About

David F. Picken, architect. Tunnel connecting garage and house.

History:
Home of Don Belding (born 1/28/1898), business executive, Chairman of Board of advertising agency, Foote, Cone, and Belding, three-term director of Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, YMCA, Community Chest. (Source: Who’s Who in Los Angeles, 1950-1951, p. 110.)

Photo of new house appears in Los Angeles Times, 7/1/28, Pt. 1, p. 4.

1930 census:
4115 Dundee Drive (Value: $50,000): 1) Sidney J. Perry, owner and head of household; 43 year old white married male; married at age 27; born in Kansas; father born in England, mother in Scotland; proprietor of a dairy products company. 2) Minnie Perry, wife; 39 year old white married female; married at age 23; born in Colorado; parents born in Germany; not working. 3) Robert Perry, son; 15 year old white single male; in school; born in California. 4) Jessie Woody, servant; 64 year old white female widow; married at age 20; born in Iowa; father born in Ohio, mother in Ireland; general housework for a private family.

1940 Census:
4115 Dundee Drive (Value $40,000): 1) Minnie Perry, head of household; white widow 49 years of age; born in Colorado; restaurateur in her own business.