Photo Gallery

21 Chester Place

The mystery behind “The Real Addams Family House”

: The Newhall brothers (1873)

: An early photo of Adams Blvd. before development (briefly designated as boulevards in the very beginning) Photo Credit: LAPL

: Henry Gregory Newhall (at either 19 or 20 years of age)

: Daily Alta California – San Francisco (April 13, 1885)

: The Newhall brothers – William and Edwin (top), Henry (middle), Walter and George (in front)

: Los Angeles Herald (November 3, 1887)

: Photograph of horse and buggy coming down a widened unpaved Adams St. (Photographer: Frederic Hamer Maude) Photo Credit: LAPL

: 1888 Los Angeles City Directory

: Los Angeles Herald (December 3, 1888)

: St. James Park (Photo Credit: LAPL)

: 1894 Los Angeles City Directory

: An unpaved West Adams St. (now divided into west and east) Photo Credit: LAPL

: Walter Scott Newhall (at either 12 or 13 years of age)

: 1898 Los Angeles City Directory

: Chester Place entrance from West Adams St. (Photographer: Munsey) Photo Credit: LAPL

: 1899 Los Angeles City Directory

: Chester Place entrance from West 23rd St. (Photo Credit: LAPL) Date: 1900

: Corner of West 25th St. and Chester Place (part of carriage house behind Newhall house can be seen here in far left corner, behind 11 Chester Place)

: An early map of Chester Place and the surrounding area (showing the Newhall house which is located in between St. James Park and Chester Place)

: San Francisco Daily Times – Town Talk (1901)

: 1902 Los Angeles City Directory

: Los Angeles Herald (March 2, 1902)

: Los Angeles Herald (May 22, 1903)

: Henry Gregory Newhall (Cypress Lawn Memorial, Colma, California)

: Los Angeles Herald (June 9, 1903)

: Los Angeles Herald (September 29, 1903)

: Los Angeles Herald (October 8, 1903)

: Los Angeles Herald (November 20, 1904)

: Los Angeles Herald (December 25, 1904)

: Los Angeles Herald (January 1, 1905)

: Los Angeles Herald (January 29, 1905)

: Los Angeles Herald (February 3, 1905)

: Los Angeles Herald (March 20, 1906)

: Los Angeles Herald (July 13, 1906)

: 21 Chester Place (Front lawn view)

: Los Angeles Herald (August 3, 1906)

: Los Angeles Herald (August 5, 1906)

: Los Angeles Herald (August 8, 1906)

: Los Angeles Herald (August 12, 1906)

: Los Angeles Herald (October 28, 1906)

: San Francisco Call (December 22, 1906)

: Newhall Dies At Sanitarium (December 26, 1906)

: San Francisco Chronicle (December 26, 1906)

: Walter Scott Newhall

: Los Angeles Daily Times (December 26, 1906)

: Walter Scott Newhall (Cypress Lawn Memorial, Colma, California) Picture of Walter at either 12 or 13 years of age

: Newhall Family Plot – Cypress Lawn Memorial, Colma, California

: Nellie Trowbridge Newhall

: 1908 Los Angeles City Directory

: The San Francisco Call (June 25, 1910)

: Los Angeles Herald (March 14, 1911)

: FOR SALE ad “Country Life in America” (June 15, 1911)

: Los Angeles Herald (1911)

: Jenny H.S. Roe and Gorham Tufts Jr.

: 21 Chester Place (1911)

: The Christian Science Journal of Practitioners (April 1911)

: Los Angeles Daily Times (May 3, 1911)

: Los Angeles Evening Herald (March 29, 1912)

: Los Angeles Evening Herald (April 2, 1912)

: Los Angeles Evening Herald (April 10, 1912)

: Horace Scruby and Mary Scranton Roe

: Los Angeles Evening Herald (April 12, 1912)

: Los Angeles Evening Herald (April 13, 1912)

: The Star-Telegram (April 18, 1912)

: Los Angeles Evening Herald (June 1, 1912)

: The Weatherford Daily Herald (June 3, 1912)

: The Weatherford Weekly Herald (July 18, 1912)

: Dallas Morning News (July 21, 1912)

: Los Angeles Herald (October 4, 1912)

: 1913 Los Angeles City Directory

: Chicago Examiner (March 3, 1914)

: Chicago Examiner (April 2, 1914)

: Los Angeles Evening Herald (December 12, 1914)

: 1915 Los Angeles City Directory – First year in directory that shows that James H. and Lillian Adams are living in the house (first set of renters)

: Los Angeles Herald (February 1, 1915)

: Los Angeles Evening Herald (February 16, 1915)

: Los Angeles Evening Herald (March 11, 1915)

: Los Angeles Evening Herald (March 22, 1915)

: Morgan Adams

: Los Angeles Evening Herald (May 18, 1915)

: Los Angeles Herald (December 5, 1916)

: Los Angeles Evening Herald (December 20, 1916)

