Bosch never fails to disappoint when it comes to locations – or storylines, for that matter. The latest season, the show’s 6th (Bosch is Amazon’s longest-running original series, incidentally!), was no different. One spot stood out far above the rest, though – the spectacular Spanish home where Chief Irvin Irving (Lance Reddick) lived with Jun Park (Linda Park). One look at the beamed ceilings, wrought-iron chandeliers, and tiled fireplace, and I was completely smitten. So, of course, I set right out to find it.
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Thankfully, a street sign reading “4300 West 8th” was visible in the season’s first episode, titled “The Overlook,” in the scene in which Harry Bosch (Titus Welliver) drives away from Irving’s house, leaving him standing alone on the front sidewalk.
Upon spotting the signage, I promptly headed over to 4300 West 8th Street, Los Angeles via Google Street View, and, sure enough, there was Irving’s residence staring back at me from the southeast corner of 8th and Plymouth Boulevard! Hardly able to contain my excitement, I drove out to L.A. last week to stalk it – from an appropriate social distance of, course!
In person, the place did not disappoint.
And, as it turns out, boasts quite an interesting history.
The sprawling Mission Revival-style pad was originally designed by architect Frank Meline in 1922 as a Sunday school/rectory for a local Methodist church. The bell-tower-looking chimney certainly reflects that.
The church sold the property in 1926 to the Ruskin Art Club, a women’s organization dedicated to supporting the arts and artists of Southern California. The group proceeded to utilize the structure, which is Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument #639, as a clubhouse for the next nine decades.
Sadly, the site fell into quite a bit of disrepair during the later years of the Ruskin Art Club’s tenancy. By 2014, the group found itself no longer able to maintain it and put it on the market. Scott Lander of Lander Design quickly snapped the place up and began transforming it into a single-family residence. Though it was in pretty bad shape when he got his hands on it, his renovation is nothing short of exquisite! You can check out some before and after pics here.
Today, the dwelling boasts 3 bedrooms, 3 baths, 2,890 square feet, countless original details, a living room with exposed beams, multiple Batchelder tile fireplaces, a central courtyard, a detached 2-car garage, and a 1-bedroom, 1-bath guest house.
Oh, and a massive 0.34-acre corner lot.
You can check out some additional interior images of it here.
As I discovered while writing this post, Chief Irving’s house actually first made an appearance during Bosch’s fifth season. I failed to take note of it at the time, though, I think largely because the dazzling vaulted ceiling was never shown.
It was not until Season 6’s “Three Widows” that we were given a glimpse of it and I was stopped right in my tracks!
Though the MLS images above and below were taken from opposite angles than what was shown on Bosch, you can still see that the home looks just as gorgeous in real life as it did onscreen. In fact, it appears that some of the actual décor and furniture were even utilized on the show!
The residence’s exterior also makes a few appearances this season . . .
. . . including in the finale, titled “Some Measure of Justice,” when Irving holds a press conference to announce he is withdrawing his mayoral bid.
And it is in the home’s pastoral courtyard that Irving and June tie the knot in the episode titled “Money, Honey.”
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Stalk It: Chief Irving’s house from Bosch, aka the former Ruskin Art Club, is located at 800 South Plymouth Boulevard in the Mid-Wilshire area of Los Angeles.