James Dolena

James Dolena
Born May 17, 1888
Russia
Died June 12, 1978
Los Angeles County, California
Occupation Architect

James Dolena (1888-1978) was a Russian-born American architect.

Early life

He was born in Russia on May 17, 1888.[1] He emigrated to the United States in 1905.[2][3] He was trained as an architect and a painter.[2]

Career

He first moved to Los Angeles to install a mural with Hubert Valentine Fanshaw, and spent the rest of his career there.[2][3]

In 1926, he designed the private residence of silent actor Hobart Bosworth (1867-1943), a 3.2-acre mansion located at 809 North Hillcrest Road in Beverly Hills, California.[1][2][4][5][6] The interiors were designed by William Haines (1900-1973) and the landscape by Benjamin Martin Purdy.[4] In 1933, it was purchased by William Powell (1892-1984) and Carole Lombard (1908-1942), and the following year, Dolena redesigned it.[2][5][6][7] In 1969, it became the home of producer Albert R. Broccoli (1909-1996).[4][5] Since 2005, it has been owned by interior designer Kelly Wearstler (born 1967).[4][5]

In 1931, he designed the Garden Apartment and Retail Shop, an apartment house in Westwood, Los Angeles.[1][8] The following year, in 1932, he designed the private residence of film director Richard Wallace in Bel Air, Los Angeles.[1][9][10] Later in 1932, he designed the private residence of actress Constance Bennett (1904-1965) in Holmby Hills, Los Angeles.[1][11] In 1936, he designed the home of Ingle Barr (1880-1969), a renowned book collector, in Beverly Hills, California.[1][12][13] From 1934 to 1937, he designed the Farmers Market in the Fairfax District, Los Angeles.[1][14]

From 1937 to 1939, he designed Casa Encantada located at 10644 Bellagio Road in Bel Air, Los Angeles for Hilda Boldt Weber, heiress to the Charles Boldt Glass Co..[1][2][15][16][17][18] The interiors and furniture were designed by T. H. Robsjohn-Gibbings (1905–1976).[2][15] It spans 8.4 acres and has sixty-four rooms.[15] In 1950, hotelier Conrad Hilton (1887-1979) purchased it for US$225,000.[2] He sold it to David H. Murdock (born 1923) for US$12.4 million in 1979.[15][19] Later, Gary Winnick (born 1948), the current owner, purchased it for US$94 million.[15]

From 1937 to 1940, he designed the Boddy House for Manchester Boddy (1891–1967) on the grounds of Descanso Gardens in La Cañada Flintridge, California.[1][2][20][21] In 1939, he designed the private residence of George Cukor (1899-1983).[1][22][23][24] William Haines was the interior designer.[22] The same year, he designed the house of Col. David L. Reeves in Santa Barbara, California.[1][25] In 1940, he designed the B.T. Gate House in Brentwood, Los Angeles.[1][26]

In 1949, he designed the Walt Disney Estate, a 5,669-square-foot, seventeen-room mansion, for Walt Disney (1901-1966) and his wife Lillian Disney (1899-1997) in Holmby Hills, Los Angeles.[27][28][29]

Personal life

He lived in Brentwood, Los Angeles, in a house he designed in 1935.[1][30][31][32]

Death

He died on June 12, 1978 in Los Angeles County, California.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pacific Coast Architecture Database
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Aaeroe Architectural
  3. 1 2 Sam Watters, Houses of Los Angeles: 1920-1935, Acanthus Press, 2007, p. 361
  4. 1 2 3 4 Pacific Coast Architecture Database: William Powell House
  5. 1 2 3 4 Hamish Bowles, Kelly Wearstler: The Bold And The Beautiful, Vogue, October 01, 2009
  6. 1 2 Emily Eerdmans, Kelly Wearstler, Regency Redux: High Style Interiors: Napoleonic, Classical Moderne, and Hollywood Regency, Rizzoli, 2008, p. 9
  7. ↑ John Chase, Glitter Stucco and Dumpster Diving, Verso, 2004, p. 99
  8. ↑ Pacific Coast Architecture Database: Garden Apartment and Retail Shop
  9. ↑ Pacific Coast Architecture Database: Mr and Mrs Richard Wallace House
  10. ↑ 'Residence of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Wallace, Bel-Air', Architectural Digest, 9: 4, 33-37, 1934-1935
  11. ↑ Pacific Coast Architecture Database: Constance Bennett House
  12. ↑ Pacific Coast Architecture Database: Ingle Barr House
  13. ↑ 'Residence of Mr. Ingle Barr, Beverly Hills, Calif.', Architectural Digest, 10: 3, 100-104, 1940
  14. ↑ Pacific Coast Architecture Database: Farmers Market
  15. 1 2 3 4 5 Pacific Coast Architecture Database: Casa Encantada
  16. ↑ Huntington Digital Library: Hilda Boldt Weber residence
  17. ↑ John Chase, Exterior decoration: Hollywood's inside-out houses, Hennessey & Ingalls, 1982, p. 50
  18. ↑ Ulysses Grant Dietz, Sam Watters, Dream house: The White House as an American home, Acanthus Press, 2009, p. 198
  19. ↑ Pacific Coast Architecture Database: David Murdock House
  20. ↑ Pacific Coast Architecture Database: Boddy House
  21. ↑ 'Residence of Mr. Manchester Boddy, La Canada, California', Architectural Digest, 10: 3, 93-96, 1940
  22. 1 2 Pacific Coast Architecture Database: George Cukor House
  23. ↑ William J. Mann, Kate: The Woman Who Was Hepburn, Macmillan, 2007, p. 188
  24. ↑ 'Cukor house a vestige of gentility', The Los Angeles Times, part VII: 1, 9/4/1983
  25. ↑ Pacific Coast Architecture Database: Col and Mrs David L. Reeves House
  26. ↑ Pacific Coast Architecture Database: B.T. Gate House
  27. ↑ Marc Wanamaker, Westwood, Arcadia Publishing, 2010, p. 68
  28. ↑ Laura Meyers, 'Reality Check: Lovers' Lien', Los Angeles, March 1998, p. 44
  29. ↑ Neal Gabler, Walt Disney: The Biography, Aurum, 2007, p. 474
  30. ↑ Pacific Coast Architecture Database: James E. Dolena House
  31. ↑ "Residence of Mr. J.E. Dolena, Brentwood Park, California", Architectural Digest, 10: 3, 166, 1940
  32. ↑ Bruce David Cohen, 'A Dolena legacy: refurbishing the architect's classic house in Los Angeles', Architectural Digest, 47: 10, 164-171, 227, 9/1990
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