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, April 13, 1885 – San Francisco
- 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 (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” Mansion
- 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” Mansion
- “The Addams Family” Mansion During the Day
- “The Addams Family” Mansion at Night
- Lightning Storm at “The Addams Family” Mansion
- Rainy Night at “The Addams Family” Mansion
- “The Addams Family” Mansion at Night 2
- “The Addams Family” Mansion at Night 3
- “The Addams Family” Mansion at Night 4
- Snowing at “The Addams Family” Mansion (This scene was Not part of the show; I made this for the Holidays)
- “The Addams Family” Mansion 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)
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