El Cabrillo
- Year
- 1928
- Style
- Spanish Colonial Revival
- City
- Los Angeles, CA
El Cabrillo is a two-story, ten-unit Spanish Colonial Revival courtyard condominium at the corner of Franklin and Grace Avenues in Hollywood, designed by architects Arthur and Nina Zwebell and built in 1928 by movie mogul Cecil B. DeMille. It quickly became one of the most fashionable addresses in Hollywood through the late 1920s and 1930s, a reputation the Los Angeles Times says it has kept. The building is a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
the building
Brick construction. El Cabrillo is the only building the Zwebells designed using brick, a sturdier material than the stucco and wood they used on their other Hollywood courtyard buildings.
A film location. The building has continued its Hollywood ties as a sought-after filming location, appearing in HBO's "Perry Mason" remake, Ryan Murphy's "Hollywood", Fox's "911", and as the main character's home in the series "Chuck".
the style
Arthur and Nina Zwebell designed a number of Spanish-style courtyard buildings in 1920s Hollywood; El Cabrillo, built in 1928 for Cecil B. DeMille, was the only one they built in brick rather than their usual stucco and wood.
More on Spanish Colonial Revivalsignificance
El Cabrillo is a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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