About three years ago, Mickey Madden, the longtime bassist of Maroon 5, announced he would be taking “a leave of absence” from the multiplatinum-selling band “for the foreseeable future” following his arrest in an alleged domestic violence incident. While the case was eventually dropped with no criminal charges filed, Madden’s leave of absence seems to be pretty firmly lodged in the “indefinite-to-permanent” category at this point, though we could very well be mistaken.
At any rate, in addition to the extended separation from the band he co-founded in the mid-90s, who are set to resume their hot-ticket residency at the Park-MGM in Las Vegas next month, Madden is also taking a hiatus from his own residence, a landmarked post and beam in the Los Feliz hills.
Designed by the gifted and prolific Ed Fickett for Dr. George Jacobson, a professor of radiology and department chair at USC’s School of Medicine, his wife, Miriam, and their two children in 1966, the home has the distinction of being the first contemporary residence to be awarded historic-cultural monument status by the city of Los Angeles.
Madden, a midcentury-modern aficionado who previously owned a glassy pavilion by Case Study Program architect Craig Ellwood, picked up the Jacobson House in 2015 for $3.28 million, subsequently enlisting the services of designer Mark Haddawy — whose CV includes overhauls of four Neutras, two Lautners, and one Koenig — to execute a selective revamp.
In addition to updating the three-bedroom home’s kitchen, bathrooms, and appliances, Haddawy furnished it with a veritable 1st Dibs catalog of pedigreed pieces. Everything is on-point and first-rate, but Fickett’s architecture is indisputably the star of the show. Original features include a two-story atrium, custom-designed light fixtures, walnut and rosewood paneling, clerestory windows, skylights, a wetbar, and two brick fireplaces with floating hearths.
Exterior amenities include multiple…