Witch's House aka Spadena House
E_R did a series of three posts about this house in 2012, including a history of it. (The house was originally
located in Culver City, built for the Willat Movie Studio.)
The newly posted (on NLA) photo above shows Ward Lascelle, a producer who worked with Willat, standing outside
of the Witch's House shortly after it was moved to Beverly Hills. He bought the structure because it was going to be
demolished.
E_R's posts:
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=6737
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=6738
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=6739
Gaylord Wilshire added some different GSV views of the property and a historic photo:
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=6742
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=20562
And
3940dxer drove by and took a few personal photos:
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=8147
I also seem to recall a post by someone who had constructed a model of it.
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UPDATE: I found the post of the "model" that
whizbang built of this house. The first link has a color vintage postcard of the house and the second link is a photo of his model.
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=20926
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=20925
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None of these posts has any INTERIORS of the house. I just found an article from last November in the
Los Angeles Magazine:
Exclusive: Sneak a Peak inside the Witch's House of Beverly Hills
The current owner, Michael J. Libow, is interviewed. Some historic photos and information are presented; for example:
The reason many refer to it as the "Spadena House" is that
Ward Lascelle’s wife, Lillian, "divorced" Ward, kept the
house, and then married the house boy/guest/man servant, whose last name was Spadena. Lillian took over the house’s
legacy.
Here's a photo of the house under construction at the Willat Studios in Culver City:
An interior image from 1933:
Here are a few current interior shots from the article:
And outside:
This is last Halloween night, Friday, October 31, 2014. (The article includes a short video
of that night, around 35 seconds, where 4,000 trick-or-treaters were expected.
Many more photos are in the article:
HERE!