National Register of Historic Places

Yamashiro Historic District

Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California
Listed
September 24, 2012
Type
District
Period
Listed
Ref No.
12000811

About this property

The Yamashiro Historic District is located on Sycamore Avenue in the Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States. The villa that forms the district's centerpiece was constructed from 1911 to 1914 by artisans and craftsmen from Japan for the German-American Adolph Leopold Bernheimer (1866-1944) and Eugene Elija Bernheimer (1865-1924) [noted as brothers to Charles L. Bernheimer] to house their collection of Japanese art and valuable items. Mainly acquired in Japan and China, their collection comprised ukiyo-e prints, silk paintings, Buddhist sculptures and wall paintings, wood carvings, jades, bronze sculptures, furniture, and “Oriental” goods. The establishment was called the Yamashiro Hollywood, but can also be known as the Bernheimer Villa and Oriental Gardens. As the villa was located on top of a hill, it was called a yamashiro, a Japanese word that in this case means "mountain castle" (山城). The district consists of the villa, several smaller buildings (of which a number no longer exist), and landscaped gardens. The area was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.

Location

1999 N. Sycamore Ave.
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California
34.10560, -118.35316

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Yamashiro Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 24, 2012.

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Yamashiro Historic District is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

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