El Greco Apartments
- Architects
- Pierpont Davis Walter Swindell Davis Davis and Davis
- Year
- 1929
- Style
- Spanish Colonial Revival
- City
- Los Angeles, CA
El Greco Apartments is a twelve-unit, two-story Spanish Colonial Revival building at 817-823 North Hayworth Avenue, designed by architect Clara Bertram Humphrey and modeled after the Toledo, Spain home of the painter El Greco. Built in 1929 as one of the original buildings in Westwood Village, it housed film figures including Erich von Stroheim, Michael Curtiz, and Joel McCrea. Facing demolition for a condominium project in the 1980s, it was saved by tenant protests and moved to the Fairfax district, where it was converted into low-income senior housing.
the building
Modeled on El Greco's house. Architect Clara Bertram Humphrey based the design on the home of the painter El Greco in Toledo, Spain, giving the building its name along with its red tile roof and brick detailing.
the style
Built 1929-30 in the Spanish-Mediterranean mode common to 1920s Los Angeles, the El Greco is credited with strongly influencing the architectural style of Westwood Village's original buildings.
More on Spanish Colonial Revivalsignificance
El Greco Apartments is Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument #231, designated November 3, 1988, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Threatened with demolition in the 1980s, it was saved by tenant protests, relocated from Westwood Village to the Fairfax district, and converted into low-income senior housing.
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