Stiles Clements built it in 1922, one of the first houses on the Los Feliz hillside, and a century of careful owners has kept it close to the way he drew it.
Some houses are old. A few are kept. The Seyler House is one of the rare ones that is both, which is exactly what makes it matter.
The Seyler House is a 1922 Spanish Colonial Revival by Stiles O. Clements at 2666 Aberdeen Avenue, one of the first homes built on the Los Feliz hillside. For anyone weighing Los Feliz historic homes for sale, it is the benchmark: a century-old house valued on authorship and intact original detail, not square footage. Debbie Pisaro, a 24-year veteran of the Los Angeles market and a 2025 Inman Luxury Leader (California DRE #01369110), represents buyers and sellers of architectural and historic Los Feliz homes.
One of the first houses on the hill
The Seyler House sits at 2666 Aberdeen Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90027, on a terraced hillside on one of the oldest streets in Los Feliz. When Stiles O. Clements designed it in 1922, the hill above Los Feliz was barely built, and the house was among the first to claim it. It was commissioned by Charles Seyler, whose name it still carries a hundred years later, and it reads today as Spanish Colonial Revival at its most resolved.
Roughly four thousand square feet sit on about an acre and a half of terraced grounds that fall away toward downtown views, gardens that have been maturing for a century. Inside, the original details are the reason to care: exposed wood-beam ceilings, hand-painted surfaces, stained glass, iridescent copper, and vintage tile, most of it still in place. There is even a hidden passage to a former speakeasy behind a vault door, the kind of Prohibition-era flourish that a 1922 Los Feliz estate wears well.
What sets the Seyler House apart from other homes of its age is not that it is old. It is that so little of it has been lost. Owner after owner has chosen restoration over reinvention, and the house that stands today is very close to the one Clements drew. That continuity is rare, and it is the whole basis of its value.
Stiles Clements, who built half of 1920s LA
Stiles O. Clements was the design hand of Morgan, Walls and Clements, the firm behind some of the most recognizable buildings in Los Angeles: the El Capitan Theatre, the Wiltern, the Mayan Theatre, the Richfield Tower. He is remembered mostly for that theatrical, public work, which makes an early, private house like the Seyler a quieter and more personal record of what he could do. The 1922 debut in Pacific Coast Architect and the Architectural Digest feature two years later show a young architect already in full command of the Spanish Colonial vocabulary.
Los Feliz is thick with this kind of pedigree, which is a large part of why its architecture rewards a closer look. You can read the through-line across the neighborhood in our guide to Los Feliz architecture and in the way its design-forward houses have shaped the hillside.
A century of custodians
The house has passed through a striking run of owners, and the list reads like a casting sheet. The actor Tim Curry bought it in 1993 and restored it with real care, a project Architectural Digest documented in November 1998 under the title Tim Curry's California. Curry once said he feels most comfortable "in a house of many layers," which is about as good a description of this one as exists.
After Curry came the Oscar-winning cinematographer Robert Richardson, the actors Robert Pattinson, Noah Wyle, Jim Parsons, and Aaron Paul, and the basketball great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Aaron Paul brought in Commune Design in 2019 to move the house forward without erasing its century of character. The through-line holds: every owner understood what they were holding.
What a historic Los Feliz house is worth
Among Los Feliz historic homes for sale, a house like the Seyler is valued on a different axis than the rest of the market. The number that matters is not price per foot but how much of the original house survives, who designed it, and how clean the provenance is. On all three, the Seyler House sits near the top, which is why a price-per-foot read on it tells you almost nothing.
Pricing a house like this is a specialist's job, and the right comparison set is other intact architect-designed estates, not the remodel down the street. As the best real estate agent in Los Feliz for historic and architectural work, Debbie Pisaro builds that analysis by hand, and it is the same approach she brings to architectural homes across the city and to how to price an architectural home. The starting point is always buying an architectural home in Los Feliz with your eyes open.
With a house this original, the value lives in what has not been touched. Before you plan any changes, confirm whether the property sits in a historic overlay and what that allows, and price a sympathetic restoration honestly, so the architecture survives the next owner too.
