . . this. With a million-dollar ocean view, the only question we have is, "Why?"
Our apologies to the current residents (and their neighbors).
Keller Residence (Unsubstanciated)
581 Amalfi Dr
Landscaping by Joseph Copp (Unsubstanciated)
This house is a wonderful Spanish Colonial Revival worthy of the likes of John Byers and other Revivalist architects. The central courtyard, with its massive tile-framed and gated entrance, provides acess to the house. Tall chimneys, french doors, balconies, and fountains make this house fancifull as well as romantic. This may be the home of Alfred S Keller, an actor who enjoyed some success in Hollywood westerns, although it has not been confirmed. Also, the landscaping may have been desingned by Joseph Copp, a promenant Los Angeles landscape architect of the 20th Century, although it too needs to be confirmed. The architect, obviously a skilled, is as yet undetermined.
- Kansas Sebastian
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Online Archive of California (OAC): content.cdlib.org/view?docId=tf787007j8&doc.view=enti...
Fascinating and disturbing Los Angeles history:
The Murphy Ranch is a ranch built in Rustic Canyon, Los Angeles in the 1930s by Winona and Norman Stephens who were sympathizers of the anti-semitic, white supremacist Silver Legion of America. Designed as a base for Nazi activities in the U.S. it was intended to be capable of being self-sustaining for long periods. The compound had a water storage tank, a fuel tank, a bomb shelter, and various outbuildings and bunkers.
On Monday, December 8, 1941, the day after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, local police occupied the compound and detained members of the 50-strong caretaker force.
As of 1990, it was abandoned and in a state of disrepair, and covered in graffiti. The site is currently owned by the city of Los Angeles. In early 2016, many of the ranch buildings were demolished, as they were deemed unsafe. A few buildings remain, including the power house, an all-concrete building that once contained the diesel generators. All entryways have been sealed.
Fascinating and disturbing Los Angeles history:
The Murphy Ranch is a ranch built in Rustic Canyon, Los Angeles in the 1930s by Winona and Norman Stephens who were sympathizers of the anti-semitic, white supremacist Silver Legion of America. Designed as a base for Nazi activities in the U.S. it was intended to be capable of being self-sustaining for long periods. The compound had a water storage tank, a fuel tank, a bomb shelter, and various outbuildings and bunkers.
On Monday, December 8, 1941, the day after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, local police occupied the compound and detained members of the 50-strong caretaker force.
As of 1990, it was abandoned and in a state of disrepair, and covered in graffiti. The site is currently owned by the city of Los Angeles. In early 2016, many of the ranch buildings were demolished, as they were deemed unsafe. A few buildings remain, including the power house, an all-concrete building that once contained the diesel generators. All entryways have been sealed.
Fascinating and disturbing Los Angeles history:
The Murphy Ranch is a ranch built in Rustic Canyon, Los Angeles in the 1930s by Winona and Norman Stephens who were sympathizers of the anti-semitic, white supremacist Silver Legion of America. Designed as a base for Nazi activities in the U.S. it was intended to be capable of being self-sustaining for long periods. The compound had a water storage tank, a fuel tank, a bomb shelter, and various outbuildings and bunkers.
On Monday, December 8, 1941, the day after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, local police occupied the compound and detained members of the 50-strong caretaker force.
As of 1990, it was abandoned and in a state of disrepair, and covered in graffiti. The site is currently owned by the city of Los Angeles. In early 2016, many of the ranch buildings were demolished, as they were deemed unsafe. A few buildings remain, including the power house, an all-concrete building that once contained the diesel generators. All entryways have been sealed.
Note: This may or may not be Abell Thornton's Haines House #2. David Gebhard and Robert Winters in their book "Architecture in Los Angeles" have the Haines house listed at 247 Amalfi Dr. That house doesn't seem to fit their description, although it has been heavily remodeled. This house at 248 Amalfi Dr fits the description completely. A thorough search of the internet revealed nothing. If you find that I have put up the wrong house, please let me know.
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Haines House, 1951
Thornton M Abell
247 [248?] Amalfi Dr
A refined pavilion; sheathed in horizontal redwood and with a flat roof, brick chimney, and brick terraces.
Architecture in Los Angeles: A Compleat Guide
David Gebhard and Robert Winters
Pacific Palisades, South, No. 22.
