373 S Beverly Glen as it appeared in House Beautiful Magazine, October 1932
What: H. Roy Kelly designed English Cottage style residence
Where: 373 S Beverly Glen Boulevard
What: H. Roy Kelly
designed English Cottage style residence
Where: 373 S Beverly
Glen Boulevard
History: In 1929, Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence D Coulter, purchased this lot for $9,000 from the Janss Company and
hired prominent architect H. Roy Kelly and Escherich Brothers Contractors to
complete this residence at an additional cost of $25,000. The style complements
its Tudor neighbor (also designed by Kelly) at #383 S Beverly Glen where Mrs.
Coulter’s sister resided.
Architecture: House Beautiful
selected and featured this home as a winner of the annual architectural “small- house
competition” in 1932 .This was just
one of many national competitions, honors and achievements earned by its
influential architect, Mr. H. Roy Kelly. Kelly had a long and varied career
that went beyond residential architecture.
He designed the
original RAND headquarters in Santa Monica and The Institute for Aeronautical
Sciences as well as hospitals, churches and offices. In 1931, Herbert Hoover
appointed him to an Advisory Commission on home building that helped to
popularize ranch style homes in the West. From 1931 to 1938, H. Roy served on
the architectural advisory board of Good Housekeeping Magazine and in 1938,
Life Magazine commis- sioned him to design a model home for the nation. During
WWII, he designed camouflage for Douglas Aircraft and military installations
for the War Department. Kelly also served on architectural advisory committees
for Bel-Air and Palos Verdes Estates and designed many Los Angeles residences.
This home serves as a good example of his residential work and of 1920’s domestic
architecture. Its revival style was one of the most popular of the time.
Does your home have architectural or historical significance? We’d like to hear from you.
Please contact Jane Gavens at janegavens@brillgroup.com or 310-497-5166.
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