{"id":41,"date":"2011-07-28T04:31:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-28T04:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/21chesterplace.com\/?page_id=41"},"modified":"2024-04-07T18:07:35","modified_gmt":"2024-04-07T18:07:35","slug":"quick-facts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/21chesterplace.com\/quick-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"Quick Facts"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"41\" class=\"elementor elementor-41\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cf5fe55 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cf5fe55\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ca50561\" data-id=\"ca50561\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b0f395 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2b0f395\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 25-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Quick Facts<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-77efbca6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"77efbca6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-564e011\" data-id=\"564e011\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34320295 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"34320295\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 25-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><!-- wp:heading {\"textAlign\":\"center\",\"level\":1} --><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>21 Chester Place<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --><!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} --><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>The mystery behind &#8220;The Real Addams Family House&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":417,\"width\":583,\"height\":756,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"custom\"} --><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/21chesterplace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/newhallhouse1_new1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-417\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-417\" src=\"https:\/\/21chesterplace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/newhallhouse1_new1-790x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"583\" height=\"756\" srcset=\"https:\/\/21chesterplace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/newhallhouse1_new1-790x1024.jpg 790w, https:\/\/21chesterplace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/newhallhouse1_new1-231x300.jpg 231w, https:\/\/21chesterplace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/newhallhouse1_new1-768x996.jpg 768w, https:\/\/21chesterplace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/newhallhouse1_new1.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 583px) 100vw, 583px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \/wp:image --><!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} --><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} --><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Who built the house (or had it built)<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"right\",\"id\":556} --><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/21chesterplace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/thefivenewhallbrothers.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-556\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-556\" src=\"https:\/\/21chesterplace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/thefivenewhallbrothers.jpg\" alt=\"The Newhall Brothers \u2013 William &amp; Edwin (top), Henry (middle), Walter &amp; George (in front)\" width=\"150\" height=\"176\" \/><\/a>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<figcaption>The Newhall brothers \u2013 William &amp; Edwin (top), Henry (middle), Walter &amp; George (in front)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \/wp:image --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><em>Henry Gregory Newhall<\/em><br \/>Born: March 4, 1853<br \/>Died: May 20, 1903<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><em>Walter Scott Newhall<\/em><br \/>Born: August 24, 1860<br \/>Died: December 25, 1906<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><em>Credit goes to 2 out of 5 son&#8217;s of wealthy American businessman, Henry Mayo Newhall. A man whose extensive land holdings became the Southern California communities of Newhall, Saugus and Valencia, and the city of Santa Clarita. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><em>After their father died the brothers developed the Newhall Land and Farming Company in 1883. Henry G. Newhall also later became the president of the California Bank, and Walter S. Newhall served as one of the directors for the Los Angeles Improvement Company.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><em>Henry Gregory Newhall (the eldest brother), truly should be credited as the original owner\/builder of the Newhall house. He had the house built and lived there for at least 8 years until Walter took over ownership.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>When was the house built:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":508} --><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/21chesterplace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/los-angeles-herald-nov-3-1887.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-508\" src=\"https:\/\/21chesterplace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/los-angeles-herald-nov-3-1887.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"306\" height=\"91\" srcset=\"https:\/\/21chesterplace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/los-angeles-herald-nov-3-1887.jpg 306w, https:\/\/21chesterplace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/los-angeles-herald-nov-3-1887-300x89.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 306px) 100vw, 306px\" \/><\/a>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<figcaption>Los Angeles Herald (November 3, 1887)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \/wp:image --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>This <em>Los Angeles Herald<\/em> ad, dated Nov 3, 1887, says the house was being built, and the <em>1888 Los Angeles City Directory\u00a0<\/em>shows that Henry G. Newhall was residing there now, so the house was either officially completed in late 1887, or [very] early 1888.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":506} --><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/21chesterplace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/cropped-1888-ca-directory.