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"La Joya de Leimert" Picture-perfect, lovingly cared for and beautifully updated Spanish home in Leimert Park. One of the original homes built by the Leimert Company for the Small Homes Exhibition in 1930. Designed by Carl Jules Weyl Architect of the Hollywood Brown Derby. Appears in publications on Leimert Park history and Los Angeles Residential Architecture and recently in Curbed LA. Appears to be original Brazilian Cherrywood/Mahogany hard-wood flooring, impressive Douglas-Fir floating staircase, beautiful hand hewn beamed ceilings, decorative iron work, Unilux European style tilt & Pella architectural grade windows, architecturally designed kitchen w/terra cotta tile floors with encaustic "Cuban" tile insets, tumbled Travertine, French Limestone & Rosso Alicante marble baths, intimate reading nook, off master flex space to serve as wardrobe/sitting room/guestroom/nursery or studio, and much more. Poised perfectly on a slight knoll on a Jacaranda lined street. Truly a rare gem.