The home of American actress Marilyn Monroe in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles was approved Wednesday for nomination as a historic cultural monument by the Los Angeles City Council, a designation intended to help protect the landmark from demolition.
As reported by Variety, the LA Conservancy stated: “Marilyn Monroe’s residence in Brentwood is now a historical-cultural monument! Today, the Los Angeles City Council unanimously approved the nomination for Marilyn Monroe’s permanent residence. Thank you to everyone who expressed their support.”
Monroe lived for about six months in the 1929 four-bedroom Spanish Colonial-style house, then died there of an apparent overdose in 1962. The conservancy wrote in its proposal for historic landmark status that the house was “the first place that he searched and bought.” for her and at her expense while she was actively working in 1962.”
Owners Brinah Milstein and her husband, reality TV producer Roy Bank, bought the house last year for $8.35 million and planned to demolish it to expand their property next door. They waged a yearlong battle to stop the historic designation, which they said would lead to more unwelcome visitors.
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