The building permit for this home was issued on July 7, 1919. This illustration in the June 15, 1919,
Los Angeles Times
might show 612 S. Lorraine:
Proquest via LAPL
Yes, I know it says 524 Plymouth. The article with the drawing says 524 Plymouth was being built for Harry S. Goldberg.
But he lived at 424 S. Plymouth, which does not look like the drawing. Also, there is no 524 S. Plymouth. There is a 528,
but it doesn't look like the drawing either, plus it wasn't built until 1926.
So I kept poking around, because the home in the drawing looks somewhat like this Windsor Square home, shown in the
April 1920
The Architect and Engineer of California:
HathiTrust
I drove the Googlemobile around Windsor Square until I got to 612 S. Lorraine:
Mar 2015 GSV
Mar 2015 GSV
This looks west with the rear of 612 S. Lorraine in the upper left corner. At lower right is the
Getty House at 605 S. Irving, the
official residence of Los Angeles mayors. Your back yard is looking pretty green for the middle of a drought, Mayor Garcetti!
Bing Maps
Even with politicians living at 605 S. Irving, 612 S. Lorraine has probably been the scene of more jokes. A December 3, 1986,
building permit shows 612 S. Lorraine was the home of comedian
Shecky Greene, who is exactly one month older than comedian
Don Rickles:
LADBS