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  • Completed in 1962 on Lot 8 of Tract 3668
  • Lot 8 of Tract 3668 had been part of a parcel comprised of it and Lot 9, on which the extant 101 South Rossmore Avenue was built in 1922 along with a garage, which was moved just north to Lot 9 in 1931 and demolished in late 1960
  • Original commissioner: Shipping executive Ralph J. Chandler
  • Architect: Wallace Neff
  • A permit was issued to Ralph J. Chandler by the Department of Building and Safety on December 2, 1960, for the demolition of the 1922 garage moved on to Lot 8 from next door in 1931
  • A building permit was issued to Ralph J. Chandler by the Department of Building and Safety on December 13, 1960, for a single-family dwelling with an attached garage at 105 North Rossmore, the building measuring 70 by 90.75 feet and budgeted at $175,000. On May 21, 1961, the Los Angeles Times reported that the house was under construction and that Wallace Neff had patterned it after Madame du Barry's Pavillon de Musique in Louveciennes
  • A certificate of occupancy for 105 North Rossmore was issued to Ralph J. Chandler on April 30, 1963
  • The Ralph Chandlers were moving to Hancock Park from Pasadena, where they had occupied 1345 Wentworth Avenue in Oak Knoll since 1946; that house had once been the home of Robert D. Matthews, formerly of 12 Berkeley Square. Architect Henry Withey had designed 1926 North Hobart Boulevard in Los Feliz for the Chandlers in 1921. The family had Carleton Winslow remodel that house in 1931 and remained in it until moving to Pasadena
  • Ralph J. Chandler died at Good Samaritan on August 4, 1966. He was a nephew of Harry Chandler, longtime publisher of the Los Angeles Times
  • Lenore Gantt Chandler continued her husband's philanthropy until her death on April 28, 1990, at which time she was still in possession of 105 North Rossmore Avenue
  • Ralph J. Chandler Jr. had died in service during World War II; the Chandler's younger son, Andrew, retained 105 North Rossmore until 2017
  • Serial renovators Patrick Moran and his partner Jordan Budde—a television producer and television writer, respectively—purchased 105 North Rossmore Avenue from the Chandler family for a reported $5.75 million; after modernizing the interior of the house, the couple had it back on the market in November 2020 at an asking price of $13.65 million. Moran and Budde had previously updated the nearby house at 555 Muirfield Road in an attractive if similarly anodyne style



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