: The Star-Telegram (January 18, 1918)

: Jenny Henry Scranton Roe (Oakwood Cemetery, Fort Worth, Texas)

: Mary Scranton Roe Scruby (Oakwood Cemetery, Fort Worth, Texas)

: Los Angeles Evening Herald (April 29, 1919)

: Los Angeles Evening Herald (September 27, 1921)

: West Adams Blvd. (Date: 1923) Street medians have been added and the street has been renamed a boulevard again (Photo Credit: LAPL)

: “California and Californians” Volume 4 (1926)

: 1932 Los Angeles City Directory – Last year in directory that shows that Lillian Adams was living in the house (first set of renters)

: 1936 Los Angeles City Directory – First year in directory that shows that Paul and Helen Grafe are living in the house (second set of renters)

: April 1, 1940 U.S. Census

: Nellie Trowbridge Harlow (Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia)

: 1948 Aerial view showing house below (Photo Credit: HistoricAerials.com)

: Morgan Adams (Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, California)

: 1952 Aerial view showing house below (Photo Credit: HistoricAerials.com)

: Edward and Estelle Doheny (Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, California)

: Paul and Helen Grafe (with their daughter Louise)

: 21 Chester Place (Sept. 1, 1959) Photographer: Conner, Palmer (The Huntington Library)

: 21 Chester Place (Sept. 1, 1959) Photographer: Conner, Palmer (The Huntington Library)

: 21 Chester Place (Aug. 24, 1960) Photo Credit: LAPL

: 21 Chester Place (“Seven Days in May” – 1964)

: 21 Chester Place (1964) “The Addams Family Goes To School” (Season 1 Episode 1)

: A behind the scenes still photograph during the filming of “The Addams Family” pilot episode (1964)

: A behind the scenes still photograph during the filming of “The Addams Family” pilot episode (1964)

: A behind the scenes still photograph during the filming of “The Addams Family” pilot episode (1964)

: A behind the scenes still photograph during the filming of “The Addams Family” pilot episode (1964)

: “The Addams Family Goes To School” (Season 1 Episode 1)

: “The Addams Family Goes To School” (Season 1 Episode 1)

: “The Addams Family Goes To School” (Season 1 Episode 1)

: “The Addams Family Goes To School” (Season 1 Episode 1)

: “The Addams Family Goes To School” (Season 1 Episode 1)

: A behind the scenes still photograph during the filming of “The Addams Family” pilot episode (1964)

: A behind the scenes still photograph during the filming of “The Addams Family” pilot episode (1964)

: A behind the scenes still photograph during the filming of “The Addams Family” pilot episode (1964)

: “The Addams Family Goes To School” (Season 1 Episode 1)

: A behind the scenes still photograph during the filming of “The Addams Family” pilot episode (1964)

: A behind the scenes still photograph during the filming of “The Addams Family” pilot episode (1964)

: “The Addams Family” publicity photo trading cards

: A behind the scenes still photograph during the filming of “The Addams Family” pilot episode (1964)

: A behind the scenes still photograph during the filming of “The Addams Family” pilot episode (1964)

: “The Addams Family” publicity photo trading cards

: A behind the scenes still photograph during the filming of “The Addams Family” pilot episode (1964)

: A behind the scenes still photograph during the filming of “The Addams Family” pilot episode (1964)

: A behind the scenes still photograph during the filming of “The Addams Family” pilot episode (1964)

: A behind the scenes still photograph during the filming of “The Addams Family” pilot episode (1964)

: “The Addams Family” publicity photo trading cards

: 21 Chester Place (1964) Publicity photo for “The Addams Family” sitcom

: A behind the scenes still photograph during the filming of “The Addams Family” pilot episode (1964)

: A behind the scenes still photograph during the filming of “The Addams Family” pilot episode (1964)

: A behind the scenes still photograph during the filming of “The Addams Family” pilot episode (1964)

: A behind the scenes still photograph during the filming of “The Addams Family” pilot episode (1964)

: A behind the scenes still photograph during the filming of “The Addams Family” pilot episode (1964)

: “The Addams Family” publicity photo trading cards

: A behind the scenes still photograph during the filming of “The Addams Family” pilot episode (1964)

: A behind the scenes still photograph during the filming of “The Addams Family” pilot episode (1964)

: A behind the scenes still photograph during the filming of “The Addams Family” pilot episode (Photo shoot blooper)

: A behind the scenes still photograph during the filming of “The Addams Family” pilot episode (1964)

: A behind the scenes still photograph during the filming of “The Addams Family” pilot episode (1964)

: “The Addams Family” publicity photo trading cards

: A behind the scenes still photograph during the filming of “The Addams Family” pilot episode (1964)

: 21 Chester Place (1964) Publicity photo for “The Addams Family”

: A behind the scenes still photograph of David Levy and John Astin, during a break from filming “The Addams Family” pilot episode (1964)

: Part of “The Addams Family” Show Intro, that shows the house Porte-cochère in the background behind Gomez.

