About

Part of the Hollywood Grove Historic Preservation Overlay Zone.

E. Fossler, architect.
C. P. Gould, architect.

1920 Census:
1959 N. Taft Avenue: 1) Charles L. Powell, owner and head of household; white married male 56 years of age; born in Virginia; parents born in Virginia; stock farmer. 2) Laura H. Powell, wife; white married female 50 years of age; born in Kansas; father born in Pennsylvania, mother in Wisconsin; not working.

1940 Census:
1959 Taft Avenue (Rents for $50): 1) Willard A. Du Brul, head of household; white married male 47 years of age; born in New York; film editor, motion pictures; earns $4,350. 2) Jeanette Du Brul, wife; white married female 42 years of age; born in New York; not working. 3) Dorothy W. Hanson, mother- in-law; white widow 62 years of age; born in Canada; not working.

1959 Taft Avenue–Rear (Value $10,000): 1) Nellie B. Collins, head of household; white divorced female 46 years of age; born in Oregon; not working.