Sergei Rachmaninoff

DATE(S): 1940s-1950s purchased in summer of 1942; died here

DATE(S): 1942 arriving in L.A. in May, 1942, Rachmaninoff rented from Eleanor Boardman; he and Vladimir Horowitz used to play for guests at the house

DATE(S): 1940s conductor, often stayed for short periods at the Garden of Allah Apts.