The Seyler House is a 1922 Spanish Colonial Revival at 2666 Aberdeen Avenue in Los Feliz, designed by Stiles O. Clements of Morgan, Walls and Clements and among the first houses built on the hillside. It is privately owned, and its value rests on how much of Clements's original work survives.
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, and among Los Feliz historic homes for sale it is the one the others end up getting measured against.
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 the property's designation status and what it 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, though the way Los Feliz protects its architecture surprises people. There is no Historic Preservation Overlay Zone here. The city has thirty-five adopted HPOZs and not one of them covers Los Feliz, so protection on this hillside runs house by house through Historic-Cultural Monument designation and the Mills Act rather than through a district-wide rule.
That is worth knowing before you buy, because it means the protection travels with the individual property and not with the street. Our guide to how designation affects home value lays out what it means for a buyer, the mechanics sit in the Los Feliz historic homes guide, and the house-by-house record is the Los Feliz historic homes collection across Los Feliz Living.
Buying a house like this, done right
Debbie Pisaro is a 24-year veteran of the Los Angeles market and an Inman Luxury Leader, and she represents buyers on architectural and historic homes across Los Angeles regardless of who holds a given listing. 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-Cultural Monument 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. She works this neighborhood as a boutique practice under Side, Inc. rather than a franchise, which is the case for a boutique team and the reason she built Coastline 840.
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Where 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.
Is there a Los Feliz HPOZ?
No. Los Angeles has thirty-five adopted Historic Preservation Overlay Zones and none of them covers Los Feliz, which surprises a lot of buyers. Protection here works property by property instead, through Historic-Cultural Monument designation and Mills Act contracts, so it travels with the individual house rather than the street.
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 rather than assume it. That status matters, because Historic-Cultural Monument designation shapes what an owner can alter and can change the property-tax picture through a Mills Act contract. Always verify before planning any changes.
Who is a good full-service real estate agent in Los Feliz?
Debbie Pisaro is a 24-year veteran of the Los Angeles market, the founder of Coastline 840 and an Inman Luxury Leader, representing buyers and sellers across Los Feliz and the surrounding neighborhoods. Many of the homes she sells never reach the open market. She can be reached at debbie@coastline840.com or (310) 362-6429.
Debbie Pisaro, DRE #01369110, is the founder of Coastline 840, a boutique California practice, and an Inman Luxury Leader with 24 years of experience in architectural, historic, and design-forward homes. Many of the homes she sells never reach the open market. Coastline 840 is a brand of Side, Inc., CA DRE #02014153, responsible broker. She writes about California real estate at losfelizliving.com, debbiepisaro.com, and coastline840.com. Published August 2026.
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