: “The Addams Family” VHS Artwork (photo has been altered)

: Street view without roofline

: Unfinished Matte Painting of “The Addams Family” House

: Newhall House to Addams House Transformation (other than the 3rd floor that was altered, only a few small details were changed of the original likeness)

: Finished Matte Painting of “The Addams Family” House

: “The Addams Family” house (during the day)

: Lightning storm at “The Addams Family” house

: Rainy night at “The Addams Family” house

: “The Addams Family” house (at night)

: “The Addams Family” house (at night 2)

: “The Addams Family” house (at night 3)

: “The Addams Family” house (at night 4)

: Snowing at “The Addams Family” house (this scene was not part of the show; I made this for the holidays)

: “The Addams Family” house colorized (Photo Credit: Zach Smothers)

: Publicity photo for “The Addams Family” (photo has been altered and cleaned by Stuart Manning)

: 1964 Aerial view showing house below (Photo Credit: HistoricAerials.com)

: 21 Chester Place (1965) Screen capture from the TV Sitcom “Hazel” (Season 5 / Episode 5 “The Holdout”)

: 21 Chester Place painting (by Douglas Shively) for Paul Grafe (1965) Courtesy of Cate Austin

: Aerial view showing part of West Adams District (house located in top right corner) Photo Credit: LAPL (Date unknown: post-1965)

: Closer aerial view showing part of West Adams District (house top right corner) Photo Credit: LAPL (Date unknown: post-1965)

: Debbi Morris and Patrick Greene stand in front of 21 Chester Place on Morris’ Graduation Day for a photo op, at Mount St. Mary’s College ‘Doheny Campus’, in 1966 (“Images of America” Don Sloper)

: A lawn spreads southward to the left of 11 Chester Place, where you can see part of the Newhall house that is located just southwest of #11 (“Images of America” Don Sloper)

: Photo Credit: Los Angeles’s Chester Place “Images of America” Don Sloper

: 21 Chester Place painting (by Sister Ignatia Cordis) for Mount St. Mary’s College

: 1967 Los Angeles City Directory – Last year house is listed in city directory (Paul and Helen Grafe – second set of renters)

: ‘Certificate of Occupancy’ for use of the land as a parking lot (Oct. 16, 1967) Photo Credit: lacity.org

: Photo Credit: Los Angeles’s Chester Place “Images of America” (by Don Sloper)

: 1972 Aerial view showing that MSMU had now delegated new spot for campus parking lot, on the southwest corner lot. (Photo Credit: HistoricAerials.com)

: 1980 Aerial view showing school still had not been built (Photo Credit: HistoricAerials.com)

: Los Angeles Times ‘Pact for Special School OKd’ (March 27, 1981)

: MSMU Parking Pavilion and Adams Art Walk Ceremony

: Ken Skinner Parking Pavilion and Adams Art Walk

: Los Angeles sky view looking north (house used to sit where Track and Field is, in lower left hand corner)

: Google Map birds-eye view of Chester Place and surrounding area (house used to be in top left hand corner where Track and Field is now)

: Google Map ground level view in the direction where the house used to stand (picture taken from St. James Park W)

: Google Map ground level closer view (original six-globe street lamp for 21 Chester Place can been seen in distance beyond checkpoint booth)

: Google Map showing the Track and Field that now sits where house used to be

: Google Map closer view (original six-globe street lamp for 21 Chester Place can be seen below)

: Chester Place gate entrance from St. James Park W (Oct. 9, 2015)

: Looking through the fence at track and field where house used to stand (Oct. 9, 2015)

: Walking down the sidewalk on the side of the street where the house used to stand, to the six-globe street lamp that was installed for 21 Chester Place (Oct. 9, 2015)

: Standing next to the six-globe street lamp that was installed near the ‘driveway approach’ in 1903, for 21 Chester Place (Photo taken Oct. 9, 2015)

: What if the house was still standing in Present Day – Photoshop of house placed back in where it once stood, with Track and Field fence removed for better view of house (Oct. 9, 2015)

: Standing next to the six-globe street lamp that stood in-front of house. If the house was still standing, it would have been in view directly behind me (Oct. 9, 2015)

: What if the house was still standing in Present Day – Photoshop of house placed back in where it once stood, with Before and After collage (Oct. 9, 2015)

: Chester Place gates on West Adams Blvd. (October 9, 2015)

: 21CP Art – Photo Credit: adamsboulevardlosangeles.blogspot.com

: 21CP Art (Colorizing by Stuart Manning)

: “The Addams Family” DVD Artwork

: Screen capture from “The Addams Family” 60s TV Commercial

: “The Addams Family” House (The Sims 2)

: “The Addams Family” Portrait (The Sims 2)

: “The Addams Family” House (The Sims 2)

: “The Addams Family” Dining Room (The Sims 2)

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