The Garden of Allah
The Garden of Allah was a famous hotel in West Hollywood, California, at 8152 Sunset Boulevard at the east end of the Sunset Strip. Originally a 2.5-acre estate called Hayvenhurst, it was built in 1913 as the private residence of real estate developer William H. Hay.
The Garden of Allah Hotel was once Hollywood's most famous (perhaps infamous) hotel during the 1930s - 40s. In 1918, Nazimova, a successful silent film actress who co-starred opposite Rudolph Valentino in “Camille”, bought an 8 room Spanish-style mansion on the southwest corner of Sunset and Crescent Heights Blvds. The building was surrounded by 3 1/2 acres of lush tropical plants and fruit trees.
At the urging of her manager, she decided to turn her estate into a hotel. After months of construction building 25 villas, Miss Nazimova's Garden of Allah Hotel opened on January 9, 1927, with an 18 hour party. Some of Nazimova's early guests included Hollywood's royal couple, Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford, as well as stars Rudolph Valentino, Charlie Chaplin, and Tom Mix. Two years after she opened, the Depression hit and Nazimova lost the hotel, but managed to hold on to an apartment for herself, where she lived until her death in 1945.
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