Keller Residence (Unsubstanciated)
581 Amalfi Dr
Landscaping by Joseph Copp (Unsubstanciated)
This house is a wonderful Spanish Colonial Revival worthy of the likes of John Byers and other Revivalist architects. The central courtyard, with its massive tile-framed and gated entrance, provides acess to the house. Tall chimneys, french doors, balconies, and fountains make this house fancifull as well as romantic. This may be the home of Alfred S Keller, an actor who enjoyed some success in Hollywood westerns, although it has not been confirmed. Also, the landscaping may have been desingned by Joseph Copp, a promenant Los Angeles landscape architect of the 20th Century, although it too needs to be confirmed. The architect, obviously a skilled, is as yet undetermined.
- Kansas Sebastian
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Online Archive of California (OAC): content.cdlib.org/view?docId=tf787007j8&doc.view=enti...
There were two artists working when we hiked here. One was putting the finishing touches on this robot.
Read all the details at SoCal Hiker.
Marco Hellman Cabin
Alfred Heineman
38 Haldeman Rd
The log cabins, some of them authentic, some of them stagesets, are probably of chief interest. The first at 1 Latimer Road is the Kley House (1923), a log-faced lodge, now almost completely cut off from public view. It is probably by the Heinemans as are other log-faced cabins at 3 and 18 Latimer Road. Others are on Haldeman Road at 31, 32, and 34. At 36, 37, and 38 are authentically constructed log cabins in which 38, the Marco Hellman Cabin is the most interesting.
Tradition has it that this house, as well as those at 36 and 37 Haldeman Road, was part of a movie set transported to the canyon by Hellman, a very rich banker. Alfred Heineman who, under the firm name of his brother Arthur desiged the Hellman banks in the Los Angeles area, was responsible for the rustic decor of the interior of Hellman's own cabins and also for the exterior as well as interior design of Heather Hill (1922-23) at 7 Latimer Road, whose shingled roof in imitation of thach was a trademark of a number of Heineman houses in Pasadena.
Architecture in Los Angeles: A Compleat Guide
David Gebhard and Robert Winters
Pacific Palisades, South, No. 13 & 14.
__________
Marco H. Hellman, banker, b. Sept. 4, 1878 Los Angeles, Calif. son of Herman W. and Ida (Heimann) Hellman; m. Reta Davis, of Visalia, Calif. 1908. President of Hellman Commercial Trust & Savings Bank 1918. home: 3552 Lowery Road; office: 218 Herman W. Hellman Bldg. Los Angeles, Calif. notes: Bank later merged into Bank of America of Calif.
Wikipedia: homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~helman/whoswho.htm
Keller Residence (Unsubstanciated)
581 Amalfi Dr
Landscaping by Joseph Copp (Unsubstanciated)
This house is a wonderful Spanish Colonial Revival worthy of the likes of John Byers and other Revivalist architects. The central courtyard, with its massive tile-framed and gated entrance, provides acess to the house. Tall chimneys, french doors, balconies, and fountains make this house fancifull as well as romantic. This may be the home of Alfred S Keller, an actor who enjoyed some success in Hollywood westerns, although it has not been confirmed. Also, the landscaping may have been desingned by Joseph Copp, a promenant Los Angeles landscape architect of the 20th Century, although it too needs to be confirmed. The architect, obviously a skilled, is as yet undetermined.
- Kansas Sebastian
__________
Online Archive of California (OAC): content.cdlib.org/view?docId=tf787007j8&doc.view=enti...
Keller Residence (Unsubstanciated)
581 Amalfi Dr
Landscaping by Joseph Copp (Unsubstanciated)
This house is a wonderful Spanish Colonial Revival worthy of the likes of John Byers and other Revivalist architects. The central courtyard, with its massive tile-framed and gated entrance, provides acess to the house. Tall chimneys, french doors, balconies, and fountains make this house fancifull as well as romantic. This may be the home of Alfred S Keller, an actor who enjoyed some success in Hollywood westerns, although it has not been confirmed. Also, the landscaping may have been desingned by Joseph Copp, a promenant Los Angeles landscape architect of the 20th Century, although it too needs to be confirmed. The architect, obviously a skilled, is as yet undetermined.
- Kansas Sebastian
__________
Online Archive of California (OAC): content.cdlib.org/view?docId=tf787007j8&doc.view=enti...
