Ennis House Tour

 

This house has been on my “must see” list for quite some time. In fact, in a very geeky move, I put it as a Google alert and that paid off when AIALA (The Los Angeles Chapter of The American Institute of Architects) announced their one day tour on Sunday, April 6, 2014. The tour was fantastic. The day was great.
From the eccentric millionaire Frederick Loren’s mansion in the original House on Haunted Hill (1959) (exterior), to Deckard’s apartment in Blade Runner (exterior), and Angel and Drusilla abode in Buffy season 2 and 3 (exterior), this place is a mecca for horror to sci-fi geeks.

Built in 1924 for retailer Charles Ennis and his wife Mabel, the Ennis House designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and built by his son, architect Lloyd Wright. The house is the last and largest of the Frank Lloyd Wright’s four Los Angeles-area “textile block” houses (following La Miniatura in Pasadena, and Storer and Freeman in Hollywood Hills) which feature patterned and perforated concrete blocks that give a unique textural appearance to both their exteriors and interiors. The house and chauffeur’s quarters span roughly 6,200 square feet and were constructed of more than 27,000 concrete blocks; all made by hand using decomposed granite extracted from the site.

The Ennis House is a designated city, state, and national landmark. Billionaire Ronald Burkle owns the home and is restoring it.

 

 

Address:

2607 Glendower Avenue., Los Angeles, California 90027

You can walk by and view the outside of the house from the street. Please note this is a private residence, do not bother them. Do not trespass on their property. Don’t bother the neighbors. I recommend parking at the bottom of Glendower and walking up. A nice hike that will get your heart pumping.

Keeping abreast of news on the Ennis House through the LA Conservancy or the Los Angeles Chapter of The American Institute of Architects will provide other tour dates if they occur.