The Hale family’s classic spanish revival house with four dolphins
The Hale family’s Classic Spanish Revival home, with its formidable fireplace and spooky basement was built for storytelling by Stephanie Cartozian photos by Jose Amaral Ann and Clark Hale bought their 1928 Classic Spanish Revival home, designed by architect Allen Kelly Ruoff, in 1960. Ruoff was known for his Mediterranean home designs. He also designed the Wilshire Branch of the Los Angeles Public Library, and the City Hall in Brea. “My mom’s father thought $39,000 was way too much money to spend on a house,” the couple’s son Bruce said. The home is now on the market for $2.195 million. When this residence was originally built in 1928, Palos Verdes Drive West was named Granvia La Costa as it was the vision of Frank Vanderlip to have a coastal roadway that stretched from Redondo Beach to Miraleste to bring commerce and home sales to the Peninsula. Ann Hale was an artist. She designed the sea-green, and blue tile mosaic of four dolphins over the tub in the downstair’s bathroom. The dolphins represented the couple and sons Bruce and Matthew. Clark, whose dolphin has a mustache, was a Los Angeles County Public Defender, and scoutmaster. Ann Hale designed and built this mosaic of four…
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