About

Note: The legal address for 2411 Inverness was originally 2330 Hillhurst.  2330 HIllhurst is referred to in documents below that pre-dated the subdivision of the property.  

Property was part of the original Harry Chandler estate and its legal address.

Chandler House. Also known as 2330 N. Hillhurst Ave in Area 4.14.

Potential City of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument.

LFIA Potential Landmarks list, “noted for original owner & being one of first homes in area.”

See Anne Kenmore articles in Los Feliz News, now L.A. Independent newspaper, 08/19/78, 08/26/78. Illustrated in Fred Sands brochure, Sotheby’s brochure, Douglas brochure.

2330 N. Hillhurst is listed as the home of Harry Chandler, publisher of the Los Angeles Times in 1930. The son-in-law of LA Times founder Harrison Gray Otis, Chandler became the newspaper’s second publisher upon Otis’ death in 1917. Over the next 25 years, he also became a major property developer in Los Angeles and at one time owned most of the San Fernando Valley. He was a partner with movie director Mack Sennett in developing the “Hollywoodland” residential project in the Hollywood Hills that spawned the Hollywood Sign. He remained the publisher of the Los Angeles Times until his death in 1944. Harry Chandler was an LFIA Director from 1924 until 1931, and again from 1940 to 1944.

Harry Chandler was the Los Angeles Times publisher, Times Office, Los Angeles, California: born Landaff, New Hampshire, May 17, 1864, the son of Moses Knight and Emma Jane (little) C.; educated in the high schools of Lisbon, New Hampshire; married twice and has two children by his first wife, Franceska and Alice May, and six children by his second wife, Constance, Ruth, Norman, Harrison Gray, Helen Philip. Chandler began at the age of 21 as clerk of the circulation department of the Los Angeles Times. Organized syndicate and purchased 862,000 acres of land in Lower California in 1899 and was made President of the California-Mexico Land & Cattle Co., the property producing $18 million worth of cotton in 1919; he is an officer or director in 35 California Corporations including banking, land, transportation companies and oil, irrigation and manufacturing enterprises; is a Trustee in the California School of Technology, also trustee of Stanford University; he is a member of the Jonathan, University, Automobile, Athletic, San Gabriel Country, Flintridge Country Clubs, and was presented with a gold watch by Los Angeles Realty Board as the most useful citizen of Los Angeles in the year 1921; resides at 2330 Hillhurst Avenue, Los Angeles, Calif. (Source: Who’s Who in Los Angeles County. 1932-1933. P. 164.) (Source: Who’s Who in Los Angeles County, 1930-1932, p. 230)

Historic pictures in possession of prior owner; Nina Mohi has copies known as “Hillhurst” according to prior owners.

Residence of Harry Chandler, a 1941 director of LFIA.

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Chandler (Marian Otis), the Misses Constance and Helen, Philip and Harrison, were listed in the 1926 Los Angeles Blue Book.

Residence of Mrs. Harry Chandler and the Misses Constance and Ruth Chandler. (Source: Who’s Who among the Women of California, Security Publishing Company, Los Angeles, 1922)

Home of Harrison Gray Chandler, (born 2/12/1903), educated at Stanford University, 1926. (Source: Who’s Who in Los Angeles County, 1950-51, p. 4)

Mid 1940’s: Jack Haley purchased from estate of Harry Chandler. (Source: Doug Goodan.)

“It cost $1,000 to have lunch with Harry Chandler” (Source: Saturday Evening Post 212, 12/16/39, 89+)

Milwaukee Building Company, architect.

1920 Census:
2330 Hillhurst Avenue: 1) Harry Chandler, owner and head of household; 55 year old white married male; born in New Hampshire; parents born in New Hampshire; manager of a newspaper. 2) Marion Otis Chandler, wife; 53 year old white married female; born in Ohio; father born in Ohio, mother in New Hampshire; not working. 3) Constance Chandler, daughter; 23 year old single white female; born in California; not working. 4) Ruth Chandler, daughter; 22 year old single white female; born in California; not working. 5) Norman Chandler, son; 20 year old single white male; born in California; not working. 6) Harrison Chandler, son; 16 year old single white male; born in California. 7) Helen Chandler, daughter; 12 year old white female; born in California. 8) Philip Chandler, son; 12 year old white male; born in California. 9) Carrie H. Otis; 65 year old white female widow; born in Ohio; father born in New York, mother in Germany; not working. 10) Lucy Ballard, servant; 42 year old Black single female; born in North Carolina; parents born in US; a cook in a private family.

1930 Census:
2330 Hillhurst Avenue (Value: $50,000): 1) Harry Chandler, owner and head of household; 66 year old white married male; married at age 30; born in New Hampshire; parents born in New Hampshire; publisher of a newspaper (Times). 2) Mary Chandler, wife; 64 year old white married female; married at age 28; born in Ohio; father born in Ohio, mother in New Hampshire; not working. 3) Constance Chandler, daughter; 34 year old single white female; born in California; reporter for a newspaper. 4) Harrison Chandler, son; 26 year old single white male; born in California; proofreader at a newspaper. 5) Helen Chandler, daughter; 23 year old single white female; born in California; not working. 6) Phillip Chandler, son; 23 year old single white male; born in California; proprietor of a newspaper route. 7) Anna L. Colberg, cook; 52 year old white female widow; born in Minnesota; parents born in Sweden; a cook for a private family. 8) Nelander Nelson, gardener; 58 year old white single male; born in Sweden; parents born in Sweden; speaks Swedish; to US in 1889, a naturalized citizen; a gardener in a private family. 9) Ragnard Olson, gardener; 30 year old single white male; born in Sweden; parents born in Sweden; speaks Swedish; to US in 1924, citizenship pending; a gardener in a private family. 

1940 Census:
2330 Hillhurst Avenue (Value $50,000): 1) Harry Chandler, head of household; white married male 74 years of age; born in New Hampshire; newspaper publisher. 2) Marion Chandler, wife; white married female 73 years of age; born in Ohio; not working. 3) Harrison Chandler, son; white single male 37 years of age; born in California; not working. 4) Rose Weiss, servant; white female widow 52 years of age; born in Hungary; maid in a private home; earns $840. 5) Angela Medro, servant; white married female 54 years of age; born in Hungary; maid in a private family; $800. 6) Ragner Olson, servant; white single male 40 years of age; born in Sweden; gardener in a private home; earns $1,560.