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+ "<TABLE ALIGN=center WIDTH=98% BORDER=1 CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TH"
+ " ID=18g><A ID=18g HREF=index.html#top>Genealogy</A><BR>& History"
+ fil0 + "chron><IMG ALIGN=right ALT='Fred Cyriacks icon' BORDER=0 WIDTH=45"
       + " HEIGHT=45 SRC=fredicon.gif>Fred Cyriacks<BR>Chronology"
+ fil0 + "autos>Automobile<BR>Dealerships</A> <A TARGET=_self ID=g"
       + " HREF=index.html#auto2>(2)"
+ fil0 + "middle><IMG ALIGN=right ALT='Lankershim Inner Courtyard' BORDER=0"
       + " WIDTH=45 HEIGHT=45 SRC=fredx2t.gif>1976 - 2 tours<BR>Lankershim<BR>mansion"
+ fil0 + "bell><IMG ALIGN=right ALT='Fred Cyriacks/Bela Lugosi Mansion'"
       + " BORDER=0 WIDTH=45 HEIGHT=45 SRC=whipple40t.jpg>1971/2 - 1st<BR>Mansion demolished"
+ fil0 + "NY><IMG ALIGN=right ALT='1924-Peter the Great in Silent Accuser'"
       + " BORDER=0 WIDTH=45 HEIGHT=45 SRC=ptg1924t.gif>1926 - Dog<BR>Shooting"
+ fil0 + "legal>Legal citations<BR> & testimony</A></TH><TH>" + fnavb
+ "</TH></TR><TR><TH ID=notbr2><A ID=18b HREF=trlywood.htm#posHere>Images</A><BR>"
+ fpof + "lankwhip.gif','52','40') ID=10b>Map</A>"
+ fpof + "lank1887.jpg','48','55') ID=10b>1887</A>"
+ fpof + "lank1941.jpg','70','54') ID=10b>1941</A>"
+ "</TH><TH ID=dcomic16b COLSPAN=6>For those visitors too young to ever have"
+ " enjoyed the pleasure of 'snailmail', here's several examples<BR>of how"
+ " people used to communicate before email and cell phones - they're"
+ " called <B ID=16r>letters</B>.</TH><TH>" + fnavm + "<BR>"
+ fpof + "platlank.gif','72','42') ID=10b>PlatPlan</A>"
+ " </TH></TR><TR><TH ID=20b> & letters</TH><TH COLSPAN=2><A ID=12b"
+ " TARGET=_self HREF=trlywood.htm#drc76324>Nov. 1980 - 2nd Mansion torn"
+ " down<BR>3/24/76-Don & Ruth tour 2nd mansion"
+ fil1 + "rjc73apr>April 1973-Ben's<BR> 'bus trip' discoveries"
+ fil1 + "jac71308>3/8/1971-John's<BR>reply to Harold"
+ fil1 + "hjc71228>2/28/1971-Harold's<BR>investigative results"
+ fil1 + "jac70817>8/17/1970-John's<BR>inquiry to LA County</A></TH><TH>"
+ fnavt + "</TH></TR></TABLE><BR>");
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function drc(bzid) {
document.write("<U ID=16t>November 1980 follow-up as it appeared in our"
+ " privately published December 1981 newsletter:</U><UL ID=cy>"
+ " <B ID=20b>NORTH HOLLYWOOD, California.</B>&nbsp; <B ID=dcomic16c>Don"
+ " Cyriacks</B> and daughter Julie report the end of an era.&nbsp; In"
+ " November 1980, they stopped on"
+ fwik + "Lankershim_Boulevard','w')</SCRIPT> at Whipple Street and"
+ " found that the <B ID=dcomic18c>Fred Cyriacks</B>' &quot;mansion&quot; had"
+ " just been torn down to make way for apartment buildings.&nbsp; All that"
+ " beautiful woodwork and Germanic style home design along with many of"
+ " Fred's records, some dating to his 1910 arrival in the U.S.A. from"
+ " Germany, &quot;bit the dust&quot;.&nbsp; ...</UL><HR>");

