The Getty House is the official residence of the mayor of Los Angeles. It is located at 605 S. Irving Boulevard in Windsor Square, a historic district located on the east of the Hancock Park district, and located approximately five miles west of Los Angeles City Hall. California.
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Getty House is named for George Getty, the son of J. Paul Getty, the oil tycoon, who donated it to the city. The home is designed and built in the Tudor Revival style. Built in 1920 for $83,000 ($888,000 in 2005 dollars), the Getty Oil Company purchased the house in 1959. Getty Oil offered the property to the City of Los Angeles on November 12, 1975. The original gardens were designed by Florence Yoch & Lucile Council, and have been restored.
The Getty House became the official residence for the mayor of Los Angeles. Mayor Tom Bradley was the first to move into the Getty House, at the beginning of his second term in 1977 and resided there until leaving office in 1993. However, his two immediate successors opted not to move into the house, so the Getty House was unoccupied between 1993 and 2005. Mayor Richard Riordan (1993–2001) resided in his mansion in Brentwood. Mayor James Hahn (2001–2005) lived in San Pedro so his children could be near their mother's residence.
After his election in 2005, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced that he and his family would live in the Getty House on at least a part-time basis, alternating between it and their existing home in the Mt. Washington district on the Northeast side. However, in September 2005, Villaraigosa decided that he would move into the Getty House full-time, becoming the second mayor to reside in the house.[1] In June 2007, Mayor Villaraigosa and his wife Corina announced that they were separating, and he would temporarily move out of the Getty House, with his wife and children to continue residing there during the separation.
The Getty House is zoned to the following Los Angeles USD schools: 3rd Street Elementary School, John Burroughs Middle School, and Los Angeles High School.