PCAD - Bryant, Leland A., Architectural Designer

Detail of the Churrigueresque ornamentation above the windows of the Fountain Avenue facade, Romanesque Villa Apartments, West Hollywood, CA, 2017. From Google Maps/Street View

Exterior view of La Leyenda Apartments, Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA, 2011. From Google Maps/Street View

Exterior view of the Fountain Avenue facade of the Romanesque Villa Apartments, West Hollywood, CA, 2019. From Google Maps/Street View

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Leland Arthur Bryant

Active 1924-

Firm Notes

Leland Bryant (1890-1954) operated an architectural design practice in Los Angeles, CA, in the late 1920s. During his relatively short career in Los Angeles, Bryant produced a large number of elegant, revivalistic apartment buildings in Hollywood and other neighborhoods of the city.

PCAD id: 1492

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Buildings and other works

Name	Date	City	State
Afton Arms Apartments, Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA	1924	Los Angeles	CA
Colonial House Apartments, West Hollywood, CA	1930-1931	West Hollywood	CA
Country Club Manor Apartments, Hancock Park, Los Angeles, CA	1926	Los Angeles	CA
Crystal Pier Beach Club, Santa Monica, CA	1926
Fontenoy Apartments, Los Angeles, CA		Los Angeles	CA
La Fontaine Apartments, West Hollywood, CA	1928	West Hollywood	CA
La Leyenda Apartments, Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA		Los Angeles	CA
Park Lane Apartments, Los Angeles, CA	1927
Romanesque Villa Apartments, West Hollywood, CA	1928	West Hollywood	CA
Sunset Tower Apartment Building, West Hollywood, CA	1929-1931	West Hollywood	CA
Trianon Residential Apartments, Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA	1929-1930	Los Angeles	CA
Voltaire Apartments, Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA	1928	West Hollywood	CA

Publications

"Sunset Tower", Architect and Engineer, back cover, 04/1934. "Sunset Tower", Architectural Digest, 8: 4, 50-51, 1931. Wanamaker, Marc, Nudelman, Robert W., Early Hollywood, 94, 2007. "Advertisement", Elle Decor, 132, 68, 12/2006. "Plans for the Afton Arms Apartments", Hollywood Citizen, 11, 1925-01-10. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, Los Angeles An Architectural Guide, 141, 1994. "Plans for Country Club Manor Apartments, Los Angeles", Los Angeles Examiner, 3, 1926-05-02. "Plans for the Afton Arms Apartments, Hollywood", Los Angeles Examiner, 3, 1925-01-04. "Projected Beach Club, Santa Monica", Los Angeles Times, 5, 1926-08-01. "Bryant Was Genius of Sunset Tower", Los Angeles Times, 13, 1982-08-29. "Sunset Tower", Los Angeles Times, 1, 09/07/1930. "Sunset Tower", Southwest Builder and Contractor, 36, 10/02/1931.

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Ever Wonder: Why Is WeHo’s Sunset Tower Decorated with Plants, Animals and Planes? High Society : History: Landmark hotel towers over Sunset Strip--and Hollywood lore. Owners hope new name will revive its glory. Hollywood Heights: Hollywood’s Salute to Atmosphere – The Afton Arms Nellie Naysayer Wants to Rain on the Parade Again… Sunset Tower’s multi-million dollar transformation includes spa housed in John Wayne’s former apartment

Bryant, Leland A., Architectural Designer (Practice)

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