The Getty House is the official residence

Official residence

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 of the mayor of Los Angeles

Mayor of Los Angeles, California

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. It is located at 605 S. Irving Boulevard in Windsor Square, a historic district located on the east of the Hancock Park

Hancock Park, Los Angeles, California

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 district, and located approximately five miles west of Los Angeles City Hall

Los Angeles City Hall

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. California

California

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History

Getty House is named for George Getty

George Getty

George Franklin Getty was an American lawyer, father of industrialist J. Paul Getty and patriarch of the Getty family.-George Franklin Getty:...

, the son of J. Paul Getty

J. Paul Getty

Jean Paul Getty was an American industrialist. He founded the Getty Oil Company, and in 1957 Fortune magazine named him the richest living American, whilst the 1966 Guinness Book of Records named him as the world's richest private citizen, worth an estimated $1,200 million. At his death, he was...

, the oil

Petroleum

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 tycoon, who donated it to the city. The home is designed and built in the Tudor Revival style. Built in 1920 for $83,000 ($888,000 in 2005 dollars

Inflation

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), the Getty Oil

Getty Oil

Getty Oil is an oil company founded by J. Paul Getty. It was at its height during the 1960s. In 1971, the Getty Realty division was formed to manage the real estate needs of Getty stations. The division was later spun off, but now owns the rights to the Getty brand...

 Company purchased the house in 1959. Getty Oil offered the property to the City of Los Angeles on November 12, 1975. The original garden

Garden

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s were designed by Florence Yoch & Lucile Council

Florence Yoch & Lucile Council

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, and have been restored.

Mayor's residence

The Getty House became the official residence for the mayor of Los Angeles. Mayor Tom Bradley

Tom Bradley (politician)

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 was the first to move into the Getty House, at the beginning of his second term in 1977 and resided there until leaving office in 1993. However, his two immediate successors opted not to move into the house, so the Getty House was unoccupied between 1993 and 2005. Mayor Richard Riordan

Richard Riordan

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 (1993–2001) resided in his mansion in Brentwood

Brentwood, Los Angeles, California

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. Mayor James Hahn

James Hahn

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 (2001–2005) lived in San Pedro

San Pedro, Los Angeles, California

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 so his children could be near their mother's residence.

After his election

Los Angeles mayoral election, 2005

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 in 2005, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa

Antonio Villaraigosa

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 announced that he and his family would live in the Getty House on at least a part-time basis, alternating between it and their existing home in the Mt. Washington

Mt. Washington, Los Angeles, California

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 district on the Northeast side

Northeast Los Angeles

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. However, in September 2005, Villaraigosa decided that he would move into the Getty House full-time, becoming the second mayor to reside in the house. In June 2007, Mayor Villaraigosa and his wife Corina announced that they were separating, and he would temporarily move out of the Getty House, with his wife and children to continue residing there during the separation.

Geography

The Getty House is zoned to the following Los Angeles USD schools: 3rd Street Elementary School, John Burroughs Middle School, and Los Angeles High School

Los Angeles High School

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External links

• Getty House Foundation website
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