Beckett Residence
The Beckett Residence is a historic mansion located at 2218 S. Harvard Blvd. in West Adams Heights, Los Angeles. It is Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument #117.[1]
History
[edit]The Beckett Residence was built in 1905 for Dr. Wesley Beckett, a chairman of the trustees of the Los Angeles County Medical Association, medical director for the Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company, and member of the board of trustees at the University of Southern California.[2][1] It was designed by John C. Austin in a neoclassical style.[3] It consists of six bedrooms and four bathrooms.[4] Over the years, it was used as a film set and even a haunted house during a "interactive horror play" called Delusion: The Blood Rite.[1] In 2013, it was put up for sale with its neighbor, 2200 S. Harvard Blvd., for an asking price of $2.45 million.[4]
Restoration
[edit]In 2023, new broke that the mansion would be restored by Sugar Hill Mansions using hemp as a building material.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Uninhabitable Historic Beckett Residence in Adams-Normandie". Curbed LA. March 15, 2013.
- ^ "Historic Beckett Residence in Adams-Normandie still seeks a new owner - HOUS". October 31, 2019.
- ^ Magazine, HEMP (January 14, 2023). "Historic Mansion in LA Is Going to Be Restored with Hempcrete".
- ^ a b Cavatore, Alison (March 18, 2013). "Historical Beckett Residence Listed for $2.45 Million". Haute Residence by Haute Living.
- ^ "Historic mansion in South LA is being restored with hemp -- yes, hemp -- as building material". ABC7 Los Angeles. January 13, 2023.