The house predates the area's existing commercial development and is the boulevard's only remaining residential structure.

More than 1000 kids attended in the fifteen years the school was in existence, including the children of Charlie Chaplin, Jesse Lasky, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Cecil B. DeMille, Jack Holt, Thomas Ince, and Wallace and Noah Beery.

[2][4] The school closed in 1926, at which point the family set up a gas pump as a new source of income, naming themselves Janes Auto Service Station.

In 1985, the house was moved to the back of its lot, changing its address to 1727 Hudson Avenue, and a 14,000 sq ft mini mall named Janes Square was built in front.

The house is made of wood, was designed in the Queen Anne Victorian style, and features a conical bay with turreted roof, a hewn stone porch, bevelled glass windows, and a shingled exterior.