James Dolena (1888–1978) was a Russian-born American architect who designed many houses in Los Angeles, California.
[2] Dolena first moved to Los Angeles to install a mural with Hubert Valentine Fanshaw, and spent the rest of his life there.
[2][3] In 1926, Dolena designed a house for the silent actor Hobart Bosworth, a 3.2-acre mansion located at 809 North Hillcrest Road in Beverly Hills, California.
[1][8] The following year, in 1932, he designed the private residence of film director Richard Wallace in Bel Air, Los Angeles.
[1][9][10] Later in 1932, he designed the private residence of actress Constance Bennett in Holmby Hills, Los Angeles.
[11] In 1936, he designed the home of Ingle Barr, a renowned book collector, in Beverly Hills, California.