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August 28: Deco Day at the Seashore - MEMBERS ONLY
Submitted by ADSLA on Tue, 08/03/2010 - 11:20
08/28/2010 11:00 am
08/28/2010 2:00 pm
Join us at the Marion Davies Beach House for a Deco Day at the Seashore – Members Only
Saturday, August 28 – 11:00-2:00pm
The Annenberg Community Beach House
415 Pacific Coast Highway
Santa Monica, CA 90402
Tours reservations are now closed. The Annenberg House runs tours all day so you can try to join one of those.
Please do not call the Annenberg Beach House to make reservations.
The Art Deco Society of Los Angeles invites current ADSLA members plus one guest on a docent-led tour of the Annenberg Community Beach House, which includes the remnants of the 1920s beach front mansion that William Randolph Hearst and actress Marion Davies built in the 1920s as the site of their legendary costume parties for their Hollywood friends.
The ADSLA folks will be there from 11:00-2:00, but you are welcome to make a day of it and come early and stay late.
PARKING: Everyone planning to drive to the Beach House, must reserve parking on the Annenberg Beach House website. Parking is $10. If you do not reserve parking, you will not be able to park. There are other lots in the general vicinity, but you may have to walk a bit to get to the Beach House. There are several other public parking lots adjacent to the Beach House.
POOL RESERVATIONS (OPTIONAL): Pool Reservations are Closed.
The online reservation system opens daily at 7:00am (PST). Full non-refundable/nontransferable payment is required when making reservations and may be paid by Visa, MasterCard or Discover. Guest Services may assist with making reservations daily starting at 9:30am, in person or by phone, when reservations are still available.
LOUNGING BEACHSIDE (OPTIONAL) If you would prefer to lounge beachside or don’t get a poolside reservation, you may join the ADSLA grab an umbrella and stake out a plot in the sand on the beach in front of the beach house.
FOOD: There is a restaurant (Back on the Beach Café) onsite, or you can bring your own picnic lunch.
THE HISTORY OF THE BEACH HOUSE:
The 5-acre oceanfront site upon which the Annenberg Community Beach House now sits was originally developed during the Gold Coast era of the 1920s by William Randolph Hearst for actress Marion Davies. The Davies estate featured a mansion of 100-plus rooms and an ornate marble swimming pool. As with many Hearst projects, the vision of architect Julia Morgan provided a cohesive grace to the rambling estate. The Beach House was a hot spot on Santa Monica's Gold Coast, with Hearst and Davies entertaining luminaries from the Hollywood set, such as Charlie Chaplin, Louis B. Mayer, Samuel Goldwyn, Greta Garbo, Clark Gable and other stars of the day.
In 1947, Joseph Drown purchased the property from Davies and converted it into Oceanhouse, "America's Most Beautiful Hotel," along with the Sand & Sea Club, a limited-membership beach club. After the Oceanhouse venture ended, the main mansion was demolished in 1956. The popular Sand & Sea Club continued to operate.
In 1947, Joseph Drown purchased the property from Davies and converted it into Oceanhouse, "America's Most Beautiful Hotel," along with the Sand & Sea Club, a limited-membership beach club. After the Oceanhouse venture ended, the main mansion was demolished in 1956. The popular Sand & Sea Club continued to operate.
