Andalusia (Los Angeles, California)
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Andalusia is an apartment building located in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
Hollywood is a famous district in Los Angeles, California, United States situated west-northwest of downtown Los Angeles. Due to its fame and cultural identity as the historical center of movie studios and movie stars, the word Hollywood is often used as a metonym of American cinema...

, built in 1929 in Spanish Colonial Revival style. The building was listed in the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...

 in 2003.
Architects Arthur and Nina Zwebell
Arthur and Nina Zwebell
Arthur B. Zwebell and Nina L. Zwebell , formerly Nina Wilcox, were a husband and wife architectural team known for their innovation in the design of courtyard apartments in Southern California...

 designed the structure, which is said to be turned inward to a richly landscaped interior courtyard. The building is located in a historic neighborhood across Sunset Boulevard
Sunset Boulevard
Sunset Boulevard is a street in the western part of Los Angeles County, California, that stretches from Figueroa Street in downtown Los Angeles to the Pacific Coast Highway at the Pacific Ocean in the Pacific Palisades...

 from the Chateau Marmont. The same block of Havenhurst Drive also includes two other apartment buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places: Colonial House (1416 Havenhurst Dr.) and Ronda (1400—1414 Havenhurst Dr.).
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