2141 W Adams Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90018
Attorney Eugene W. Britt had this three-story, red-brick house built in Los Angeles in 1910. Architect Alfred Faist Rosenheim designed it in the Georgian Revival and Colonial Revival styles. The house stood in West Adams Terrace, within the West Adams district. By the late 1970s, its future was uncertain. An owner obtained a demolition permit, but the Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Commission intervened to protect the house and gardens. Peter and Ginny Ueberroth helped save the house in the early 1980s while working to preserve the Helms Athletic Foundation's sports collection. Peter Ueberroth and First Interstate Bank acquired the deteriorated house, which underwent a $2 million renovation. In 1984, it opened as a sports museum in time for the Los Angeles Summer Olympics. Visitors could see Jesse Owens's bronzed track shoes and baseball uniforms worn by Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. The house, grounds, and collection were donated to the LA84 Foundation in 1985, and the house became its headquarters in 1986.
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