| has gloss | eng: The Château Élysée is a former hotel located at 5930 Franklin Ave. in the Franklin Village section of Los Angeles, California. It was orignally built as a luxury long-term residential apartment for movie stars by Eleanor Ince, widow of Thomas H. Ince, the highly successful pioneer silent filmmaker who died in 1924. Designed by eminent architect Arthur E. Harvey as a prominent seven story replica of a 17th Century French-Normandy castle it is the most impressive of all the Hollywood chateaux built during the booming 1920’s. |