If the Tudor mansion was indeed at 249 S. Bristol (NW corner of Bristol and Hanover) it was owned by John Schumacher, the founder of
Southwestern University (the law school that's now located inside of Bullocks Wilshire). He died in 1944 and the furnished home was on the market for at least 4 years and marked down before selling to a developer who built the current home there in 1957.
LAT9/19/44
LAT11/9/52
LAT1/31/54
LAT 3/25/56
Demolition permit 3/29/56
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Originally Posted by Flyingwedge
That looks a lot like the home built in 1906-07 by Fredrick Charlesworth Paulin:
(Both) December 12, 1920, Los Angeles Times @ Newspapers.com
July 15, 1906, Los Angeles Times @ Newspapers.com
Here's an early sketch and description from the February 26, 1907, Los Angeles Times. The house looked a bit different as-built:
Newspapers.com
Euclid Avenue and Grand Boulevard in Brentwood Park (circled in yellow below) is now I believe Hanover Street and S. Bristol Avenue.
I'd guess the Paulin home was on the NW corner. Here's the area on a 1910 map, with 26th Street running along the left edge and
San Vicente diagonally across the bottom half:
Santa Monica Public Library
Mr. Paulin died at his Brentwood Park home, age 54, on October 26, 1915. |