The previous Los Angeles residence of Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe was declared a historic cultural monument on Wednesday, stopping it from being demolished by its present house owners.
The Los Angeles Metropolis Council voted unanimously — in a 12-0 vote — to approve the movement launched by Councilwoman Traci Park, who represents the eleventh District the place the Spanish Colonial-style house is positioned.
Monroe purchased the one-story residence on Helena Drive in 1962 for $75,000. It was the one residence she ever owned. She died there six months later.
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View of Marilyn Monroe’s Spanish Colonial-style former home in Los Angeles on Sept. 11, 2023. (Reuters/Mike Blake / Reuters)
The two,900-square-foot property within the upscale Brentwood neighborhood boasts 4 bedrooms and three bogs. The house options beamed ceilings and terra-cotta tile flooring, in addition to a big yard swimming pool surrounded by lush citrus timber and a manicured garden.
“We have an opportunity to do something today that should have been done 60 years ago,” Park mentioned previous to the vote, per Fox 11. “There is no other person or place in the city of Los Angeles as iconic as Marilyn Monroe and her Brentwood home.”
“Some of the most world-famous images ever taken of her were in that home, on those grounds and near her pool. Marilyn tragically died there — forever ties her in time and place to this very home,” Park mentioned. “There is likely no woman in history or culture who captures the imagination of the public the way Marilyn Monroe did. Even all these years later, her story still resonates and inspires many of us today.”
The choice comes after a months-long battle between the council and the house owners of the residence, Roy Financial institution and Brinah Milstein, who personal a property subsequent door.
The couple purchased Monroe’s former residence in July 2023 for $8.35 million with plans to demolish the home to develop their property, in line with the Los Angeles Instances.
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An aerial view of Marilyn Monroe’s former property in Los Angeles could be seen within the above picture. (Getty Photographs / Getty Photographs)
The couple obtained a demolition allow quickly after, however Park final yr launched a movement to guard the residence by granting it landmark standing, receiving approval from the Cultural Heritage Fee and the Planning and Land Use Administration Committee, the Instances mentioned.
Financial institution and Milstein sued the town in Could for appearing unconstitutionally with the intention to protect the home, in line with the outlet. A decide denied their injunction request to cease the historic designation and a trial-setting convention for the pending lawsuit is about for Aug. 13, in line with The New York Instances.
The couple claimed the town exaggerated Monroe’s connection to the home and that she solely lived for “a mere six months before she tragically committed suicide 61 years ago,” per a lawsuit cited by KCAL-TV.
Marilyn Monroe was an actress, singer, mannequin and intercourse image. (Smith Assortment/Gado / Getty Photographs)
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The couple say the town has accepted dozens of renovations by the house’s 14 earlier house owners.
“All of these backroom machinations were in the name of preserving a house which in no way meets any of the criteria for a ‘Historic-Cultural Monument,'” the lawsuit states.
On the time, Monroe’s demise was dominated to be an overdose of sleeping tablets. Whether or not it was unintended or suicidal continues to be not absolutely identified. She was present in her residence, alone in her mattress, with an unhooked cellphone in her hand and a bottle of sleeping tablets on the facet of her mattress.
FOX Enterprise’ Stephanie Giang-Paunon and Reuters contributed to this report.
Entrance view of Marilyn Monroe’s Spanish Colonial-style former home in Los Angeles on Sept. 11, 2023.
