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Though originally constructed in 1926, this stately six-bedroom home was given a characteristically over-the-top makeover by onetime owner John Elgin Woolf. The architect reportedly lived in the home in the late fifties and early sixties, before moving on to a modernist home that Craig Ellwood designed for Arts & Architecture’s influential Case Study series. (Woolf and his partner, interior designer Robert Koch Woolf, also gave that home a thorough remodel in their signature Hollywood Regency style.)
Located in the “Crest Streets” neighborhood just north of Beverly Hills, the 5,367-square-foot home is situated on a nearly half-acre lot with pristine views across the LA Basin. Not surprisingly, then, the listing notes that buyers could “[b]ring this iconic home back to life or start from scratch with one of the best parcels Los Angeles has to offer.”
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Should new owners choose the latter option, they’ll be saying goodbye to high, vaulted ceilings, hardwood floors, a pair of fireplaces, ornate columns, mirrored walls, five (presumably pastel-colored) bathrooms, and a particularly regal gazebo. Asking price is $6,274,995.
To see more of the home, check out this excerpt from its appearance on Million Dollar Listing.
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