La Fontaine Building

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La Fontaine
La Fontaine (building) 1982 West Hollywood.jpg
The building in 1982
La Fontaine Building
General information
Architectural style French Revival
Address1283-1289 North Crescent Heights Boulevard, West Hollywood, California
Coordinates 34°05′39″N118°21′59″W / 34.0943°N 118.3664°W / 34.0943; -118.3664
Year(s) built1928
Technical details
Floor count4
Design and construction
Architect(s) Leland Bryant

La Fontaine, also known as La Fontaine Apartments, is a historic four-story apartment complex located at 1283-1289 North Crescent Heights Boulevard, on the corner of Crescent Heights Boulevard and Fountain Avenue, in West Hollywood, California.

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History

La Fontaine was designed by Leland Bryant, the architect also responsible for the nearby Voltaire Apartments and Sunset Towers, and built in 1928. [1]

Notable figures who've lived at La Fontaine include Bette Midler, Steve Martin, and owner Alfredo De La Vega. De La Vega was shot and killed in his apartment there in 1987. [2] [3]

The building was designated a West Hollywood Cultural Resource in 2016. [4]

Architecture and design

La Fontaine is L-shaped, made of brick, four-stories in height, and features a French Revival design that includes finials, apertures decorated with gabled-pediments, dormers, casement windows, denticulated cornice, and a steep pitched slate roof punctuated with chimneys. [5] The building also features a landscaped court lined with balustrade atop its mostly subterranean parking garage. [6]

References

  1. ↑ Michelson, Alan. "La Fontaine Apartments, West Hollywood, CA (1928)". University of Washington Pacific Coast Architecture Database . Retrieved June 3, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Walkable West Hollywood: Golden Era Architecture". Visit West Hollywood. February 11, 2022.
  3. ↑ Jones, Jack; McGraw, Carol (September 26, 1987). "Fatal Shooting of Real Estate Man Probed". Los Angeles Times .
  4. ↑ "Individual Resource - 1283-89 N Crescent Heights Blvd". Wes Hollywood Historic Preservation. August 9, 2016. Retrieved June 3, 2025.
  5. ↑ "1285 Crescent Heights Boulevard". West Hollywood Historic Preservation. Retrieved June 3, 2025.
  6. ↑ "CH-4 Findings" (PDF). Weho Preservation. March 2016.
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