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Storybook style houses are 1920s-1930s buildings inspired by Hollywood fantasy

Writer's picture: Jon RuwoltJon Ruwolt

Updated: Aug 12, 2019



Storybook style grew out of the Picturesque fashion championed in Britain by use of the vernacular forms of architects such as John Nash, who produced some of the most theatrically picturesque homes which were built there.

Hollywood Land

An early enclave of Storybook Style homes can be found in the subdivision of Hollywoodland, in the hills Northwest of Los Angeles.


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