Marilyn Monroe’s Former L.A. Home Gets Landmark Status, Thwarting Bulldozers
deadline.comSome like it not … torn down. The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously Wednesday to designate Marilyn Monroe‘s former Westside home as a historic cultural monument, thwarting the current owners’ attempt to demolish it.
The move comes five months after L.A.’s Cultural Heritage Commission blocked the demolition efforts over the house’s cultural significance.
Councilwoman Traci Park — who represents the city’s 11th District — said before Wednesday’s vote: “We have an opportunity to do something today that should have been done 60 years ago. … There is likely no woman in history or culture who captures the imagination of the public the way Marilyn Monroe did.
Even all these years later, her story still resonates and inspires many of us today.” The home at 12305 West Fifth Helena Drive is where the revered actress was found dead at 36 in August 1962.
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