John Elgin Woolf: Vance house (Beverly Hills, Calif.)

The house for James Vance on Hillcrest Road in Beverly Hills is considered another residence with significant Hollywood Regency style and attributes. With a tall brick privacy wall, leading to an oversize entry door, topped with an octagonal standing seam copper roof, along with the single-story layout surrounding a pool, the house has all of the classic Woolf hallmarks.
Vance was a dentist, who had a successful practice in Beverly Hills. With it's classic pool and cabana, the exterior of the house was used for celebrity photo shoots in the 1950s.

John Elgin Woolf, designer

John E. Woolf papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.

circa 1955

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