PLEASE SEE OUR COMPANION HISTORIES
AN INTRODUCTION TO HANCOCK PARK IS HERE
226 Rimpau Boulevard
- Built in 1954 on Lot 4 in Tract 18106
- Original commissioner: Dr. and Mrs. Clyde V. Von Der Ahe
- Architect: Lundeberg & Strawn (William A. Lundeberg and J. Cecil Strawn)
- The Department of Building and Safety issued Dr. Clyde V. Von Der Ahe a permit for a six-room, single-story residence with attached garage house at 226 Rimpau Boulevard on July 2, 1954
- Dr. Von Der Ahe died at 226 Rimpau Boulevard on January 4, 2014, age 95
- Major alterations to 226 Rimpau began in late 2014, with high hedges planted to conceal the result
Illustration: Private Collection