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-506\" src=\"https:\/\/21chesterplace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/cropped-1888-ca-directory.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"611\" height=\"58\" srcset=\"https:\/\/21chesterplace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/cropped-1888-ca-directory.jpg 611w, https:\/\/21chesterplace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/cropped-1888-ca-directory-300x28.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 611px) 100vw, 611px\" \/><\/a>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<figcaption>1888 Los Angeles City Directory<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \/wp:image --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Addresses of the house<\/strong><\/span>:<br \/>(According to\u00a0the <em>Los Angeles City Directory<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><em>1888-1890<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>N s Adams bet South Figueroa and Scarff<br \/>Los Angeles, California<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><em>1894-1898<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>747 West Adams Street<br \/>Los Angeles, California<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><em>1899-1901<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>735 West 25th Street<br \/>Los Angeles, California<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><em>1902<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>21 Chester Place<br \/>Los Angeles, California<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Architectural\u00a0Period:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Queen Anne with a Colonial influence.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>House Specifications:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>9 Bed rooms, 4 Bath rooms (with plumbing for two more), Hardwood floors, 45&#8242; x 40&#8242; burnt redwood Drawing Room, 40&#8242; x 20&#8242; Dinning Room in mahogany finish. White enamel finish throughout 2nd floor. A Conservatory, Garage, Tool house, 225 feet frontage with a total of 80,000 sq. ft. of land, with 25 varieties of trees.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Where was the house located in Los Angeles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Located southwest of downtown in what today is called the West Adams District; situated in between St. James Park and Chester Place.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3126\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3126\" style=\"width: 684px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3126\" src=\"https:\/\/21chesterplace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1907-Sanborn-Map-Company-300x196.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"684\" height=\"447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/21chesterplace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1907-Sanborn-Map-Company-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/21chesterplace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1907-Sanborn-Map-Company-1024x669.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/21chesterplace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1907-Sanborn-Map-Company-768x502.jpg 768w, https:\/\/21chesterplace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1907-Sanborn-Map-Company.jpg 1317w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 684px) 100vw, 684px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3126\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1907 Sanborn Map Company<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>When was the house demolished:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>On June 9, 1967, the <em>Department of Building and Safety<\/em> issued a demolition permit for the house; notifying the Grafe&#8217;s to vacate by a certain time frame (usually thirty days from the notification date; sometimes more), and just eleven days later the permit to build a parking lot was filed. On October 16, 1967, just four months later, the &#8216;certificate of occupancy&#8217; for the use of the new parking lot was issued (signifying that it was ready and could be used), so the house was demolished sometime between June 9th and October 16, 1967.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Owners\/Occupants of the house during its existence:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Henry Gregory Newhall and Mary Livingston Wyatt Newhall &#8211; <em>(Had the house built\u00a0and owned until at least\u00a01896)*<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Walter Scott Newhall and Nellie Hammill Trowbridge Newhall<em> &#8211; (After their marriage in September 1896, Walter and his wife Nellie &#8220;officially&#8221; took over ownership of the house until April 1911)*<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Jane Henry &#8220;Jenny&#8221; Scranton Roe and Gorham Tufts Jr. &#8211; (<em>Bought the Newhall property in April 1911, and owned the house until 1914<\/em>)*<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Edward Laurence Doheny and Carrie Estelle Betzold Doheny &#8211;\u00a0<em>(Bought the land and house in 1914, and turned the Newhall house into\u00a0a\u00a0rental property)*<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} --><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&#8211; Rental Occupants &#8211;<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>James Harvey Adams &amp; Lillian Turner Adams &#8211; (R<em>ented the house from 1915-1932<\/em>)*<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Paul Grafe and Helen Grafe &#8211; (R<em>ented the house from 1936-1967<\/em>)*<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} --><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Mount St. Mary\u2019s College (now a University)<em><em>\u00a0&#8211;<\/em>\u00a0<\/em><em>(Acquired all of Chester Place after Estelle Doheny died. The &#8216;Doheny Campus&#8217; officially opened in 1962; whereupon, 21 Chester Place continued to be a rental until its demise)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><em>* since there is not a Los Angeles City Directory for every year, dates of occupancy are\u00a0an estimation (as close as I possibly can).<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Time-Line:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>1853<\/strong> &#8211; <em>Los Angeles Land Survey was conducted and Henry Gregory Newhall was born<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>1855<\/strong> &#8211;<em> Henry Hancock purchased &#8216;Lot&#8217; of land off of Adams Blvd.