Chateau des Fleurs (Hollywood)
Historic apartment building in California
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The Chateau des Fleurs is an historic apartment building located at 6626 W. Franklin Ave. in Hollywood, California. It was built in 1927 and designated Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument #799 in 2005.
History
The Chateau des Fleurs was established by Carl and Winifred Raab as an investment opportunity. [1] They purchased the property, upon which stood the original home of directors Jack Conway and Howard Hawks, and replaced it with the French Norman[2] 137-room apartment complex designed by Meyer-Radon Brothers.[2]
Trivia
- Actor Peter Graves's wife lived in the Chateau des Fleurs in the late 1940s and early '50s.[3]
- Cinematographer Karl Freund resided in the building in 1930.[1]
- Photographer Man Ray lived in the building with Juliet Brower in 1940.[1]
