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2495 Lyric Avenue was the home of Walt & Lillian Disney in the late 1920s.  Walt Disney and his brother Roy built houses from Pacific Ready Cut Homes next door to each other in 1927.

Walt Disney built this house in 1927. Click here to read the 2011 Los Feliz Ledger story about Disney homes in the neighborhood.  The story is on page 7.

Pre-fab home built by Walt Disney.  See original building permit here: 2495 Lyric

1930 census:

2495 Lyric Avenue: Value $8,000.  1) Walter E. Disney, head of household, owner.  White male 28 years of age, married at age 24; born in Illinois, father in English Canada, mother in Ohio.  Motion picture producer.  Earns more than $5,000.  2) Lillian B. Disney, wife.  White female 30 years of age; married at age 26.  Born in Idaho, father born in Idaho, mother in Washington.  Not working.  (ED 19-4; Page 1A; lines 27-28).

Photo courtesy Michael Locke