Why the hillside holds its value
The Seyler House is not an isolated case. Los Feliz protects its architecture through historic overlays, and understanding how those work is part of owning here. Our guides to the Los Feliz HPOZ and to how designation affects home value lay out what protection means for a buyer, and the wider neighborhood record lives across Los Feliz Living.
That combination, protected architecture and an unbroken hillside of significant houses, is why Los Feliz values hold the way they do. The Seyler House is simply the clearest example of the pattern.
Buying a house like this, done right
Debbie Pisaro is a 24-year veteran of the Los Angeles market and a 2025 Inman Luxury Leader, and she represents architectural and historic buyers independently. With a house of this age, the whole job is protecting the original fabric, so a buyer needs someone who can tell a sympathetic restoration from a remodel that quietly erases what makes the house matter.
Designation is the first thing to check. Where a home carries a historic designation and a Mills Act contract, the ownership math changes, as Debbie details in her guide to selling a Mills Act or Historic-Cultural Monument home. Confirming that record, and then telling the story around it, is the work she does before a client commits to one of the Los Feliz historic homes for sale.
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Reach DebbieWhere is the Seyler House?
The Seyler House sits at 2666 Aberdeen Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90027, on a terraced hillside in Los Feliz just below Griffith Park. It is a private residence and not open to the public, set on one of the oldest streets in the neighborhood, with grounds that fall away toward downtown Los Angeles views to the south.
Who designed the Seyler House?
Stiles O. Clements, the design partner of Morgan, Walls and Clements, designed the Seyler House in 1922. Clements is best known for Los Angeles landmarks including the El Capitan Theatre, the Wiltern, and the Mayan Theatre. The Seyler House is one of his earlier residential works, a rare chance to see his hand at the scale of a private home.
Why is it called the Seyler House?
The house is named for Charles Seyler, the original owner who commissioned it in 1922. That convention, tying a significant house to the family that built it, is common, and the Los Feliz Improvement Association's record still lists 2666 Aberdeen Avenue as the residence of C. Seyler, designed by the Morgan, Walls and Clements firm.
How much do Los Feliz historic homes cost?
There is no single number, because historic and architect-designed homes trade on authorship, original condition, and provenance rather than square footage. An intact 1922 estate like the Seyler House is valued against other significant historic homes, not builder-grade comparables nearby. That is why a specialist prices a house like this by hand, weighing what survives of the original design.
Has the Seyler House been in Architectural Digest?
Yes, twice. The house made its Architectural Digest debut in August 1924, two years after it was completed. It returned to the magazine in November 1998 in a feature titled Tim Curry's California, which documented the actor's restoration and credited Stiles Clements as architect. Few houses appear in the magazine across three quarters of a century.
Who has owned the Seyler House?
The Seyler House has had a remarkable run of owners. They include the actor Tim Curry, who restored it in the 1990s, the Oscar-winning cinematographer Robert Richardson, the actors Robert Pattinson, Noah Wyle, Jim Parsons, and Aaron Paul, and the basketball great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Aaron Paul engaged Commune Design in 2019 to update the house while preserving its original character.
Is the Seyler House a historic landmark?
It is a historically significant house documented since the 1920s, but a buyer should confirm its current designation status and whether it sits in a historic overlay zone. That status matters, because designation shapes what an owner can alter and can affect the property-tax picture through programs like the Mills Act. Always verify before planning any changes.
Do I need a specialist real estate agent to buy a historic Los Feliz home?
It helps enormously. A historic house is valued on authorship, condition, and provenance, and a general real estate agent rarely has the comparable data or the preservation fluency the transaction requires. Debbie Pisaro specializes in architectural and historic Los Feliz homes, which means the guidance protects both the architecture and your position at the negotiating table.
Can Debbie Pisaro represent a buyer or seller in Los Feliz?
Yes. Debbie Pisaro specializes in architectural, historic, and design-forward homes, with deep experience in Los Feliz specifically. She represents buyers and sellers independently, brings the comparable analysis this market requires, and can be reached at debbie@coastline840.com or (310) 362-6429 to talk through a specific home or street.
Debbie Pisaro, DRE #01369110, is a 24-year veteran of the Los Angeles market and a 2025 Inman Luxury Leader in architectural, historic, and design-forward homes. She writes Los Feliz Living and covers California real estate at losfelizliving.com, debbiepisaro.com, and coastline840.com. Published August 2026.
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