Hancock Park Home Commissioned by Harry Warner sells for $5.2M

Published: December 28, 2016 | By: American Luxury Staff

The home commissioned by Warner Bros. co-founder Harry M. Warner built in the upscale Los Angeles neighborhood of Hancock Park that he later sold to finance one of his films has been sold again, this time for $5,207,500.

Built in the early 1920s, the Georgian Colonial-style house was designed by A. Burnside Sturges and wasn’t in Warner’s hands for long before he offloaded it in order to pay for the 1927 film “The Jazz Singer,” which was the first feature-length movie to incorporate synchronized sound.

Measuring in at 5,600 square feet, the mansion features a stunning formal entryway and grand staircase that shows off thin gold balusters. The seven-bedroom, 5.5-bathroom home also boasts herringbone wood flooring in the family room, a wood-paneled lounge that doubles as a screening room, a modernized kitchen, and a quaint sitting area atop the staircase that is found below a stained glass skylight.

Outside the grounds include a pool house, a swimming pool, a tennis court, and lawns and hedges.

Warner’s former house landed on the market this past May with a $5.575-million asking price.

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