El Cadiz Apartments
| El Cadiz Apartments | |
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 Interactive map of the El Cadiz Apartments area | |
General information | |
| Type | Apartment building |
Architectural style | Spanish Colonial Revival/Andalusian |
| Location | 1721 N. Sycamore Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 34°06′09″N 118°20′37″W / 34.1024°N 118.3436°W |
| Completed | 1937 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Milton J. Black |
| Designated | April 27, 2004 |
| Reference no. | 775 |
El Cadiz Apartments is a historic apartment building located at 1721 North Sycamore Avenue in Hollywood, California. It was declared Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument No. 775 in 2005.
History
[edit]El Cadiz Apartments was designed by Milton J. Black and built in 1937.[1]
The building was restored by Ryland Hawkins in 2003[2] and bought by the Church of Scientology for $4.6 million ($8.05 million in 2025) that same year.[3] It was declared Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument No. 775 six months after its purchase,[3] on April 27, 2004.[4]
Architecture and design
[edit]El Cadiz Apartments features a courtyard and a Spanish Colonial Revival/Andalusian design.[5][6] The building’s garage is in its basement.[7]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Historic-Cultural Monument Application for the Lewis Apartments" (PDF). City of Los Angeles. November 15, 2007.
- ↑ Michelson, Alan. "El Cadiz Apartments". Pacific Coast Architecture Database. University of Washington. Retrieved May 15, 2025.
- 1 2 Goodyear, Dana (January 7, 2008). "Chateau Scientology". The New Yorker.
- ↑ "Historical Cultural Monuments List" (PDF). City of Los Angeles. Retrieved July 9, 2024.
- ↑ "Historic Resource - El Cadiz Apartments 1721 N Sycamore Ave". City of Los Angeles. August 1, 2014.
- ↑ Whiteson, Leon (February 11, 1990). "The Graceful Lines of Streamline Moderne". Los Angeles Times.
- ↑ Winter, Robert (2009). An Architectural Guidebook to Los Angeles. Gibbs Smith. p. 178. ISBN 978-1-4236-0893-6.
