Lasky-DeMille Barn

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Lasky-DeMille Barn
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Lasky-DeMille Barn, now the Hollywood Heritage Museum (2007)
Coordinates 34°06′31″N118°20′10″W / 34.108507°N 118.336100°W / 34.108507; -118.336100 Coordinates: 34°06′31″N118°20′10″W / 34.108507°N 118.336100°W / 34.108507; -118.336100
Official nameCecil B. DeMille Studio Barn [1]
Reference no.554
Reference no. 14000034
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Location of Lasky-DeMille Barn in the Los Angeles metropolitan area
Lasky-DeMille Barn at original Hollywood location in 1913. GrangeLasky-DeMille1913.jpg
Lasky-DeMille Barn at original Hollywood location in 1913.

The Lasky-DeMille Barn is one of Hollywood's first film studios. It is a designated California State Historic Landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [2] It is now the site of the Hollywood Heritage Museum. [3]

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History

The barn was built in about 1895 on the Hollywood, California citrus ranch of Robert Northam. Located at the southeast corner of Selma and Vine Streets, it housed horses, carriages, hay, and other farm supplies. It was sold in 1904 to Jacob Stern.

In March 1913, it was purchased by L. L. Burns (founder of Western Costume Company) and Harry Revier. The pair rented the barn, renamed the Burns and Revier Studio and Laboratory, as a film location. [4] In December of that year, Cecil B. DeMille, in association with Jesse Lasky, leased the barn and studio facilities for $250.00 a month [5] establishing the Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company and began production of The Squaw Man (1914), the first feature film to be produced in the Hollywood area.

In 1926, the barn was moved to the back lot of United Studios, where present day Paramount studios were built. It went through several uses as a film set, research library, conference area and later the Paramount gymnasium.

In a ceremony attended by its founders, the Lasky-DeMille Barn was dedicated on December 27, 1956, as "Hollywood's First Major Film Company Studio" and designated California State Historic Landmark No. 554, representing the birth of the Hollywood motion picture industry and becoming the first landmark associated with it. [6]

In October 1979, the barn was moved off the Paramount lot to a vacant lot in Hollywood. It was then moved by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce to the parking lot of The Hollywood Palace theater, [5] where it was boarded up and fenced in until a permanent site could be found.

In 2014, the barn was added to the National Register of Historic Places. [3]

Hollywood Heritage Museum

The Lasky-DeMille Barn was acquired by Hollywood Heritage, Inc., in February 1983. It was then moved to its present site at the southern end of the parking lot of the Hollywood Bowl, where it was restored and made into the Hollywood Heritage Museum.

California Historical Landmark Marker

California Historical Landmark Marker NO. 554 the site reads: [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "DeMille Studio Barn". Office of Historic Preservation, California State Parks. Retrieved 2012-10-07.
  2. ↑ NRHP 14000034 accessdate=March 17, 2021
  3. 1 2 "Plan Your Visit". Hollywood Heritage. Retrieved 2022-06-08.
  4. ↑ "Hollywood Heritage Museum," Hollywood Heritage, Hollywood California History & Architecture Preservation Organization, http://www.hollywoodheritage.org/#!museum/c1bhu (accessed July 29, 2015).
  5. 1 2 "Hollywood Heritage Museum (Lasky-DeMille Barn) Time Line". Hollywood Heritage Museum website.
  6. ↑ "The Hollywood Heritage Museum in the Lasky-DeMille Barn". hollywoodheritage.com. Retrieved 2022-06-08.
  7. ↑ californiahistoricallandmarks.com 554, Lasky-DeMille Barn
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