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document.write(fnew + "trlywood.htm#drc76324 TITLE='Click to read"
+ " the full letter'>March 24, 1976 letter from <B ID=dcomic18c>Don & Ruth"
+ " Cyriacks</B></A> of Cypress, CA ("
+ fnew + "branches.htm#NE>Nebraska Branch</A> cousins):</U><UL ID=g>");

if (bzid=="4301") { document.write(""
+ " Fred's &quot;mansion&quot; (built in 1919) is still standing, but one"
+ " really has to look for it in order to find it.&nbsp; It is surrounded by"
+ " large apartment buildings and commercial property.&nbsp; The present"
+ " owners, (private), are the son and daughter-in-law of the original buyer"
+ " of the estate in 1946.&nbsp; (private) paid $60,500 plus costs, and this"
+ " included seven small rental cottages which are still on the property."
+ "&nbsp; We were invited to the (private) one evening, and had a very"
+ " enjoyable visit and tour.&nbsp; They have nice pictures, and some papers"
+ " of Fred's enterprises which were left at the house."); }

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function hjc(bzid) {
document.write("<HR>" + fnew + "trlywood.htm#hjc71228 TITLE='Click to read"
+ " the full letter'>February 28, 1971 letter from <B ID=dcomic18c>Harold J."
+ " Cyriacks</B></A> of Arcadia, CA ("
+ fnew + "branches.htm#NE>Nebraska Branch</A> cousin):</U><P> I have searched"
+ " the Los Angeles County records and have obtained the following"
+ " information which I hope will be of some value to you;<UL ID=b>");

if (bzid=="4301") { document.write("1.&nbsp; In l934 a <B ID=dcomic18c>Fred"
+ " Cyriacks</B> secured real property in the San Fernando Valley.&nbsp; This"
+ " property was transferred to <B ID=t>Fay Maxey</B> and <B ID=dcomic18c>"
+ "Hermann Cyriacks</B> in 1940.&nbsp; The records indicate they were"
+ " administrators of the <B ID=dcomic18c>Fred Cyriacks Estate</B>." + f2br2
+ " On Febr. 21, 1946, the property was transferred to (private).&nbsp; They"
+ " appear to be the present owners." + f2br
+ "2.&nbsp; I was unable to find any record of the death of <B ID=dcomic18c>"
+ "Fred Cyriacks</B> in the County or City of Los Angeles files." + f2br2
+ " The records, however, indicate that <B ID=dcomic18c>Herman Cyriacks</B>"
+ " died in Riverside County, California on August 20, 1954, at the ripe old"
+ " age of 76.&nbsp; Do you know anything about him?" + f2br
+ "3.&nbsp; The Telephone Company records indicate that the <B ID=dcomic18c>"
+ "Fred Cyriacks Estate</B> had telephone service at 4323 Lankershim Blvd. in"
+ " the San Fernando Valley.&nbsp; This address is the same as the property"
+ " that is described in the County records.&nbsp;"
+ fben + "We are assuming this refers to the above 1934 secured real property"
+ " and that it may include one or more of the parcels from 4301 through 4323"
+ " Lankershim Blvd.&nbsp; Until more information is discovered, we are also"
+ " assuming that this 1934 acquisition includes the land and/or buildings"
+ " associated with the 2nd mansion that was presumably located at 4301"
+ " Lankershim and in which Herman lived while administering the estate.&nbsp;"
+ " It may have been the final piece of real property sold (on Febr. 21, 1946)"
+ " before the probate of the estate was finalized in 1947." + fbend); }

