John Lucian DeLario was an American architect known for his work in the Hollywoodland neighborhood of Hollywood, Los Angeles during the 1920s.
Life John DeLario was born in Wyoming on July 16, 1888 and died in Los Angeles County, California on January 1, 1950.
Career DeLario operated a practice in the Los Angeles area and was the lead architect in Hollywoodland as the neighborhood was developed. His clients included C. Dallas Howland, H. A. Clarke, Mack Sennett, Patrick M. Longan, Edwin R. Ribler, Helena Lau Giffen, George R. Hannan, Joe Rock, Clara Shatto, Sherman A. Hays, Edward W. Hedland, Clair R. Savage, Roderick D. Burnham, and H. S. Belland.
John DeLario's designs were influenced by Spanish, Italian, and French styles, and many are representative of the Romantic architecture movement that was popular in Los Angeles in the 1920s.
List of works Hollywoodland DeLario designed many houses in Los Angeles's Hollywoodland tract, several of which remain today. His designs include: Sidney Woodruff Residence (1926) — Spanish Colonial Revival house built by the Western Construction Company and later used as a model home for development in the neighborhood, LAHCM No. 681 Castillo del Lago (1926) — Spanish style estate on a property Wolf's Lair (1927) — Chateauesque single-family estate Estate atop Mount Hollywoodland (1920s) — Designed for Mack Sennett and budgeted at $1 million , lot and driveway built, estate cancelled in 1933, site of a television studio then radio tower since 1939
Elsewhere in Los Angeles 133 S. Plymouth (1923) — Built by Birch O’Neal Co. for M. J. O’Dowd Harry F. Haldeman House (1925) —Two story Spanish Colonial Revival house owned by Harry F. Haldeman Andrew Getty Estate (1926) — Seven-acre Spanish-style villa owned by Miklós Rózsa, then Andrew Getty 654 S. Rimpau (1927) 644 S. Muirfield 620, 630, and 638 S. Rossmore
Elsewhere Ralph B. Lloyd Estate, Beverly Hills (1930) — Multi-acre Italian villa owned by Ralph B. Lloyd
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