John Elgin Woolf: Gershwin house (Beverly Hills, Calif.)

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Description

Lyricist Ira Gershwin commissioned Woolf to remodel the house on Roxbury Drive in Beverly Hills in the Hollywood Regency style. The house was torn down in 2013.

Creator

John Elgin Woolf, designer and architect
Max Eckert, photographer

Source

John E. Woolf papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.

Date

circa 1941

Rights

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Citation

John Elgin Woolf, designer and architect Max Eckert, photographer, “John Elgin Woolf: Gershwin house (Beverly Hills, Calif.),” UCSB ADC Omeka, accessed December 12, 2024, http://www.adc-exhibits.museum.ucsb.edu/items/show/751.