Made an historical cultural monument by the Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Board on February 6, 1969, the Charlie Chaplin Studios exists still today as both a monument to Charlie and his work and a testament to the triumph of history over time.  Located at 1416 N. La Brea in Hollywood, California, the Studios are currently occupied by Jim Henson Company, which itself was purchased in the last few months by a German Company, EM-TV and Merchandising AG.  The lot was revitalized in early 2000. 

Charlie started building the studios in 1917 and opened them officially on January 21, 1918.   Since the purpose here is not to reiterate the chronology of ownership, as this information can be found elsewhere,  the text for these pages will reprint portions of articles that appeared contemporary to the first incarnation, during Charlie's tenure here, 1918-1953.  This page contains photos from that time, with Charlie visible in his swim trunks at the far side of the pool in the photo above, his office interior middle left, with Max Eastman eating lemons, below right and an example of a stock certificate, below center.

Charlie's Own Room: A Peep into the Private Office at the Chaplin Studio
The Picture Show, Nov. 15, 1919.

"The four walls within which a man spends most of his time, which are witness of his mental struggles, victories and self-communings, are part of himself, and share something of the soul of his own living personality.

The first time I visited Chaplin's private office at his beautiful studio was in the company of Charlie himself.  He had shown me every detail of his model plant and concluded the round in his own private sanctum, where he writes his stories, receives his visitors, and changes for the screen, as one portion of this quiet spacious apartment is curtained off as a kind of dressing-room.