Long before Katy Perry set her sights on owning a Los Feliz convent, the property on Waverly Drive was a canvas for a Hollywood set designer turned interior decorator named Harold Grieve. The year was 1927, and local radio station and SoCal Packard dealerships owner Earle C. Anthony hired Grieve to decorate his recently built Bernard Maybeck-designed estate.
Silverman's curiosity yielded these never-before-seen photos of the house, which he came into while researching a book about a Holmby Hills property purchased by billionaire Nicolas Berggruen in 2017 for $41 million, which Grieve also had decorated more than 70 years ago.
But the saga still isn't over. The pop star's agreement with the Archdiocese requires that she find a replacement for the convent's House of Prayer, which still is in use by local clergy. So far, a replacement has eluded Perry. At one point, a solution presented itself in the 3-acre Chateau Emanuel in Eagle Rock, but that deal fell apart. Now it's an open question whether Perry can pull off finalizing the transaction. In August, Perry's option to pay the $14.
Nobody ever mentions that its a couple of doors down from one of the most infamous murders in history 😲 Manson
It's haunted