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Building History

Between at least 1940 and 1942, the radio actor Chester Harris Lauck, Sr., (born 02/09/1902 in Alleene, AR-d. 02/21/1980 in AR) resided at 815 North Rexford Drive in Beverly Hills, CA, with his wife Harriett Leila Wood (born 12/10/1907 in AR-d. 07/1995 in AR); their three children, Shirley Lauck (born c. 1928 in AR), Nancy Lauck (born c. 1933 in AR) and Chester Lauck, Jr. (born c. 1940 in CA); his mother-in-law Desdemona Wood (born c. 1888 in LA); a nurse, Frances Keenen (born c. 1916 in OK); chauffeur Elmer Johnson (born c. 1915 in MO); and cook Gladys Johnson (born c. 1915 in MO). The house had an estimated value of $35,000 in 1940, about 12 times the national average. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1940; Census Place: Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California; Roll: m-t0627-00221; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 19-39, accessed 05/01/2024.)

Lauck relocated to CA sometime between 1933 and 1939 to take on radio announcing work.

By 1950, Lauck and his family had moved to a house in Brentwood, CA, at 12813 Sunset Boulevard. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; Roll: 5055; Page: 79; Enumeration District: 66-796, accessed 05/01/2024.)

PCAD id: 25185