8474 Sunset Blvd.

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Normandie Village Apartments 

This quaint, rambling, peaked-roof French-Norman style apartment complex on the Sunset Strip opened in 1928 as La Ville Craig Chateaus, a “delightful bit of Southern France set down in Hollywood.” Monthly rent for apartments with three to six rooms started at $50.  Over the years the units included artist’s studios and some commercial shops. A fire on January 4, 1955, believed to have been caused by a cigarette, destroyed 25 of the 55 units. Normandie Village continued as a residence, however. It was threatened with a hi-rise hotel development in 1962, but survived that, too, but was demolished in 1970.

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Ad for “La Ville Craig Chateaus.” 8474 Sunset Blvd. 5-22-1928.

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1952 view of Normandie Village glimpsed from the ruins of the former Clover Club across the street at 8477 Sunset. Soon, fire would also destroy a portion of Normandie Village. USC.

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Aftermath of the fire damage, 1-5-1955.

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