{"nrhp_refnum":"05000211","name":"El Cabrillo","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1832-1850 N. Grace Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Los Angeles","county":"Los Angeles County","state":"CA","lat":34.104799065000066,"lon":-118.33201078099995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-03-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"El Cabrillo is a two-story, ten-unit Spanish Colonial Revival courtyard apartment complex at 1832-1850 North Grace Avenue, at the corner of Franklin Avenue in Hollywood, Los Angeles. It was built in 1928 by Arthur and Nina Zwebell.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is an outstanding, rare example of Spanish Colonial Revival courtyard housing, qualifying under Criterion C at the local level. It is also an important work by the Zwebells, whose few 1920s multifamily projects strongly influenced Los Angeles housing design. It retains a high degree of physical integrity.","narrative":"El Cabrillo is a courtyard apartment complex at the corner of Franklin and Grace Avenues in Hollywood, built in 1928 by the design-and-build team of Arthur and Nina Zwebell. Ten units occupy a two-story, four-sided building of concrete masonry blocks made to resemble adobe, topped with barrel-vaulted red clay tile roofs. A concrete masonry perimeter wall gives privacy from the street, and passageways lead to a brick-paved central courtyard with an original three-tiered fountain. Inside, the units keep beamed ceilings, arched doorways, French doors, tiled kitchens and bathrooms, and double-height living rooms with mezzanine walkways. The complex is significant as a rare and outstanding example of Spanish Colonial Revival courtyard housing, a type tied to Hollywood's apartment boom of the 1920s and 1930s. It also represents the Zwebells, whose few multifamily projects were highly influential in Los Angeles. The Franklin Avenue entrance was lost to street widening in 1932, but the property otherwise remains largely intact.","period_of_significance":"1928","architect_builder":"Zwebell, Arthur and Nina","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals/Spanish Colonial Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still in use as multiple dwellings; described as minimally altered, retaining a high degree of integrity, with most original finishes in good condition.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:29.781604-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/05000211.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000211/fa610fb0ab-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000211/fa610fb0ab-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Mozaicmcmw","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:El_Cabrillo_Courtyard.png\" rel=\"noopener\">Mozaicmcmw</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:El_Cabrillo_Courtyard.png"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123859075","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Cabrillo","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5350851"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/los-angeles-county/el-cabrillo-05000211/"}