Lento Brick Court

Lento Brick Court
Lento Brick Court, photo by Historic Cultural Commission, 2010

Lento Brick Court, Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument #986

Built: 1928  Declared: 07/13/2010

Lento Brick Court, located in Echo Park, was designed in 1928 by Conrad Martin Ellington and Frank B. Chambers. This complex is an excellent example of courtyard housing, with Renaissance Revival style features. Exhibiting a “U court” plan arranged on a downward slope, the site consists of five buildings, two two-story and three onestory, with ground-level storefronts on Sunset Blvd.