Current Listings as of 7/29/10

3552 Lowry Rd.
Los Feliz

First time on the market in 50 years! Outstanding 5 bedroom, 4.5 bath ‘30s Mediterranean with wrap-around views from Palos Verdes to Mt. Baldy. Original character touches throughout. Master suite with dressing area; Four additional bedrooms; two en suite with outside entrances. Front garden affords elegant set-back from street; rear garden’s mature plantings and trees provide great privacy. Room for pool. 3 fireplaces; den; family room; sun porch; bonus rooms--space for many needs. Magnesite entry hall and stairs. Step-down living room. Prime site. Well-maintained and awaiting your judicious touches. 3,516 square feet per the assessor.

$1,299,000

2325 N. Beachwood Dr.
Beachwood Canyon

Rare opportunity to acquire a pride-of-ownership 5-plex in the heart of ever-popular Beachwood Canyon. 2 Buildings: a 1928 Mediterranean 4-plex with a 5th unit above the detached 4-car garage with rear entrance off a mews. Impeccably maintained. Ideal owner-user. 4 units to be vacant at close of escrow. Updated systems, kitchens and baths; formal dining rooms; high ceilings; large rms; hardwood flooring; washer and dryer in each unit. Short distance to neighborhood amenities. Buyer to cooperate with seller’s 1031 exchange at no cost or obligation to buyer.

$1,995,000

Sumner Spaulding Estate
3659 Shannon Road
Los Feliz

6 bedrooms, 5 baths in 6,408 square feet on a 17,031 square foot lot

A sprawling and historic estate in the hills of Los Feliz has come onto the market. Built by noted architects, Walter Webber and Sumner Spaulding, the 6,408 square foot, seven bedroom, five bath home straddles two lots on almost four-tenths of an acre. Facing south, the home enjoys commanding views of the San Gabriel Mountains and city lights below. Much updating in recent years has been done sympathetically so as to preserve the historic character of the structure while meeting contemporary needs.

Walter Webber and Sumner Spaulding were, in their era, two of the great L.A. architects. The year this house was built, 1928, Webber and Spaulding also designed the casino in Avalon on Catalina Island. Webber is best known for building the landmark Japanese-inspired home in the Hollywood Hills now known as the Yamashiro restaurant. Together, they were responsible for work at Pomona College and the Malaga Cove Plaza. Spaulding worked on designs for the pre-World War II downtown master plan, the prop-era LAX, Pico Gardens Public Housing and Westchester High School, in addition to numerous private homes for prominent Angelenos.

A longtime prior owner, William F. McKenna, was also notable. He had a distinguished career in the Federal government’s housing arena from the Eisenhower administration, as an anti-racketeering investigator, to the Reagan era, when he chaired the President’s Commission on Housing . He founded a prominent, nationwide law firm, McKenna, Conner and Coneo, and was an important figure in the development of affordable housing.

The style of the house is unusual for its era in that it presages a later idiom. The style is an amalgam of Southern Colonial and Traditional, wrapped in a brick veneer. The details, craftsmanship and materials are first-rate, as are the overall floor plan and site, which is a double lot. The effect of the house is akin to the currently in-vogue “Hollywood Regency”, which was popular from the mid-‘30s through the ‘50s. New landscaping frames the recently-added pool. Elegant, high-ceilinged rooms open onto broad patios, lawns, grounds and views.

$2,299,000

2131 Cedarhurst Drive
Los Feliz

Grand '30s tudor manor with downtown & city lights views & swimmers' pool. Impressive scale & size w/ 3 stories. Elegant & historic street. Southern exposure opens most rooms to sunshine & city views. Quality original character details throughout. Original hardwood floors & distinctive paneling. Ornately carved fireplace interiors. Updates include new roof, kitchen w/ viking, sub-zero, custom woodwork & marble surfaces. Includes steam shower, outdoor spa & sauna. Recording/editing rm. Celebrity provenance.

$1,599,000