if (bzid=="10841") { document.write("No information was found regarding the"
+ " 10841 Whipple Street mansion because, not yet having seen the death"
+ " certificate, neither Harold nor anyone else knew that the 10841 Whipple"
+ " address was the location of Fred's 'FIRST' mansion.&nbsp; It was probably"
+ " already vacant and scheduled to be demolished while Harold was"
+ " investigating what he did know.&nbsp; But, it probably could still have"
+ " been visited had anyone known enough to look for it." + fben
+ " It wasn't until 1973, a couple years after this first, 1919 built mansion"
+ " was demolished, that we discovered the death certificate and its 10841"
+ " Whipple St. address.&nbsp; Even then, that address was never researched."
+ "&nbsp; The coincidence of the mansion we knew about being at the corner of"
+ " Whipple and Lankershim caused us to overlook the verification of the"
+ " 10841 address.&nbsp; In addition, the stories regarding the former"
+ " mansion, including probably the 1919 year of construction, became mixed"
+ " in with the 4301 Lankershim mansion - the mansion which Fred owned for"
+ " only six years before he died.&nbsp;]</B>"); }

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}

function mansion(tgg) {
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fil1="whipple40s.jpg','44','34')><IMG ALIGN=right BORDER=0"
  + " ALT='mansion at 10841 Whipple - Bela Lugosi lived here" + ftem
  + " WIDTH=504 HEIGHT=299 HSPACE=8 SRC=whipple40s.jpg></A>";
fil2="frgarden.gif','84','76')><IMG ALIGN=right BORDER=0"
  + " ALT='Fred standing in front of his mansion on Lankershim" + ftem
  + " WIDTH=529 HEIGHT=495 HSPACE=9 SRC=frgarden.gif></A>";
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document.write("<CENTER>" + fdhed
+ " <B ID=16c>Fred Cyriacks</B>' mansion at " + tgg + fil0 + fdhen
+ fpof + "lankwhip.gif','52','40')><IMG ALIGN=right BORDER=0 HSPACE=20"
+ " WIDTH=480 HEIGHT=370 SRC=lankwhip.gif></A>"
+ "<B ID=16c>Fred Cyriacks</B> <B ID=12k>(August 1883 ~  January 1940)</B>"
+ " bought and sold real estate for two decades before his death - beginning"
+ " at least we can presume with the land upon which he had his first mansion"
+ " built in 1919 - the location then and now formally addressed as 10841"
+ " Whipple Street; that address also listed on his death certificate.&nbsp;"
+ " At the time of his death in 1940, he owned eight (8) parcels of property"
+ " - many of which we are assuming were in the same area close to the"
+ " intersection of Lankershim Boulevard and Whipple Street in"
+ " <B>Lankershim</B> (as the area was known from 1867 to 1927) and in North"
+ " Hollywood, as it is known today.&nbsp; Both Fred's real estate"
+ " ventures and the rise what would become the movie making Capitol of the"
+ " world were happening at the same time in the same place.&nbsp; ("
+ fntt + "www.thefreelibrary.com/HOPE+A+SAVVY+BUSINESSMAN>Bob Hope</A> was"
+ " just beginning to amass his billion dollar fortune, primarily and"
+ " initially in San Fernando Valley real estate, just when Fred suddenly"
+ " died - one can only wonder what fortune Fred would have amassed had he"
+ " been alive during this real estate surge in southern California. )"

