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El Cabrillo is a two-story, ten-unit Spanish-style courtyard condominium building located at the southeast corner of Franklin Avenue and Grace Avenue in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. The Spanish Colonial Revival style building was designed by architects Arthur and Nina Zwebell and built in 1928 by movie mogul Cecil B. DeMille.
Gravesites include: Don Adams, Mel Blanc (epitaph reads "That's All Folks"), Cecil B. DeMille, Woody Herman, Peter Lorre, Tyrone Power, Bugsy Siegel, Rudolph Valentino and Fay Wray 129: Hollywood High School Historic District: Hollywood High School Historic District
Hollywood's Guaranty Building was built in 1923, with Gilbert Bessemyer as the owner [1] and Charlie Chaplin and Cecil B. DeMille included as investors. [2] The building features Beaux-Arts architecture and was designed by John C. Austin and Frederick M. Ashley, with John Austin and his partners noted at the time for their work on Los Angeles City Hall, Griffith Observatory, Cathedral of Saint ...
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Film mogul Cecil B. DeMille, a part owner of the Wilshire Blvd. restaurant, bought the building, a former chicken restaurant named Willard's, and converted it into a Brown Derby in 1940. It uniquely combined a formal restaurant with a dramatic domed ceiling with a more casual drive-in cafe outside.
The Los Angeles Conservancy said Friday afternoon that 32 properties it considered historic because of their architectural or cultural significance were consumed by the fires, which have destroyed ...
The Cecil Hotel in downtown Los Angeles was a hotel for nearly a century before the Skid Row Housing Trust began operating it in 2021 to provide affordable housing. (Al Seib / For The Times)
Built by a partnership headed by Sid Grauman over 18 months beginning in January 1926, the theater opened May 18, 1927, with the premiere of Cecil B. DeMille's The King of Kings. [3] It has since been home to many premieres, including the 1977 debut of Star Wars , [ 4 ] as well as many private events and three Academy Awards ceremonies.