Marilyn Monroe ‘s house in Los Angeles’ Brentwood neighborhood was approved Wednesday as a historical cultural monument nomination by the Los Angeles City Council, a designation which is intended to help protect the landmark from demolition. “GREAT NEWS, the Marilyn Monroe Residence HCM nomination was approved by the full City Council on June 26, 2024,” the L.A.
Conservancy wrote on its website . Monroe lived for approximately six months in the 1929 four bedroom Spanish Colonial-style house, then died of an apparent overdose there in 1962. The L.
A. Conservancy wrote in its proposal for landmark status that the house was “the first place she sought out and bought for herself and on her own while actively working in 1962.” Owners Brinah Milstein and her husband, reality TV producer Roy Bank, bought the house last year for $8.
35 million and planned to demolish it to expand their property next door. They waged a year-long battle to stop the historical designation, which they said would lead to more nuisance visitors. The owners have sued the city, accusing officials of “backroom machinations,” and the case is due to get a trial date on Aug.
13. The owners contend that the house has been irreparably altered and that there is no evidence remaining that Monroe lived there, so they contend it does not meet the criteria for a historic cultural monument. The council’s vote was 12 to 0 in favor of adding the house to properties of historical significance, and was backe.
