Kerkhoff House, located at 734 West Adams Boulevard is a grand mansion in the English Tudor Style. Built by architects Hunt & Eager, it is situated on the campus of the University of Southern California and is now part of the school. Declared a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument in 1994 (No. 606).

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The house was designed for Ellwood De Garmo, a Director of the Los Feliz Improvement Association by Kemper Nomland in 1929. The architect studied architecture at Columbia University before practicing in New York, Seattle, and then Los Angeles. He worked with Albert C. Martin in 1922, Marston Van Pelt & Maybury (1923–1925) Austin, Martin & Parkinson (1926–1927); Kemper Nomland Jr. after 1928; and Hunt & Chambers from 1942-1944. Together with his son Kemper Nomland Jr. they designed one of the Case Study Houses in 1947 at 711 San Rafael Avenue in Pasadena.

Located at 3855 Carnavon Way in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles.

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I have driven by this delightful Storybook style house in Los Feliz hundreds of times, fascinated by its charm. The house has a French Provincial aesthetic with its Normandy tower and steep gables wtih rolled eaves. It has recently undergone a facelift, highlighed by the lovely new landscaping and stone walkway, designed by Nicole Hammacher and David Hamre of H&H Design Group. Nicole writes, "the “Gingerbread-Design” house, built in the late 20s by the Disney Studios, can probably tell stories. As one tale goes, the Disney executives used the house to entertain their “mistresses”! When we removed the pre-existing plants from the front of the house, we discovered long-buried ‘20s ironwork and other charming details hidden behind the towering jungle of junipers and Birds of Paradise that had grown up and over the house. The multi-layered design includes a limestone pathway, courtyard, and driveway…a glass-and-iron, half-moon cocktail bar attached to the courtyard, custom-built by David, as well as horticultural elements of: rare, dwarf peppermint trees; specially selected Malibu boulders; a wide array of ornamental grasses; as well as an antique burgundy birdbath surrounded by butterfly-loving plants".

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Architect Arthur Stibolt designed the 16-room mansion for contractor Donald L. Hunter in 1929. Built at the apex of the European revival period in Los Angeles, this imposing and largely unadulterated example of Tudor architecture is offered for the first time since 1950 for $1,595,000. Architectural expert J.R. Davidson of Keller Williams Larchmont has the listing. The main level is anchored by a grand, open-beamed living room with an adjoining lounge featuring original stained glass. The home is located at 3648 Shannon Road in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles.

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Architects Meyer & Holler designed the English Tudor style residence for oil producer William M. Armstrong and his wife Dove M. Armstrong in 1920. The house is located in the upscale neighborhood of Hancock Park in the city of Los Angeles. The neighborhood was named after George Alan Hancock; as owner of the Racho La Brea Oil Company, Alan Hancock (1875 –1965) became very wealthy, allowing him to pursue a life of philanthropy. He was the prime mover in the development of Hancock Park and also served as Vice President of Los Angeles Hibernian Bank, Treasurer of the Los Angeles Symphony Association, and president of the Automobile Association of Southern California. He also owned the Santa Maria Valley Railroad. His enduring gifts to the City of Los Angeles include the La Brea Tar Pits and the Alan Hancock Foundation at the University of Southern California. The foundation at USC that he founded in his name houses a museum and an auditorium; four rooms display furnishings rescued from the palace of Emperor Maximilian in Mexico City (demolished in 1936) and the furnishings from the Hancock House c.1907, which stood at the corner of Wilshire Blvd. and Vermont Avenue.

The brick Tudor is located at 504 South Plymouth Boulevard. The house has has 6 bedrooms and five baths in 9,220 sq. ft. Please do not use this image in any media without my permission. © All rights reserved.

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