LOS ANGELES, CA — It doesn't get more Hollywood than this. The dramatic home built by Hollywood heydey architect A.F. Leicht sits above the Sunset Strip with views of the city and an A-list pedigree.
Once home to the likes of Ann Miller and Marlon Brando, it's where Brando sat down with Edward R. Murrow for a one-on-one. It's overlooks the Frank Lloyd Wright's Storer Residence (1923), and Charles Kyson's De Witt House (1925), a veritable who's who of LA's great architects.
The home 5-bedroom boasts gothic windows, octogonal rooms, a dramatic spiral staircase and stunning views.
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Features: A.F. Leicht's designs are instantly recognizable, with towers and slit-windows, wild neo-Gothic windows, and rounded and octagonal rooms. His houses have become sought after by the art and architecture cognoscenti. The Laurel View Residence (1926) features huge towering flying buttresses overlooking the neighboring architectural works, Frank Lloyd Wright's Storer Residence (1923), and Charles Kyson's De Witt House (1925), to show the other architects who was the top dog when it came to design.Spectacular home by one of the great innovative architects of the 1920's. Over 4300 s.f. of dramatic architecture with incredible use of vaulted ceilings and grand rooms to impress. Huge living room with city views, where Marlon Brando was photographed with his first Oscar in 1955, informal large living, library, dining room to seat up to 20 people, Bulthaup kitchen, charming breakfast room, master suite with sunroom and drop-dead city views, and three other bedrooms in the main house. Chauffeur's quarters now make an exquisite guest room, and there is a verdant grassy yard with jetliner city views. Premier location above Frank Lloyd Wright's Storer Residence.This listing originally appeared on realtor.com. For more information and photos, click here.
