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Originally Posted by GaylordWilshire
Mike-- While that is the house currently standing at 1000 N. Roxbury Drive (ne corner of Lexington Road) in Beverly Hills, it isn't Lucy's. Whoever built the incredibly ordinary McMansion in your shot not only saw fit to tear down Lucy's house, but a house by the great architect Paul Revere Williams:
(Picture of Lucille Ball's house in Beverly Hills at 1000 N. Roxbury)
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You'd be surprised how McMansion-like appendages or other expansions can be built onto an existing house without actually demolishing the latter. In a way it's like when old Edwardian or Victorian era houses get stuccoed over; you can hardly recognize them after that.
According to the county tax assessor's public database, no reportable construction or other improvements have occurred onsite since
1981. That was years before her death and I presume she was still living there at the time.
(N.B. I can't link to the specific entry for the property. Just type in
1000 Roxbury in the address field, no directional designation or suffix.)