Structure Type: built works - dwellings - houses - apartment houses

Designers: Zwebell, Arthur B. and Nina L, Architect and Designer (firm); Arthur B. Zwebell (architectural designer); Nina L. Zwebell (architectural designer)

Dates: constructed 1928

2 stories, total floor area: 19,045 sq. ft.

5200 Franklin Avenue
Los Feliz, Los Feliz, Los Angeles, CA 90027-3604

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Franklin Avenue and North Kingsley Drive; another address for Casa Laguna is 1855 North Kingsley Drive.

Building History

Designed by the husband-and-wife design team, Arthur (1891-1973) and Nina (1895-1976) Zwebell, the 19,045-square-foot Casa Andalusia contained 18 apartments and occupied a 24,393-square-foot lot. The property had space to park 22 vehicles. In 03/2013, the building had an asking price of $5.975 million. At this time, tit had most of original features including tilework, fireplaces, beamed ceiling, hardwood floors, and light fixtures.

Building Notes

According to LA Curbed.com, a two-bedroom rental unit in Casa Laguna cost $2495 per month rent in 2011; the article wrote: "'...The available apartment has two bedrooms and two bathrooms, each with bathtub and shower, beamed, thirty-foot-high ceiling, dining room, fireplace, original tile, original light fixtures, and restored original hardwood floors, French windows and doors, Juliet balconies, a new dishwasher, and "small private basement for storage.' Monthly rent is $2,495, plus $59 for each garage/covered parking space." (See "Two-Bedroom Townhouse in Hollywood's Historic Casa Laguna," LA Curbed, Posting from 12/12/2011, Accessed 06//24/2015.)

Los Angeles City Historical-Cultural Monument: ID n/a

Los Angeles County Assessor Number: 5544-010-017

PCAD id: 4768