Alfred Leigh Glassell was a son of
Andrew Glassell.
The home at 2245 W. 25th Street was built in 1905; it appears to be in the final stages of construction here:
March 2, 1905,
Los Angeles Times @ ProQuest via LAPL
Here's the completed home (looking up the Glassell driveway you can see the
Garnsey house at 2241 W. 24th Street
in the distance):
October 1906
The Architect and Engineer of California @
Google Books
October 1906
The Architect and Engineer of California @
Google Books
This is the living room:
October 1906
The Architect and Engineer of California @
Google Books
Sadly, Alfred Glassell was already dead by the time the last three photos were published:
find a grave
In fact, he only lived in his home on 25th Street for a few months ("Tuesday evening" was October 31, 1905):
November 2, 1905,
Los Angeles Times @ ProQuest via LAPL
November 3, 1905,
Los Angeles Herald @
CDNC
Glassell's widow apparently stayed at the house into
1906, but she was gone by the next year.
Some people named
Roberts moved in then.
Eventually the house was home to the Cimarron Zen Center:
March-April 1979
Yoga Journal @
Google Books
The Googlemobile hasn't been down that block of 25th Street since March 2015.
It looks like 2245's roof has a crack with some razor wire next to it:
GSV