+ fbrca +fbr2 + fpof + fil1
+ "<LI>The first mansion, located at 10841 Whipple St., was custom built by"
+ " Fred in 1919.&nbsp; Fred's"
+ fpof + "fredcert.gif')>death certificate</A> has this address listed twice,"
+ " the second time as &quot;10841 NO.WHIPPLE ST.&quot; <SMALL>(Whipple runs"
+ " east to west)</SMALL> - it is the only written evidence we have of any of"
+ " Fred's street addresses - whether <B>'Whipple', 'Lankershim' or"
+ " otherwise</B>.&nbsp; It was sold in 1952 to the family residing in it"
+ " until it was demolished in 1971 or 1972.&nbsp; The center of the present"
+ " day, 1972 built, 41 unit, 10841 Whipple St. apartment complex (reflected"
+ " online at" + fntt + "www.realtor.com>Realtor.com</A>) is <B>almost"
+ " exactly 400 feet</B> west of where Whipple Street intersects"
+ fntt + "www.noho.org/visit/nh_history.htm>Lankershim Blvd.</A><SMALL>"
+ fwik + "Lankershim_Boulevard','w')</SCRIPT></SMALL>.&nbsp; It is located"
+ " between the 101 & 134 freeway interchange to the northwest and <SMALL>"
+ fntt + "awards.universalpictures.com/driving.html>Universal Studios</A> ("
+ fwik + "Universal_City,_California','w')</SCRIPT> )</SMALL> to the"
+ " southwest on the east side of Lankershim Blvd.&nbsp; The boulevard is the"
+ " 'main drag' of and runs diagonally through North Hollywood until reaching"
+ " Van Nuys.&nbsp; It then runs due north to San Fernando Road just beyond"
+ " <B ID=18r>&quot;The 5&quot;</B> (Interstate 5)." + fbend

+ "<HR>" + fpof + fil2
+ "<LI>The second mansion, encompassing the properties located from 4301"
+ " through 4323 Lankershim Blvd., was purchased in 1934.&nbsp; It was sold"
+ " in 1946 to the family residing in it until it was demolished in 1980."
+ "&nbsp; 4301 Lankershim Blvd. is the address listed for Fred's older"
+ " brother Herman in the 1044 page, 7 year long probated, 1947 settled"
+ " <B ID=dcomic18c>Fred Cyriacks Estate</B>, <I ID=c>the address for which"
+ " was listed by the Telephone Company as 4323 Lankershim Blvd.</I>&nbsp;"
+ fben + "Herman was co-administrator of that estate and moved from nearby"
+ " Van Nuys into one of the eight (8) parcels of property after Fred's"
+ " death.&nbsp; <B ID=dcomic16c>Ben Ciriacks</B> drove past it in"
+ fnew + "trlywood.htm#rjc73apr>1973</A> (and again in 1977).&nbsp; Had Ben"
+ " known of the controversy surrounding the mansions back then, he would"
+ " have taken time to investigate <B>AND TAKE PICTURES</B>." + f2br2
+ " 4301 Lankershim is now <B ID=t>Ron's Tire & Wheel</B> located along the"
+ " northwest strip of Lankershim at Whipple.&nbsp; Chiquita, Aqua Vista,"
+ " Acama, Valley Spring and Whipple are the first five streets north of the"
+ " Los Angeles River where Lankershim curves to the west and Caheunga begins"
+ " to continue due north toward the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport.&nbsp;"
+ " The 'no longer addressed' 4323 Lankershim parcel is probably at the very"
+ " end of the narrow strip facing Lankershim comprising <B ID=t>Ron's Tire &"
+ " Wheel</B>.&nbsp; The next address is 4329 Lankershim where"
+ "<B ID=t>Curryland</B> is located.&nbsp; The next business after that is/was"
+ " <B ID=t>Players Press</B>.&nbsp; The narrowness of the footprint for"
+ " <B ID=t>Ron's Tire & Wheel</B> indicates that the very large apartment"
+ " complex immediately behind it facing Whipple is/was part of the 2nd"
+ " mansion parcel.&nbsp; In fact, the first three or four large apartment"
+ " complexes sited along the north side of Whipple are probably sitting atop"
+ " two large and adjacent 'mansion & guest cottage' associated parcels of"
+ " land once owned by Fred.&nbsp; <I ID=darial15b>This locale was near the"
+ " site where, in 1847,"
+ fntt + "oceanviews.org/la-history.htmID=16t>&quot;a local peace treaty was"
+ " signed at an adobe on the site of what is today Lankershim Boulevard and"
+ " directly  across from the entrance to Universal City Tours and Amusement"
+ " Park.&quot;</A>&nbsp; Subsequent to that, the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo"
+ " was signed between Mexico and the United States ceding California and"
+ " other southwestern states to the United States.</I>" + fbend + fbrca +f2br2

