Actor Shane West puts 105-year-old Craftsman up for sale in Hollywood

HOLLYWOOD (LA Times) — Built in 1914, the well-preserved Craftsman features a covered front porch, custom built-ins, stained-glass windows and wood-trimmed windows and doors. Shane West is heading in a different direction in Hollywood. The actor from “Once and Again” and “A Walk to Remember” is asking $1.799 million for his 105-year-old Craftsman, records show.

That’s $222,000 more than he paid for it three years ago.

The well-preserved house is known as a Japanese Airplane Bungalow, an early 20th-century style that grew out of the Arts and Crafts movement. The roof lines resemble Japanese pagodas, and a small pop-up second story peeks above the home like a plane’s cockpit. Brick columns support a covered front porch, and more staples of the Craftsman style are found inside with custom built-ins, crown molding and wood-trimmed windows and doors across 1,800 square […]

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