Post #777291 by ZuluMagoo on Wed, Jun 28, 2017 8:41 AM

On 2010-11-28 12:25, Bora Boris wrote:
Nice work DC,

what I've been wondering about that house for a while is how do we find the address to see if it's still standing?

I found a short article in the Los Angeles Times about Donn's 1-acre plantation in Encino.

The article is titled "Samoa in the San Fernando Valley"

These two pictures ran with the story

The following year Donn's place was listed for sale in the LA Times classified ads

It looks like Donn only lived there for a short period of time (1941-1949). The ad lists the address of the home as 5047 Encino Ave.

Google image from 2017 shows the large 1 acre site. Its hard to tell if the original house is still standing but improved and expanded, the photos don't match that up well. However, skylights are still visible and the original story references a solarium.

[ Edited by: ZuluMagoo 2017-06-28 08:46 ]