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"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.
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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.
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.
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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
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.
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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
Takumar-A Macro zoom. 28mm F-3.5 / 80mm F-4.5. Mounted on PENTAX K20D digital body. Photoshop photo-merge of 6 interior flash images.
Here you can see one of the artists working on the Robot piece.
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.
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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
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.
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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
"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.
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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.
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.
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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
Kley House
Alfred Heineman
1 Latimer 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.
Architecture in Los Angeles: A Compleat Guide
David Gebhard and Robert Winters
Pacific Palisades, South, No. 13.
At first glance this house blends into the neighborhood as just another mid-century tract house, unimportant and uninspired. Given that it was designed and built in 1946 by J R Davidson gives it a slightly different perspective. By today's standards it may not be all that interesting, but I'm sure then it was more unusual. . . maybe.
- Kansas Sebastian
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Kinglsley Houses, 1946
J R Davidson
1920 and 1930 Amalfi Dr [Note: 1920 Amalfi Dr has been completely remoddled or rebuilt. Of the two houses, 1930 Amalfi Dr is the lone survivor.]
Absolutely simple buider's houses distinguished only by the name of their architect.
Architecture in Los Angeles: A Compleat Guide
David Gebhard and Robert winters
Pacific Paliisades, South, No. 31
Kley House
Alfred Heineman
1 Latimer 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.
Architecture in Los Angeles: A Compleat Guide
David Gebhard and Robert Winters
Pacific Palisades, South, No. 13.
Canyon Elementary School, 1894
Northeast of intersection of Ocean Ave and Channel Rd (421 Entrada Dr.)
A nice Classical Revival one-room schoolhouse (now a children's library) said to be the second oldest school building in Los Angeles County.
Architecture in Los Angeles: A Compleat Guide
David Gebhard and David Winters
Pacific Palisades, South, No. 3.
Legend has it that this VW once belonged to Gary Hinman, a man murdered by Charles Manson's followers in July, 1969. It now lies wrecked and rusted in Rustic Canyon, near the ruins of a supposed Nazi-sympathizer compound built in the 1930s.
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.
These are the remains of a greenhouse where they would raise much of the food they would need to wait out the war.
Read the details about the abandoned Nazi compound in Santa Monica at SoCal Hiker.
with white chocolate, macadamia, chocolate mint, "consomme" of the pods
Rustic Canyon Wine Bar and Seasonal Kitchen
1119 Wilshire Boulevard, Santa Monica, CA
310.393.7050
twitter: @frodnesor
"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."
Canyon Elementary School, 1894
Northeast of intersection of Ocean Ave and Channel Rd (421 Entrada Dr.)
A nice Classical Revival one-room schoolhouse (now a children's library) said to be the second oldest school building in Los Angeles County.
Architecture in Los Angeles: A Compleat Guide
David Gebhard and David Winters
Pacific Palisades, South, No. 3.
Wadsworth Chapel (at West LA VA) was built 1900, and is the oldest building on Wilshire Blvd. Veteran's Park Conservancy and others have struggled to raise renovation funds.
1119 WIlshire Boulevard, Santa Monica, California
310.393.7050
twitter: @frodnesor
instagram: @frodnesor
OK. Maybe half a second. We found this guy behind the drained community pool. We almost broke our necks walking through the brush back there.
Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! add ye year to year; let them kill sacrifices..
Isaiah 29:10 King James Version
View On Black Large
ruins of a Nazi compound in Rustic Canyon, CA
Nikon 1 V1
Nikkor 10-30mm f/3.5-5.6 VR
Kley House
Alfred Heineman
1 Latimer 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.
Architecture in Los Angeles: A Compleat Guide
David Gebhard and Robert Winters
Pacific Palisades, South, No. 13.
Ruins in the Rustic Canyon compound. Nearby is a small concrete bunker accesible only by a manhole cover.
"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."
Putting a red patio umbrella to good use.
www.timkellerphotography.com/BlogsTKP/2014/JulAugLAphotos...
"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."