WeHo Heights Hollywood History

Located a few feet above the famous nightlife of the Sunset Strip restaurants and clubs, WeHo Heights had a savory reputation of its own. Legend has it that the former site of 1230 Horn was a famous bordello during Prohibition.

The Shoreham Apartments in West Hollywood were built in 1937. It has a heavy roster of old Hollywood stars that used to live here…. Marlene Dietrich, Olivia de Havilland, John Huston, Vivian Vance, Veronica Lake, Ava Gardner, Katherine Hepburn, Janet Leigh, Liberace, to name a few.

The following stars at one time called these addresses in WeHo Heights home:

Reference for most: www.movielanddirectory.com, * ref. Joycie Fickett