Proceeds will benefit a project to replace the roof of the Lasky- DeMille Barn, the historic structure that houses the museum. Hollywood Heritage said it has raised enough money to purchase shingles and begin the first phase of the project but is continuing to raise money for installation and other maintenance work.
The barn was built in 1901 and later used by film industry pioneers Jesse L. Lasky and Cecil B. DeMille as a production facility. DeMille used the site while making the 1914 film “The Squaw Man,” regarded as the first feature-length motion picture made in Hollywood.
The building, designated California State Historic Landmark No. 554 in 1956 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014, is described by Hollywood Heritage as the oldest surviving motion picture production building in Hollywood.
Hollywood Heritage has maintained and preserved the barn since the 1980s. The museum, which features photographs, documents, movie props and other artifacts from early Hollywood, is temporarily closed for repairs and is expected to reopen in October.
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