Higgins-Verbeck-Hirsch House (Los Angeles, California)
USA /
California /
West Hollywood /
Los Angeles, California /
South Lucerne Boulevard, 637 South
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/ USA
/ California
/ West Hollywood
World / United States / California
house, movie / film / TV location, historic landmark
637 S Lucerne Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90005
Originally built for Hiram Higgins in 1902 on three lots at 2619 Wilshire Blvd. The house is predominately Queen Anne Victorian style with Romanesque and Colonial Revival accents and designed by architect John Austin. It was sold in 1919 to Howard Verbeck, an interior designer, who used it as offices of his Potter Park Studio in addition to a residence for him and his wife.
In 1923, the Verbecks purchased the property at 637 S. Lucerne Blvd. and moved the home in two pieces at 1 a.m. on June 28, 1924. Twelve trucks, owned by George R. Kress' house moving company, hoisted the rear half of the mansion off its foundation and moved it while 100 guests, including the mayor, partied in the house during the four-hour journey down Wilshire.
From the Great Depression of the 1930s until the Hirschs bought the mansion at the end of 1986, it fell into neglect and disrepair. During that time it had been used as a retirement home for nuns, a mission, an office building and a rooming house for young people in the entertainment industry.
Now owned by Perry and Peggy Hirsch, the house is used as a movie and television shooting location, starring in: “Willard,” “Ben,” “Witchboard,” “Addams Family Halloween Special,” “Mae West,” “Inner Sanctum II,” “Secret Games 3,” “Life without Dick,” “Out on a Limb” and “Masked and Anonymous.”
In 1988, the house was designated as one of the city’s cultural-historic monuments.
Los Angeles, CA 90005
Originally built for Hiram Higgins in 1902 on three lots at 2619 Wilshire Blvd. The house is predominately Queen Anne Victorian style with Romanesque and Colonial Revival accents and designed by architect John Austin. It was sold in 1919 to Howard Verbeck, an interior designer, who used it as offices of his Potter Park Studio in addition to a residence for him and his wife.
In 1923, the Verbecks purchased the property at 637 S. Lucerne Blvd. and moved the home in two pieces at 1 a.m. on June 28, 1924. Twelve trucks, owned by George R. Kress' house moving company, hoisted the rear half of the mansion off its foundation and moved it while 100 guests, including the mayor, partied in the house during the four-hour journey down Wilshire.
From the Great Depression of the 1930s until the Hirschs bought the mansion at the end of 1986, it fell into neglect and disrepair. During that time it had been used as a retirement home for nuns, a mission, an office building and a rooming house for young people in the entertainment industry.
Now owned by Perry and Peggy Hirsch, the house is used as a movie and television shooting location, starring in: “Willard,” “Ben,” “Witchboard,” “Addams Family Halloween Special,” “Mae West,” “Inner Sanctum II,” “Secret Games 3,” “Life without Dick,” “Out on a Limb” and “Masked and Anonymous.”
In 1988, the house was designated as one of the city’s cultural-historic monuments.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 34°3'44"N 118°19'29"W
- Hollywood Walk of Fame 4.9 km
- Los Angeles State Historic Park (The Cornfield) 8.3 km
- Rose Bowl Stadium 18 km
- Will Rogers State Historic Park 18 km
- Grand Prix of Long Beach Circuit 35 km
- Chatsworth Nature Preserve and Reservoir (site) 36 km
- King Gillette Ranch Park 36 km
- Kumekichi Ishibashi Ranch (site) 37 km
- Angels Gate Park / Fort MacArthur Upper Reservation (former) 38 km
- Los Angeles Air Force Base, Fort MacArthur Annex 38 km
- Wilshire Park 0.8 km
- Windsor Square 0.9 km
- Country Club Park 1.4 km
- Hancock Park HPOZ 1.4 km
- Mid-Wilshire 1.7 km
- Koreatown 1.8 km
- Arlington Heights 1.9 km
- Miracle Mile 2.4 km
- Fairfax 2.9 km
- Mid-City 3.9 km
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