"he Murphy Ranch is a ranch built in Rustic Canyon, Los Angeles in the 1930s by Winona and Norman Stephens,[1][2] who were sympathizers of the anti-semitic, white supremacist Silver Legion of America.[3] The owner of record in 1933 was Jessie M. Murphy.[2] Designed as a base for Nazi activities in the U.S.,[4] it was intended to be capable of being self-sustaining for long periods. The compound had a water storage tank, a fuel tank, a bomb shelter, and various outbuildings and bunkers. The estate's main gate was designed by Paul Williams, a well-known African-American architect in the Southern California area.
On Monday, December 8, 1941, the day after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, local police occupied the compound and detained members of the 50-strong caretaker force.[5]
As of 1990, it was abandoned and in a state of disrepair, and covered in graffiti.[2] The site is currently owned by the city of Los Angeles. In early 2016, many of the ranch buildings were demolished, as they were deemed unsafe. A few buildings remain."
"he Murphy Ranch is a ranch built in Rustic Canyon, Los Angeles in the 1930s by Winona and Norman Stephens,[1][2] who were sympathizers of the anti-semitic, white supremacist Silver Legion of America.[3] The owner of record in 1933 was Jessie M. Murphy.[2] Designed as a base for Nazi activities in the U.S.,[4] it was intended to be capable of being self-sustaining for long periods. The compound had a water storage tank, a fuel tank, a bomb shelter, and various outbuildings and bunkers. The estate's main gate was designed by Paul Williams, a well-known African-American architect in the Southern California area.
On Monday, December 8, 1941, the day after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, local police occupied the compound and detained members of the 50-strong caretaker force.[5]
As of 1990, it was abandoned and in a state of disrepair, and covered in graffiti.[2] The site is currently owned by the city of Los Angeles. In early 2016, many of the ranch buildings were demolished, as they were deemed unsafe. A few buildings remain."
Note: This may or may not be Abell Thornton's Haines House #2. David Gebhard and Robert Winters in their book "Architecture in Los Angeles" have the Haines house listed at 247 Amalfi Dr. That house doesn't seem to fit their description, although it has been heavily remodeled. This house at 248 Amalfi Dr fits the description completely. A thorough search of the internet revealed nothing. If you find that I have put up the wrong house, please let me know.
__________
Haines House, 1951
Thornton M Abell
247 [248?] Amalfi Dr
A refined pavilion; sheathed in horizontal redwood and with a flat roof, brick chimney, and brick terraces.
Architecture in Los Angeles: A Compleat Guide
David Gebhard and Robert Winters
Pacific Palisades, South, No. 22.
The roof of this stable house lies partially collapsed, and there are at least three bee colonies living in the walls. Couldn't be more fun!
Marco Hellman Cabin
Alfred Heineman
38 Haldeman Rd
The log cabins, some of them authentic, some of them stagesets, are probably of chief interest. The first at 1 Latimer Road is the Kley House (1923), a log-faced lodge, now almost completely cut off from public view. It is probably by the Heinemans as are other log-faced cabins at 3 and 18 Latimer Road. Others are on Haldeman Road at 31, 32, and 34. At 36, 37, and 38 are authentically constructed log cabins in which 38, the Marco Hellman Cabin is the most interesting.
Tradition has it that this house, as well as those at 36 and 37 Haldeman Road, was part of a movie set transported to the canyon by Hellman, a very rich banker. Alfred Heineman who, under the firm name of his brother Arthur desiged the Hellman banks in the Los Angeles area, was responsible for the rustic decor of the interior of Hellman's own cabins and also for the exterior as well as interior design of Heather Hill (1922-23) at 7 Latimer Road, whose shingled roof in imitation of thach was a trademark of a number of Heineman houses in Pasadena.
Architecture in Los Angeles: A Compleat Guide
David Gebhard and Robert Winters
Pacific Palisades, South, No. 13 & 14.
__________
Marco H. Hellman, banker, b. Sept. 4, 1878 Los Angeles, Calif. son of Herman W. and Ida (Heimann) Hellman; m. Reta Davis, of Visalia, Calif. 1908. President of Hellman Commercial Trust & Savings Bank 1918. home: 3552 Lowery Road; office: 218 Herman W. Hellman Bldg. Los Angeles, Calif. notes: Bank later merged into Bank of America of Calif.
Wikipedia: homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~helman/whoswho.htm