Photo Gallery

21 Chester Place

The mystery behind “The Real Addams Family House”

: The Newhall Brothers 1873 (Photo Credit: “The Story of The Newhall Land & Farming Company” by Ruth Waldo Newhall)

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

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

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

: Los Angeles Herald, November 3, 1887

: 1888 Los Angeles City Directory

: Photograph of horse and buggy coming down a widened unpaved “Adams St.” (Photo Credit: LAPL)

: 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

: 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)

: San Francisco Daily Times – Town Talk 1901

: An early map of “Chester Place” and the surrounding area

: 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

: Newhall House (Front lawn view)

: Los Angeles Herald, January 29, 1905

: Los Angeles Herald, February 3, 1905

: Los Angeles Herald, March 20, 1906

: Los Angeles Herald, July 13, 1906

: 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

: Newhall Dies At Sanitarium, 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

: 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

: “21 Chester Place” 1911

: The Christian Science Journal of Practitioners, April 1911

: Los Angeles Daily Times, May 4, 1911

: Los Angeles Evening Herald, March 29, 1912

: Los Angeles Evening Herald, April 2, 1912

: Los Angeles Evening Herald, April 10, 1912

: 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

: 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.” (Street medians have been added and now renamed a boulevard again) Photo Credit: LAPL (Date: 1923)

: “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)

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

: Paul and Helen Grafe, with their daughter Louise

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

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

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

: “21 Chester Place” 1964 (Screen capture from “The Addams Family” Season 1 Episode 1)

: In front of “21 Chester Place” (Screen capture from “The Addams Family” Season 1 Episode 1)

: In front of “21 Chester Place” (Screen capture from “The Addams Family” Season 1 Episode 1)

: In front of “21 Chester Place” (Screen capture from “The Addams Family” Season 1 Episode 1)

: In front of “21 Chester Place” showing Porte-cochère and Carriage house in back (Screen capture from “The Addams Family” Season 1 Episode 1)

: In front of “21 Chester Place” (Screen capture from “The Addams Family” Season 1 Episode 1)

: In front of “21 Chester Place” (Screen capture from “The Addams Family” Season 1 Episode 1)

: A behind the scenes still photograph capturing the mailman crossing the street after delivering mail at “21 Chester Place”, during the filming of “The Addams Family” pilot episode (1964)

: A behind the scenes still photograph capturing the mailman crossing the street after delivering mail at “21 Chester Place”, during the filming of “The Addams Family” pilot episode (1964)

: Gomez standing under Porte-cochère (Publicity photo for “The Addams Family” sitcom)

: Gomez in Front of House (Publicity photo for “The Addams Family” Show)

: Gomez on the front lawn (Publicity photo for “The Addams Family” sitcom)

: In front of house (Publicity photo for “The Addams Family” sitcom)

: Gomez standing in front of “21 Chester Place” (Publicity photo for “The Addams Family” sitcom)

: In front of house (Publicity photo for “The Addams Family” sitcom)

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

: Filing the gates (Publicity photo for “The Addams Family” sitcom)

: Filing the gates (Publicity photo for “The Addams Family” sitcom)

: Gomez filing the gates in front of “21 Chester Place” (Publicity photo for “The Addams Family” sitcom)

: In front of house (Photo shoot for “The Addams Family” sitcom)

: In front of house (Photo shoot blooper for “The Addams Family” sitcom)

: Part of Show Intro (With Porte-cochère in background)

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

: 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 Mansion During The Day

: The Addams Mansion at Night

: Lightning Storm at The Addams Mansion

: Rainy Night at The Addams Mansion

: The Addams Mansion at Night 2

: The Addams Mansion at Night 3

: The Addams Mansion at Night 4

: Snowing at the Addams Mansion (This scene was Not part of the show. I made this for the Holidays)

: Street view without roofline

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

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

: 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 at ‘Mount St. Mary’s University, 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)

: The Newhall House (“Images of America” Don Sloper)

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

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

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

: 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)

: Standing next to the Six-Globe Street Lamp that was installed for “21 Chester Place” driveway in 1903 (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)

: 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)

: 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)

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

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

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