Name/Title
"6855. Clark [E.P. Bryan] Residence in Westmoreland Place, Los Angles [sic], Cal."Entry/Object ID
2011.316.1.3Description
"6855. Clark [E.P. Bryan] Residence in Westmoreland Place, Los Angles [sic], Cal.," by H. C. Tibbits, ca. 1905. The view is taken from one side on the street and captures two sides of the very eclectic residence, actually built for E. P. Bryan by architect Charles Whittlesey (who designed the Auditorium Theater shown in item .4 of this accession) in 1905. Elements of the house, which stood at 41 Westmoreland Place, appear to include Japanese, Mission Revival and Moorish influences and the floorplan includes unusual angles and layouts. There is an expansive lawn, curved walks with unusual geometric steps, and what look to be newly planted trees, shrubs, bushes and other landscaping. The house appears to have been razed in the mid-1940s. Notably, Elden P. Bryan, born in 1857 in Texas and a settler of Los Angeles in 1886, and Wesley Clark were the developers of the Westmoreland Place subdivision along with the Huntington Land and Improvement Company ( Bryan had sold Henry Huntington his first Los Angeles-area real estate). Bryan previously had a home on Bunker Hill at 333 S. Grand Avenue and built the 1894 Bryan Hotel, later the Sing Fat Bazaar, still standing at 548 S. Broadway. On the reverse is the inscription in pen that serves as the title. With some soiling and edge abrasion, the condition is good.
