The first real home Chaplin ever owned was built in 1922 on 6 acres of land on a hillside next door to Pickfair. The story goes that Chaplin used studio carpenters to build the house and that it eventually began to fall apart, thus its nickname "The Breakaway House." The original address was 1103 Cove Way but due to a reassignment of addresses sometime in the 1930s, the address became 1085 Summit Drive. The grounds included a pool, in the shape of the inside of a bowler hat, and a tennis court (built in 1929).
See more photos of the inside and outside of Chaplin's home here.
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I never noticed that about the shape of the pool - funny!
ReplyDeleteBoy, that was a big tennis court with lights and everything...and its' own little house too!
ReplyDeleteI had been craving to see more pics of his house.
ReplyDeleteThe interior pics of the house are pretty cool. Although I think the style is cool, I can see why Lita, Paulette and Oona were all trying to change the style to a more modern approach for the times.
ReplyDeleteIs this house still in existence? I know Pickfair was razed, sadly.
ReplyDeleteIt's still there although I hear it's very hard to see. All I have seen is a picture of the roof.
DeleteThe tennis court is still there although it looks as though it belongs to another house built where Chaplin's pool used to be. The land has been carved up since Chaplin's time. There is still a house where Chaplin's used to be but is is definately not the same house.
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