Pricey Pedigree? Marilyn Monroe’s Last House Goes on the Market for $6.9M

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It was her first home and her last home. Glamour goddess Marilyn Monroe purchased a hacienda-style house in Los Angeles in the early 1960s, shortly after her divorce from playwright Arthur Miller, her third husband.

It was the first house she bought on her own, and the last one she ever inhabited. She died in the master bedroom four months after she bought the home.

If you’re into scoring the ultimate Hollywood memorabilia, now’s your chance—the home is now on the market for $6.9 million. Built in 1929, it doesn’t appear to have changed much since Monroe lived there.

At $2,630 per square foot, it’s a steep price for a four-bedroom, three-bath, 2,624-square-foot house. For comparison, the average price per square foot in the swanky Brentwood area is $975.

“Anybody who likes my house, I’m sure I’ll get along with,” Marilyn Monroe said in Life magazine.

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The celebrity pedigree, however, is priceless.

Monroe believed this home was an extension of herself. “Anybody who likes my house, I’m sure I’ll get along with,” she told Life magazine. Variety reports that she “threw herself into making a home for herself.” She planted an herb garden and in early 1962 traveled to Mexico “to purchase authentic furniture, art and tapestries for her new home, the only home she ever owned.”

Tile roof and flooring in the backyard

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“When you walk the house and grounds, you’re immediately struck by its serenity and warmth,” Monroe told Life magazine. “Every owner who has called this property home has been drawn to the same character. … The property is romantic, intimate and private.”

The neighborhood in the 1960s

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Monroe paid somewhere between $75,000 and $90,000 for the place, and lived there with her housekeeper, Eunice Murray. She never did swim in the kidney-shaped pool, but she appreciates the home’s privacy behind tall gates at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac.

The kidney-shaped pool

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Original architectural details, including beamed ceilings, terra-cotta tile flooring, casement windows, and a tile fireplace, appear to have been left intact.

Original fireplace

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The house has changed hands a number of times since Monroe’s death. Property records indicate that it was last sold in 2010 for $5.1 million.

But if the dress Monroe wore to sing “Happy Birthday” to John F. Kennedy recently sold at auction for $4.8 million, then $7 million for an entire home might be considered a steal.

Lisa Optican of Mercer Vine is representing the property.

The kitchen

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