+ "<B>Here is the information (organized according to chronological source)"
+ " that we have discovered about these properties since beginning our family"
+ " history research project in the mid-20th century.</B>"
+ fbrca + fscr + "hjc('" + tgg + "')</SCRIPT>"
+ fbrca + fscr + "drc('" + tgg + "')</SCRIPT>");

}

if (tgg=="10841") {
ftem="museumsanfernandovalley.blogspot.com/2011/01/cyriacks-house-lost-toluca-lake.html"
fte1=fntt + "www.cyriac-fhp.com/fred/trlywood.htm"
document.write("<HR>Identifying names have been redacted from the following"
+ " information regarding the (private) ownership of 10841 Whipple St. from"
+ " 1952 to 1972.&nbsp; Our initial contact began with an email that began:"
+ "<UL ID=16g>My (private) owned the Whipple Street home until it was torn"
+ " down.&nbsp; <B ID=m>It was also owned by Bela Lugosi.&nbsp;</B> We have"
+ " photographs and home movies of both inside and outside ... interested in"
+ " sharing information about the home.</UL>"
+ fpof + "frgarden.gif','84','60')><IMG ALIGN=right BORDER=0 WIDTH=244 HEIGHT=312"
+ " ALT='Fred Cyriacks standing in his open air front courtyard' SRC=fredx2b.gif></A>"
+ fben + "<B ID=r>Ben Ciriacks' reply:</B>&nbsp; This initial reply to the"
+ fnew + "../guestbk.htm#11718>above 7/18/2011 email inquiry</A> was based"
+ " upon the premise that the property pictured at the"
+ fntt + ftem + ">blogspot.com web site</A> is different from the 'mansion'"
+ " that we know of and which was visited by various family members before it"
+ " was torn down around 1980 - the cottage-type construction of the"
+ " pictured property seems entirely different from the presumed square and"
+ " more oriental-type mansion which I never saw but which is intimated at by"
+ " the old pictures showing"
+ fpof + "fredattn.gif','80','63')>Fred standing in his inner, open-air courtyard</A>."
+ fbend + f2br2
+ "<B ID=15r>Thanks for your email and information regarding that property -"
+ " I'll upload your guestbook submission tomorrow." + f2br2
+ " Would love to have pictures and more narrative to upload to the"
+ fte1 + ">http://www.cyriac-fhp.com/fred/trlywood.htm</A> page.&nbsp; The"
+ " first picture I ever saw of this property is from the"
+ fntt + ftem + ">http://" + ftem + "</A> page - we have yet to confirm that"
+ " our Hollywood Fred Cyriacks had anything to do with it - an abstract of"
+ " the title showing his name would be great - a listing of all the owners"
+ " would be even greater.</B>"
+fben+"More information from our private emails to be added here."+fbend+fbrca

+ fdhed + "<B>OLD CASTLE BOWS OUT</B> - 1971/2 News Article" + fdhen
+ "<IMG ALT='1971/2 OLD CASTLE BOWS OUT article' BORDER=0 WIDTH=700"
+ " HEIGHT=880 SRC=demo1980.gif>" + fdend

+fben+"information from the above news article to be summarized here."+fbend+f2br

+ "<HR>The 1,044 page probate document (on LA County microfilm) relating to the"
+ " disposition of his $10 million estate (in 2005 dollars - $136k back in"
+ " 1947 dollars) probably includes the location of the"
+ fte1 + "#8parcels>&quot;eight parcels of property&quot;</A> that include"
+ " 'many rentals' - the 4301 Lankershim Blvd. property listed as Herman's"
+ " address (Fred's brother and co-administrator of his estate) in 1947 was"
+ " probably one of them.&nbsp;" + f2br2
+ " Another close-by property, discovered"
+ fte1 + "#hjc71228>in 1971 by Nebraska cousin Harold Cyriacks</A>, was:<UL>"
+ " 4323 Lankershim Blvd." + fben + "Telephone Company records" + fbend
+ "</UL>"

