Playa del Rey in Los Angeles in Los Angeles County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

Dodd Playa Del Rey Residence

Dodd Residence Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Craig Baker, February 6, 2022

1. Dodd Residence Marker

Inscription.
Dodd Playa Del Rey Residence, Spanish Colonial Revival style. William J. Dodd, architect. Dickinson & Gillespie, contractor. Fritz B. Burns, developer. Built 1930. Declared 2019, Historic-Cultural Monument No. 1195, Cultural Heritage Commission, City of Los Angeles.

Residence, William J. Dodd AIA, Ione Estes Dodd, May 27th, 1928 to Oct. 7th, 1930, 8207 Delgany Avenue, Playa del Rey, California.

Erected 2019 by City of Los Angeles. (Marker Number 1195.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1930.

Location. 33° 57.594′ N, 118° 26.567′ W. Marker is in Los Angeles, California, in Los Angeles County. It is in Playa del Rey. Marker is on Delgany Avenue, 0.2 miles north of Manchester Avenue, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 8207 Delgany Ave, Playa del Rey CA 90293, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Gabrielino-Tongva People (approx. 0.3 miles away); Marina del Rey (approx. ¾ mile away); The Helmsman (approx. 1.1 miles away); Marina del Rey Small Craft Harbor

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(approx. 1.2 miles away); The Land and The People (approx. 1.3 miles away); Tongva Memorial (approx. 1.4 miles away); Lt. Col Roosevelt Hestle (approx. 1.4 miles away); The Freedom Tree (approx. 1.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Los Angeles.

Regarding Dodd Playa Del Rey Residence. This two-story single-family residence was designed by architect William James Dodd (1862-1930) for himself and his family.
Dodd was born in 1862 and worked as an architect and designer in Louisville, Kentucky, and moved to Los Angeles in 1912. He constructed a number of residential and commercial properties in the Los Angeles area. He notably worked with master architect Julia Morgan and J.M. Haenke on the design of the Herald-Examiner Building in 1915 (Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument No. 178).
In 1921, the Minneapolis-based real estate firm Dickinson & Gillespie, led by developer Fritz B. Burns, purchased a three-mile tract south of Playa del Rey. Most of the houses in the subdivision were designed in the Spanish Colonial Revival style to evoke the aesthetic of a resort community. Following the 1929 stock market crash

Photographed By Craig Baker, February 6, 2022

2. Dodd Residence Marker

many of the speculators failed and much of the land remained undeveloped for another two decades. In 1928, architect William J. Dodd and his wife, Ione Estes Dodd purchased 12 parcels in the Del Rey Hills subdivision, but only two homes were built prior to Dodd’s death in 1930, including this home. The Dodd Playa del Rey Residence represents one of the few properties from this period of early residential development in Playa del Rey.

Also see . . . Owner's Manual - William J. Dodd Playa Del Rey Residence HCM No. 1195. The link is a downloadable file of the residence's owner's manual at archive.org. (Submitted on February 26, 2022, by Thomas L. McMahon of Playa del Rey, California.)

Dodd Residence Markers image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Craig Baker, February 6, 2022

3. Dodd Residence Markers

Dodd Playa Del Rey Residence image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Craig Baker, February 6, 2022

4. Dodd Playa Del Rey Residence

Photographed By Thomas L. McMahon, May 30, 2018

5. Living Room

Dodd Residence, approximately 1958 image. Click for full size.

6. Dodd Residence, approximately 1958

Owned by Ivan Miller at that time.

"Architect to Occupy Residence Along Seashore" image. Click for full size.

courtesy Los Angeles Times, March 9, 1930

7. "Architect to Occupy Residence Along Seashore"

“Construction work has started on a seven-room Spanish-type home for W.J. Dodd at Playa del Rey, according to V.L.Gentry, manager for the Dickinson & Gillespie Corporation, developers of the project, who reports plans completed for fifteen additional residences and building work in progress on eight others. The Dodd home contains three bedrooms, living-room, large dining-room, combination breakfast and serving room and kitchen. It is situated on sloping ground and overlooks the ocean."

The Dickinson & Gillespie Building image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Craig Baker, February 6, 2022

8. The Dickinson & Gillespie Building

Located nearby, on Culver Blvd at Vista Del Mar. Built in 1922. Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument No. 955.

Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on February 8, 2022, by Craig Baker of Sylmar, California. This page has been viewed 384 times since then and 53 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on February 8, 2022, by Craig Baker of Sylmar, California. 5, 6, 7. submitted on February 26, 2022, by Thomas L. McMahon of Playa del Rey, California. 8. submitted on February 8, 2022, by Craig Baker of Sylmar, California.