Frederick Mitchell Mooers House, Victorian residence in Westlake, Los Angeles, United States.
The Frederick Mitchell Mooers House is a three-story residence in Los Angeles featuring Moorish Revival elements on South Bonnie Brae Street. The building is defined by a rounded tower with an elongated domed roof, a wraparound porch, and a central round-arched entrance.
The house was built in 1894 for May Gertrude Wright and came into the ownership of Frederick Mooers in 1898, a successful gold mine prospector. The property received National Register of Historic Places status in 1976.
The house merges Queen Anne architectural elements with Moorish influences, displaying hand-carved woodwork and embossed leather walls throughout its interior spaces. This blend of stylistic approaches gives the building its distinctive appearance when viewed from the street.
The house functions as a private residence and is not open to the public for interior visits, though the exterior can be viewed from the street. Its location in the South Bonnie Brae Historic District allows visitors to see the architecture on foot and explore other historic buildings nearby.
After Mooers died in 1900, a notable inheritance dispute arose over his estate that attracted significant attention at the time. His estranged wife received one-sixth of the substantial fortune he had accumulated.
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