{"nrhp_refnum":"86001950","name":"Villa Bonita","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1817 Hillcrest Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Hollywood","county":"Los Angeles County","state":"CA","lat":34.104716531000065,"lon":-118.33959814299999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-09-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A seven-story reinforced concrete apartment building at 1817 Hillcrest Road in Hollywood, Los Angeles County, California, built in 1929 and designed by local architect Frank Webster for owner Sidney Ullman.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is a prime, remarkably intact example of Spanish Renaissance Revival apartment housing from Hollywood's 1920s and 1930s growth. The reviewer noted that no other examples of this type and style survive in the Hollywood area. It also has secondary significance through its owner, Sidney Ullman, who was Rudolph Valentino's business manager and agent, and its ties to film industry residents.","narrative":"Villa Bonita is a seven-story apartment building on a narrow hillside lot at Hillcrest Road and Pinehurst Street in Hollywood. Built in 1929 of reinforced concrete and designed by local architect Frank Webster, it cost $75,000 and was financed by Sidney Ullman, an agent for Rudolph Valentino. Its stepped facade, canted bays, ornate entry with Composite columns and broken pediment, and decorated upper stories combine medieval and Spanish Renaissance motifs. The seventh floor holds a penthouse and roof garden. Inside are a small marble-floored lobby, a panelled elevator, and twenty-four apartments with original cabinetry and hardware. Alterations are limited, chiefly a 1940 roof garden enclosure and a penthouse addition. The building was listed as the smallest of the high-rise apartment houses built above Hollywood Boulevard and as the best surviving example of Webster's work. Reviewers found that no other building of its type and style survives in the Hollywood area, and it illustrates apartment living tied to the film industry.","period_of_significance":"1929","architect_builder":"Frank Webster","architectural_style":"Spanish Renaissance Revival (with medieval and Spanish Renaissance decorative motifs)","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Restored by the current owner and described as in excellent condition, continuing as an apartment building for residents.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:26.851029-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/86001950.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001950/1e165c7864-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001950/1e165c7864-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Los Angeles","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Villa_Bonita,_Hollywood,_California.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Los Angeles</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Villa_Bonita,_Hollywood,_California.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123859595","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villa_Bonita","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7930281"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/los-angeles-county/villa-bonita-86001950/"}