+ " Another of Fred's eight (8) parcels may have been 3714 Lankershim Blvd."
+ " at which Bela Lugosi is said to have lived from 1937 to 1941.&nbsp;"
+ " (According to"
+ fntt+"www.redfin.com/CA/Los-Angeles/3714-Lankershim-Blvd-90068/home/5253283"
+ ">RedFin.com</A> the 2,357 square foot 3714 Lankershim Blvd property was"
+ " built in 1937, renovated in 1940 and sold for $395,000 in 1991.)" + f2br2

+ " Bela lived at 10841 Whipple from 1941 ~ 1952 - a home said to have been"
+ fntt + "la.curbed.com/archives/2011/05/bela_lugosis_many_homes_of_the_"
+ "thirties_and_forties.php ID=dcomic18p>&quot;his favorite&quot;</A> among"
+ " the many houses in which he lived.&nbsp;" + fben
+ " Noting that 10841 Whipple, along with all"
+ " of Fred's other real estate and other assets were in probate from 1940 to"
+ " 1947, it could be that Bela was already staying at one of Fred's other"
+ " properties and brother Herman recruited him to move into and safeguard"
+ " the much finer 'mansion' until it cleared probate.&nbsp; That Bela Lugosi"
+ " continued living there until 1952 when he moved to a shared apartment"
+ " indicates that he may have actually purchased it from the estate some"
+ " time before 1948.&nbsp; <I ID=t>This hints to a possibility that there"
+ " was an ongoing relationship between the <B ID=20c>German Cyriacks</B> and"
+ " <B ID=20t>Hungarian Lugosi</B> families at the time.</I>" + fbend

+ "<HR>Go to" + fntt
+ "monsterkidclassichorrorforum.yuku.com/topic/8485/t/LUGOSI-S-HOUSE-ON-"
+ "OUTPOST-DRIVE.html>this LUGOSI'S HOUSE ON OUTPOST DRIVE thread</A> to read"
+ " a description (via tourguide Bela Lugosi) that appeared in the July 1942"
+ " edition of <B ID=20m>Hollywood Magazine</B>, by-line Hoyt Barnett,"
+ " portions of which are quoted herewith:<UL ID=m>"

+ "<LI>&quot;A high brick wall runs around the house, and top of this wall,"
+ " embedded in cement, is enough broken glass to cut the pants off a veteran"
+ " cavalryman. A huge car gate in the wall is studded with heavy bolts, and"
+ " beside the gate is a dark stained booth so dim inside that even in broad"
+ " daylight the single filament bulb casts a glow so low that it but dimly"
+ " outlines telephone by which visitors make their presence known.&quot;"

+ "<LI>&quot;... -- and peer into a jungle of banana trees.&nbsp; The cement"
+ " driveway splits inside the car gate to the left.&quot;"

+ "<LI>&quot;You step a few paces to the left and peer along this fork of the"
+ " concrete drive.&nbsp; A building in the distance, a square jail-like"
+ " thing, is just right for holding prisoners. So you turn to the right and"
+ " in the distance is a roof-top sticking above the trees.&quot;"

+ "<LI>&quot;The main entrance is to the right and goes into a circular hall,"
+ " the interior of which carries a winding stairway.&nbsp; This hall opens"
+ " into the large living room.&nbsp; At the left end of the living room is a"
+ " huge stone fireplace that might have been lifted from a mountain lodge in"
+ " the Black Forest.&quot;"

+ "<LI>&quot;Then Lugosi remarks with pride, <B ID=20r>'I love this house."
+ "&nbsp; It fits my personality perfectly.</B>"
+ "<P>&quot;You shiver a bit as you realize all of Dracula's victims fell"
+ " under this spell before he slaughtered them.&quot;"

+ "</UL>"); }

document.write(fte3 + "</TD></TR></TABLE>");
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