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>1860<\/strong> &#8211; <em>Walter Scott Newhall was born<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>1876<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; <em>Henry Hancock sold &#8220;Lot&#8221; of land off of Adams St. to investors<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>1883<\/strong> &#8211; The\u00a0<em>Newhall brothers develop the Newhall Land and Farming Company based in San Francisco<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>1887<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; <em>Henry G. Newhall starts construction on a house off Adams Street, in between St. James Park and Charles Silent&#8217;s land, and also becomes the president of the new California Bank<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>1888<\/strong> &#8211; <em>Henry\u00a0G. Newhall&#8217;s house is completed just east of St. James Park and west of Charles Silent&#8217;s land (that was later to become Chester Place), and is now listed in the Los Angeles City Directory<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>1896<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; <em>Walter S. Newhall and Nellie Towbridge are married<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>1898<\/strong> &#8211; <em>First year in Los Angeles Directory that shows Walter S. Newhall is officially the occupant and owner of the house<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>1899<\/strong> &#8211; <em>Charles Silent subdivided and created Chester Place on his land, creating a new street stretching from West 23rd St. to West Adams Street (with gateways at both entrances). A new street was also made (on the west side named <em>West 25th St.), for<\/em> access to St. James Park. House address changed from 747 W. Adams St., to 735 West 25th St.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>1900<\/strong> &#8211; <em>Chester Place starts to fill up with wealthy residences wanting a private gated community<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>1901<\/strong> &#8211; <em>The Doheny&#8217;s moved in to 8 Chester Place<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>1902<\/strong> &#8211; <em>Between the 1901 and 1902 Los Angeles City Directories, the portion of West 25th St. that ran right in front of the house was renamed Chester Place. House address changed to 21 Chester Place during this time<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>1903 <\/strong>&#8211;<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><em>Henry G. Newhall died<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>1906<\/strong> &#8211; <em>Walter S. Newhall died<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>1911<\/strong> &#8211; <em>Walter&#8217;s wife, Nellie, remarried and sold the Newhall property to Mr. Gorham Tufts Jr., and Jenny Roe-Tufts<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>1914<\/strong> &#8211; M<em>rs. Jenny H. S. Roe, sold 21 Chester Place to Edward and Estelle Doheny.\u00a0<\/em><em>The house then became included and enclosed (with gates installed on the street), within Chester Place. It then became a rental, as Estelle had done with her other homes that she had acquired in the immediate area<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>1915<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211;<em>\u00a0First set of rental occupants are living in the house<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>1936\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; <em>Second set of rental occupants are now living in the house<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>1958<\/strong> &#8211; <em>Estelle Doheny died leaving Chester Place to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles; whom then gave the land to Mount St. Mary\u2019s College (now considered a University)\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>1962<\/strong> &#8211; <em>Mount St. Mary\u2019s College took over Chester Place, and opened up their satellite campus there. The Newhall house continued to be a rental for the current occupants, who had been renting the house since the 1930&#8217;s<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>1964<\/strong> &#8211; <em>21 Chester Place<\/em>\u00a0was used in\u00a0the 1964 Motion Picture <em>\u201cSeven Days in May&#8221;,<\/em> and\u00a0<em>\u201cThe Addams Family\u201d<\/em> 1964-66 TV sitcom<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>1965<\/strong> &#8211; <em>21 Chester Place<\/em>\u00a0was used in the 60&#8217;s TV sitcom &#8220;<em>Hazel<\/em>&#8221; (Season 5\/Episode 5)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>1967<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<em>The Newhall House &#8211; 21 Chester Place &#8211; was demolished sometime between June 9, 1967 and October 16, 1967<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:embed --><!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b4207ad elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b4207ad\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3d24265\" data-id=\"3d24265\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59545da elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"59545da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Video Footage of the house:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Was used in the very 1st episode of the 60&#8217;s TV sitcom &#8220;The Addams Family&#8221; (opening scene), Season 1\/Episode 1 (1964) &#8220;The Addams Family Goes To School&#8221; &#8211; (Exterior footage of house).\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-37b512a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"37b512a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5f9e5a6\" data-id=\"5f9e5a6\" 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class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-057d915 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"057d915\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-957bd62\" data-id=\"957bd62\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89b64c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"89b64c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Continue to<\/em>\u00a0&#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/21chesterplace.com\/fun-facts\/\">Fun Facts<\/a>&#8216;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quick Facts 21 Chester Place The mystery behind &#8220;The Real Addams Family House&#8221; \u00a0 Who built the house (or had it built): Henry Gregory NewhallBorn: March 4, 1853Died: May 20, 1903 Walter Scott NewhallBorn: August 24, 1860Died: December 25, 1906 Credit goes to 2 out of 5 son&#8217;s of wealthy American businessman, Henry Mayo Newhall. 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