Left: The front of the home once occupied by Marilyn Monroe in Los Angeles, California is shown; Right: Marilyn Monroe. (Photos via court documents).
The owners of the 2,900 square foot hacienda owned by Marilyn Monroe at the time of her death are now suing the city of Los Angeles over what they say are “backroom machinations” to designate the home a historical landmark and thwart their plans to demolish it.
The house is located at 12306 Fifth Helena Drive in the Brentwood section of Los Angeles , California, on a secluded residential street. The home was built in 1929 and was the only residence Monroe owned independently. She purchased it less than six months before her death in 1962 for $75,000 after her divorce from the playwright Arthur Miller and lived in it until she died by suicide in August of that year.
The four-bedroom Spanish colonial-style house became well known for its kidney-shaped pool and towering palm trees. Six months after Monroe moved in, she died of a drug overdose in her bedroom at age 36. The house ultimately became known as “Cursum Perficio,” Latin for “I end the journey.”