The Andalusia is an apartment building located at 1471-1475 Havenhurst Dr. in

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, built in 1926 in Spanish Colonial Revival style. The building was listed in the

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in 2003. Additionally, it is designated as

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No. 435.

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Architects Arthur and Nina Zwebell designed the structure around a richly landscaped interior courtyard. Materials used reflected those commonly used in the Spanish Colonial Revival, Mediterranean Revival,

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, and

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traditions: exposed wooden beams, cantilevered beams, carved wood,

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roof tiles, lightly textured buff-colored stucco, cast concrete, and

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. Over the years, a cast of actors from the Golden Age of Hollywood lived at the Andalusia, including

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, Jean Hagen, John Payne,

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, Louis L'Amour, Claire Bloom, and Cesar Romero. Later, actor Jason Schwartzman occupied one of the units. The building is located in a historic neighborhood south of Sunset Boulevard near the Chateau Marmont. The same block of Havenhurst Drive also includes two other apartment buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places: the Colonial House (1416 Havenhurst Dr.) and the Ronda (1400–1414 Havenhurst Dr.).

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