Architect Alfred Rosenheim's Self-Designed Former Mansion Hits Market For $4.5 Million

Via Curbed LA: Architect Alfred Rosenheim, known for designing Los Angeles monuments such as downtown's Hellman Building, the Hamburger Department Store, and the Eugene W. Britt House, designed this as a home for himself in the early 1900s. Now a registered Los Angeles Cultural Monument, this Country Club Park mansion is on the market for $4.5 million. The three-story, 10,440 square foot house has six bedrooms, five bathrooms and sits on almost an acre of land alongside a former chapel that is now used as a recording studio. Details like stained-glass windows and silver and gold leaf painted ceilings complete the estate's classic, elegant look and, according to the official listing, evoke "the quality and grandeur of a bygone era."

Photos by Cameron Carothers, courtesy of the official listing with Brad Downs, Rodeo Realty.

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peacekitten said on 3 Thursday 2011 pm28 1:06 pm: this house has some amazing bones, but i'm starting to seriously wonder what on earth has happened to the art of interior decorating.    the house on its own though, is amazing.  the wide hallways, the attention to detail, and the way it was thought out for a living space are really wonderful.

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[Hardyman1966]

03:08 PM on 02/03/2011

Perfect L.A. in every way!

[peacekitten]

01:06 PM on 02/03/2011

this house has some amazing bones, but i'm starting to seriously wonder what on earth has happened to the art of interior decorating.    the house on its own though, is amazing.  the wide hallways, the attention to detail, and the way it was thought out for a living space are really wonderful.

[andthatsnotall]

03:49 PM on 02/02/2011

#22 & #23 the bright blue and green painted walls were a bit jarring.

Overall, the house was lovely. I'm a sucker for natural wood and arched doorways.

The backyard? meh I have a house on 2.3 acres, rolling, wooded, creek on the side so that backyard just looks unkempt, IMO. But I don't live in California so I don't know how scarce property is for houses there. Maybe that backyard is a pretty big deal for folks in California.

[makebofapay]

02:11 PM on 02/03/2011

An acre is a lot of property because this house is not in a rural location. As far as landscaping goes, water is very expensive. Even though we've had a lot of rain lately, we can only legally water our lawns twice a week before 9:00am or after 4:00pm.

[andthatsnotall]

05:00 PM on 02/03/2011

Thanks for the info. I had no idea water was at such a premium. The front looks great, BTW, but I still think the back needs some work. My last house was on 10 acres and I had my own well. Never had to pay for water, just the electric to run the johns and aerate the septic, so I guess I got lucky not having to pay for water.

[zest]

10:05 AM on 02/02/2011

Got A/C?

[Mij13]

01:00 AM on 02/02/2011

It's lovely, for what it is. I just wouldn't want to live in a house like this.

[Widespread Panic]

04:28 PM on 02/01/2011

Beautiful. The ornate detailing in the stair case, the wood beams and floors, the land...simply breathtaking!

[mekotodo]

09:09 PM on 02/01/2011

I agree the house itself is very nice and the materials could never be duplicated in this day and age.

But the "land" ??

People, do you know where this property is located? Would you spend $4.5 mil to live there? Didn't think so. When I was in college I lived about 10 blocks from this address. It was hell. Helicopters almost every night. It was always looking over your shoulder. Dirty, congested and smelly. And I'm no country boy, I've lived in even tougher places than Koreatown (and I was there during the 1992 riots.) Take a look at the map. If you know LA, you'll know what I'm talking about.

This would make a great place for a recording company or media business, or something along those lines. But I certainly would think twice about raising a family there. Nice house but it's going to be a hard sell until the right party comes along.

[Widespread Panic]

09:42 PM on 02/01/2011

Sorry, I used the term "land" loosely. I don't know the area, I'm just going by the pictures. I'm so used to seeing houses built in LA (and other major cities) on very little land, that when I saw a patch of grass I assumed it had a nice chunk of land. :-)

[anastasiabeaverhousen]

03:42 PM on 02/01/2011

Amazing.

[mekotodo]

02:28 PM on 02/01/2011

I dunno. I mean it's a beautifully built place and no doubt made of quality materials. But I've lived here most all my life and this sort of house just doesn't quite work in Southern CA. It would be great in Connecticut, Massachusetts, or NY. Or Chicago. But this place isn't too conducive to "CA living." Here it's about light and openness and outdoor space. And as somebody already mentioned the neighborhood is pretty dicey these days (in LA it's all about location, too.) All of Rosenheim's buildings are this turn-of-the-century period style which was at a time when LA was trying to emulate New York and Chicago.

For $4.5 mil there are plenty of other (and bright and open) places to choose.

[nailinpalinnow]

05:02 AM on 02/08/2011

You keep your tree house, I'll take this castle.

[drmdj]

01:59 PM on 02/01/2011

I love this house. The neighborhood on the other hand, not so much. It's very sketchy around there and whoever buys this house would do well to have a couple of rottweilers on hand.

[studioh!]

01:53 PM on 02/01/2011

picture hangers! where are my picture hangers?

goin' to the chapel, and we're goin' to make a record, and...

[IsabelRingin]

01:51 PM on 02/01/2011

I don't know...doesn't really look like a home. Looks more like a hunting lodge. The kind of place Dick Cheney might go.

[MFS001]

01:33 PM on 02/01/2011

Beautiful. Great character.

[lachihuahua]

01:09 PM on 02/01/2011

Beautiful home. Could do without the tourquoise room though! (nn)

[Tartfuel]

02:17 PM on 02/01/2011

Paint will get rid of that easily enough.

[aristippe]

12:41 PM on 02/01/2011

so i need five roomates anybody in?

[ponderingmuch]

03:40 PM on 02/01/2011

I'm in.

[Ricardo01]

12:27 PM on 02/01/2011

Beautiful house. Beautiful subdivision. Too bad it abuts a nasty neighborhood.