| The Magic Castle | |
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| Location | 7001 Franklin Avenue, Hollywood, California |
| Coordinates | 34°6′17″N 118°20′31″W / 34.10472°N 118.34194°W |
| Built | 1909 |
| Architect | Lyman Farwell Oliver Perry Dennis |
| Architectural style(s) | Chateauesque |
| Website | www |
| Designated | 1989[1] |
| Reference no. | 406[1] |
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The Magic Castle is a performance venue, restaurant, and clubhouse for the Academy of Magical Arts for magicians and magic enthusiasts in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles, California. The Academy was started in 1952 by William Larsen Sr., who founded Genii magazine in 1936. The Castle was opened on January 2, 1963 by brothers Bill and Milt Larsen, sons of William Sr and Bill's wife Irene Larsen. Once a private residence, the Castle was declared a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument in 1989.
The Castle was purchased in April 2022 by Randy Pitchford, a grandnephew of British magician Richard Valentine Pitchford. Erika Larsen, daughter of Bill Jr. runs the property with the academy as a tenant.