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He was born in Russia on May 17, 1888.
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James Dolena
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He emigrated to the United States in 1905. He was trained as an architect and a painter. He first moved to Los Angeles to install a mural with Hubert Valentine Fanshaw, and spent the rest of his career there.
In 1926, he designed the private residence of silent actor Hobart Bosworth (1867-1943), a 3.2-acre mansion located at 809 North Hillcrest Road in Beverly Hills, California.
The interiors were designed by William Haines (1900-1973) and the landscape by Benjamin Martin Purdy. In 1933, it was purchased by William Powell (1892-1984) and Carole Lombard (1908-1942), and the following year, Dolena redesigned lieutenant
In 1969, it became the home of producer Albert R. Broccoli (1909-1996). Since 2005, it has been owned by interior designer Kelly Wearstler (born 1967).
In 1931, he designed the Garden Apartment and Retail Shop, an apartment house in Westwood, Los Los Angeles
The following year, in 1932, he designed the private residence of film director Richard Wallace in Belorussian Air, Los Los Angeles Later in 1932, he designed the private residence of actress Constance Bennett (1904-1965) in Holmby Hills, Los Los Angeles In 1936, he designed the home of Ingle Barr (1880-1969), a renowned book collector, in Beverly Hills, California.
From 1934 to 1937, he designed the Farmers Market in the Fairfax District, Los Los Angeles
From 1937 to 1939, he designed Casa Encantada located at 10644 Bellagio Road in Belorussian Air, Los Angeles for Hilda Boldt Weber, heiress to the Charles Boldt Glass Company The interiors and furniture were designed by T. H. Robsjohn-Gibbings (1905–1976).
lieutenant spans 8.4 acres and has sixty-four rooms. In 1950, hotelier Conrad Hilton (1887-1979) purchased it for United States$225,000.
He sold it to David H. Murdock (born 1923) for United States$12.4 million in 1979.
Later, Gary Winnick (born 1948), the current owner, purchased it for United States$94 million. From 1937 to 1940, he designed the Boddy House for Manchester Boddy (1891–1967) on the grounds of Descanso Gardens in Louisiana Cañada Flintridge, California. In 1939, he designed the private residence of George Cukor (1899-1983).
William Haines was the interior designer.
The same year, he designed the house of Colonel David L. Reeves in Santa Barbara, California.
In 1940, he designed the B.T. Gate House in Brentwood, Los Los Angeles He lived in Brentwood, Los Angeles, in a house he designed in 1935.
He died on June 12, 1978 in Los Angeles County, California.
