The Andalusia (Los Angeles, California) Explained

The Andalusia
Designated Other1:LAHCM
Designated Other1 Date:May 16, 1989
Designated Other1 Number:435
Location:1471–1475 Havenhurst Dr., Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
Coordinates:34.0964°N -118.3669°W
Built:1926
Architect:Arthur and Nina Zwebell
Architecture:Spanish Colonial Revival
Added:August 21, 2003
Refnum:03000775

The Andalusia is an apartment building located at 1471-1475 Havenhurst Dr. in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, built in 1926 in Spanish Colonial Revival style. The building was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.[1] Additionally, it is designated as Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument No. 435.

History

Architects Arthur and Nina Zwebell designed the structure around a richly landscaped interior courtyard.[2] Materials used reflected those commonly used in the Spanish Colonial Revival, Mediterranean Revival, Moorish Revival, and Mission Revival traditions: exposed wooden beams, cantilevered beams, carved wood, wrought iron, terracotta roof tiles, lightly textured buff-colored stucco, cast concrete, and brick.[3] [4] [5] [6] Over the years, a cast of actors from the Golden Age of Hollywood lived at the Andalusia, including Sondra Locke, Clara Bow, Marlon Brando, Jean Hagen, John Payne, Teresa Wright, Louis L'Amour, Claire Bloom, and Cesar Romero.[7] Later, actor Jason Schwartzman occupied one of the units.[8] The building is located in a historic neighborhood south of Sunset Boulevard near the Chateau Marmont. The same block of Havenhurst Drive also includes two other apartment buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places: the Colonial House (1416 Havenhurst Dr.) and the Ronda (1400–1414 Havenhurst Dr.).

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. United States Department of the Interior National Park Service. August 21, 2003. September 28, 2022.
  2. News: Retrospect – L.A.. Los Angeles Times. 1984-02-05.
  3. Book: Robert Winter. An Arch Guidebook to Los Angeles. September 2009. Gibbs Smith. 978-1-4236-0893-6. 167–.
  4. Web site: Open House Obsession: Live Like a Silent Film Star in the Andalusia, $1.5M.
  5. Web site: The Andalusia West Hollywood - Barry Gray Real Estate | Los Angeles CA . 2020-07-08 . 2020-07-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200708203832/https://barrygray.com/the-andalusia/ . dead .
  6. Web site: Rent a One-Bedroom in WeHo's Lovely Andalusia for $3,000. 19 January 2015.
  7. Book: Stefanos Polyzoides. Roger Sherwood. James Tice. Courtyard Housing in Los Angeles. 1992. Princeton Architectural Press. 978-0-910413-53-4. 77–.
  8. Web site: Jason Schwartzman Lists Condo in Historic West Hollywood Building (EXCLUSIVE). May 2018.