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One of the great architectural treasures of Los Feliz, the Le Trianon at 1750-1754 North Serrano Avenue has become a distinctive and beloved Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument in 1995. The 6-story, 28-unit French Chateau-style building is one of the most impressive designs of the legendary apartment house designer Leland A. Bryant. The construction of this castle-like French Chateau was commisioned in 1928 by Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks (on photo below), who also lived in the luxury 2-story Penthouse B until their divorce in 1930's.
The Chateau Le Trianon is romantic in the extreme, a beautifully proportioned structure made all the more charming by a fantastic 3-story maisonette apartment with three bedrooms and three baths extending out from the main structure and creating an “L” framing the building’s expansive front terrace.
Celebrities living in Trianon over the years: Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks, director Fred Beetson, actors Maryon Hall, William Burns, George Irving, Betty Ross Jensen, Charles O’Malley, and Harry Woods, and composer Albert Von Tilzer, Belinda Carlisle, George James Hopkins (set decorator), Vincent Spano, Kid Congo of the Cramps, and Billy Zane.
