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Old Posted Mar 31, 2012, 8:04 PM
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Daily Bungalow

I recently came across a photostream including a portfolio of one of the many American
house-plan companies of the prewar era. E.W. Stillwell & Co. was based in downtown Los
Angeles. As I looked through some of its houses on the photostream, one in particular
caught my eye... something about its roof vents:

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There may have been other houses built in L.A. using the same plan, but it looks to me like
the plan-book photo just above is of the familar Colonial I'd posted here before and had
managed to connect with '20s star Colleen Moore....


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Originally Posted by GaylordWilshire View Post
I love...Los Angeles variations on American Colonial houses, often found in the Wilshire District.... Here's one at 1231 S. Gramercy, lived in by Colleen Moore in 1923 (per the LACD):

image-archeology.com

"Near Los Angeles"? It's practically dead center! At least now it is.... Anyway, it too still stands:

Google Street View
The odd roof vents appear to be echoed in a structure (a garage?) to the rear. (Where's the
plaque?)

I'm sure that many if not all built examples of Stillwell's plans were in Los Angeles...I'm going to be on the lookout for the others
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