This West Hills home built by actor Francis Lederer in 1934 in the style of California Missions San Luis Rey and Santa Ynez. The home was declared a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument in 1978. When Hollywood star Francis Lederer purchased the extensive West Hills estate in 1933, the San Fernando Valley was mostly known for its agricultural fields, ranches and orange groves.
This West Hills home built by actor Francis Lederer in 1934 in the style of California Missions San Luis Rey and Santa Ynez. The home was declared a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument in 1978. This West Hills home built by actor Francis Lederer in 1934 in the style of California Missions San Luis Rey and Santa Ynez. The home was declared a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument in 1978.
“It’s like a time capsule,” said Todd Schireson, vice president at the auction house Abell Auction Co., describing the nearly century-old house. “When you walk in, it’s like a little museum.” “Many of these things were probably bought out of old European seminaries and churches,” Schireson said. “They were probably adorning churches in Europe.”