Villa Bonita

Villa Bonita is an historic apartment building on Hillcrest Road in Hollywood, California. The building is located a short walk from the corner of Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue, just north of Franklin Avenue and west of Highland. It was designed by Frank Webster and built in 1929. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986 based on its architecture.

Villa Bonita
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument No. 956
Villa Bonita, May 2008
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Location	1817 Hillcrest Rd., Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
Coordinates	34°6′17″N 118°20′19″W
Built	1929
Architect	Frank Webster
NRHP reference No.	86001950[1]
LAHCM No.	956
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	September 12, 1986
Designated LAHCM	2009-05-20[2]

The seven-floor building was originally built for the cast and crew of director Cecil B. DeMille. Since then, it has housed the likes of Errol Flynn and Francis Ford Coppola.[3]

See also

• List of Registered Historic Places in Los Angeles
• List of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments in Hollywood
• Hollywood Heights, Los Angeles

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on June 9, 2010. Retrieved June 8, 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
3. Liesl Bradner (August 18, 2016), Inside Villa Bonita, the Hollywood building that Errol Flynn, Francis Ford Coppola and others called home Los Angeles Times.