The famous home of the late Samson DeBrier– 6026 Barton Ave, between Vine & El Centro– is for sale. This is the perfect investment for anyone who wants to own a massively historic piece of 1950s pre-hippie LA freak history. Or anyone willing to drop $1.2M for a beautiful home on a really crappy street.
From this location, DeBrier ran the Hollywood equivalent of a Parisian salon, with pretty much everybody who was anybody paying a visit. One often finds the house mentioned in biographies of ’50s and early ’60s actors like James Dean, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson, etc., etc. Film fans may know the house as the location where the good doctor Kenneth Anger shot his well loved Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome; DeBrier himself plays several roles in the film. It should be noted that the property contains three units– the giant on Barton and two cottages. DeBrier rented the main house for income & lived in middle unit.
I wanted to take a picture of the property, but a combination of trees and bushes prevents the house from being photographed from any angle but one. Rather than take a duplicate, I’ve grabbed the realtor’s photo and cleaned up its colors as best I could. See below.
