12305 Fifth Helena Drive

Final residence of Marilyn Monroe September 2025 September 2023 12305 5th Helena Drive Marilyn.Monroe.House.v2.jpg Final residence of Marilyn Monroe, Brentwood, Los Angeles, California. Composite of two photos. 12305 5th Helena Drive, Brentwood, Los Angeles, California Marilyn Monroe 1929 Hacienda 2,900 sq.ft. 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms 12305 5th Helena Dr. is a house in Brentwood, Los Angeles, California owned and occupied by American actress Marilyn Monroe in the last year of her life. She died there on August 4, 1962.Julie Miller, Marilyn Monroe’s Beloved Brentwood Home for Sale, Vanity Fair, April 21, 2017. History The single-story Spanish colonial revival-style home sits on 2,900 square feet at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac off South Carmelina Avenue.Denes Melissa Marilyn Monroe in her own words: listen to her last interview https://www.thetimes.com/life-style/celebrity/article/marilyn-monroe-final-interview-photoshoot-dhvcvq3wz 4 May 2026 The Times 4 May 2026 The L-shaped property now consists of four bedrooms (only two existed when Monroe lived there) and three bathrooms.Jeffrey Meyers, Step Inside Marilyn Monroe's Country Retreat in Connecticut and Spanish Colonial-Style Home in Los Angeles, Architectural Digest, September 23, 2016. In the backyard, a free-form pool is adjacent to a citrus grove. The guest house is on the left side of the driveway as seen from the front gate. The house has a concrete threshold inlaid with four ceramic tiles painted with the Hunter family clan crest and a Latin motto 'Cursum Perficio' (literally translated as 'Course Perfected' and interpreted as 'My journey ends here' or 'I complete the course'.)Vitacco-Robles Gary 2000 Cursum Perficio: Marilyn Monroe's Brentwood Hacienda: the Story of Her Final Months Writers Club Press 9780595010820 41 https://books.google.com/books?id=VzSZx0gjTQIC&pg=PA41 This has been read as a foreshadowing of Monroe's death, six months after she purchased the property in 1962. The 2024 application for the home's historic monument status in connection to both the Hunter family and Marilyn Monroe, demonstrates the tiles depict the Hunter family's ancient Scottish coat of arms.23-0953_PC_PM_03-03-2024 https://cityclerk.lacity.org/onlinedocs/2023/23-0953_PC_PM_03-03-2024.pdf Office of the City Clerk Government of Los Angeles March 3, 2024 ADDENDUM TO THE OCTOBER 2023, HUNTER-MONROE DOSSIER Constructed in 1929, its architect and original owner have not been recorded by the Los Angeles Dept of City Planning, and are deemed to be unknown.CHC_2023_6134_HCM Agenda packet https://planning.lacity.gov/plndoc/Staff_Reports/2024/01-18-2024/CHC_2023_6134_HCM_Marilyn_Monroe_Residence_Final.pdf planning.lacity.gov 4 May 2026 Its first documented owners and occupiers are recorded in the 1930 Los Angeles census as Richard Hunter, actor, his wife Martha and their two adult sons and daughter-in-law: Asa Michael Hunter, Harbin Francis Hunter, architect,23-0953_PC_PM_03-02-2024 https://cityclerk.lacity.org/onlinedocs/2023/23-0953_PC_PM_03-02-2024.pdf cityclerk.lacity.org 4 May 2026 2024-03-02 and Harbin's wife Marie.1930 Federal Population Census https://www.archives.gov/research/census/1930 The sons were notable architects who developed integral parts of Southern California.Family Group Sheet for Richard "Dick" C Hunter / Martha "Mattie" Violet Pollock (F21) https://www.bartonancestry.com/gen/familygroup.php?familyID=F21&tree=tree2 www.bartonancestry.com 4 May 2026Obituary for Asa Hunter https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-obituary-for-asa-h/129924743/ 4 May 2026 The Los Angeles Times newspapers.com 16 February 1912 24Vitacco-Robles Gary 2023 ICON:What Killed Marilyn Monroe, Volume 1 BearManor Media 9798887711461 215-216 https://google.com/books/edition/Icon/meHkzwEACAAJ?hl=en The family were descendants of Scottish-descent prospectors brought to California by the gold rush of 1849. Ownership In February 1962, Monroe purchased the property for $77,500. She reportedly paid half in cash and took out a mortgage for the second half. In the early morning of Sunday, August 5, 1962, six months after purchasing the home, Monroe was found dead of a barbiturate overdose in her bedroom.Lisa Hallett Taylor, Take a Look at Marilyn Monroe's Los Angeles House, The Spruce, April 29, 2017. The property has had 14 subsequent owners. In 2017, the house was put up for sale for $6.9 million and eventually sold for $7.25 million. The buyers were an LLC called "Glory of the Snow", managed by Dan Lukas and Anne Jarmain.MV Editorial, Sold: The Iconic Former Home of Marilyn Monroe, Mercer Vine, June 23, 2017.Neal J. Leitereg, Marilyn Monroe's onetime Brentwood home sells for over the asking price, LA Times, June 1, 2017.Eve Batey, Marilyn Monroe's Last Home Saved From Demolition (For Now), Vanity Fair, September 9, 2023. In the summer of 2023, Emerald Lake hedge fund manager Dan Lukas and his wife sold the property in an off-market sale for $8.4 million to "Glory of the Snow Trust", which immediately filed for a demolition permit. The legally required physical notice was not posted on the property by the property owner, and the legally required notification was not made by LADBS to the local council office and neighborhood council equivalent. According to news reports, the new owner "Glory of the Snow Trust" is managed by "Andrew Sahure"; however, the name appears to be a typographical error for "Andrew Schure."James McClain, Marilyn Monroe’s Famed L.A. Home Is Being Torn Down, Robb Report, September 6, 2023. In 2023, Brinah Milstein, an entrepreneur, and Roy Bank, a reality television producer (Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?), bought the house for $8.35 million. They also own the property next door. In September 2023, a Change.org petition started, asking the City to turn the home into a museum. A motion asking to have the property listed as historical was handed in to Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Commission by Councilmember Traci Park on September 8. In 2024, the Los Angeles City Council approved Monroe's house being designated as a Historic Cultural Monument.https://variety.com/2024/film/news/marilyn-monroe-house-landmark-demolition-1236050076/ Marilyn Monroe's Brentwood House Declared a Landmark, Saving It From Demolition Pat Saperstein June 26, 2024 In 2026, Brinah Milstein and Roy Bank, argued that the Government of Los Angeles, by "turning their house into a protected landmark, is forcing them to shoulder the costs of a public benefit", in Los Angeles federal court, represented by counsel from Pacific Legal Foundation, Latham & Watkins, and Glaser Weil Fink Howard Jordan & Shapiro.Greene Jenna Why Marilyn Monroe's Los Angeles house is now a legal battleground https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/why-marilyn-monroes-los-angeles-house-is-now-legal-battleground-2026-04-29/ 4 May 2026 reuters April 29, 2026 References 34.0535 N 118.4782 W type:landmark title Category:Houses in Los Angeles Category:Houses completed in 1929 Category:1929 establishments in California Category:Brentwood, Los Angeles Category:Marilyn Monroe