Ellen Degeneres's House (former)

Ellen DeGeneres is the comedian who came out on her own ABC sitcom in 1997, then hosted The Ellen DeGeneres Show in daytime for 19 seasons, ending in 2022.

Robert Skinner, a USC-trained Los Angeles modernist, designed this house for the Rowan family, and it went up in 1961. The LA County Assessor’s roll still carries that year.

Skinner had Julius Shulman photograph the house, and those pictures appear in the third edition of Modernism Rediscovered. Hilton & Hyland calls it one of his most published works.

The Beckets kept the house off the market for about 40 years, and it fell into disrepair, according to Hilton & Hyland. Greg Cavic and his wife bought it in 2015.

The Cavics spent 2 years on the renovation, with architect John Bertram, designer Sarah Shetter, and Judy Kameon of Elysian Landscapes on the gardens.

DeGeneres closed on the house for $8.5M in late August 2021, according to TMZ. The Real Deal, citing the Los Angeles Times, names Portia de Rossi as co-buyer and Cavic, a talent agent, as seller.

The couple sold it off-market about 8 months later to next-door neighbor Guy Oseary, the longtime manager of Madonna and U2, according to Dirt. Her talk show ended that May.