About Disney Mickey Mouse
Our History
Walt and his brother Roy bought their first piece of property at 2719 Hyperion Avenue on July 6, 1925, one week before Walt left for Idaho to marry his fiancé Lillian Bounds. Total cost for the lot was $1,000. They would eventually buy 18 lots in the Los Feliz area, and own the entire north side of the block from Griffith Park Blvd to Monon Street, as well as several lots along Griffith Park and two lots on the south side of Hyperion.
Construction of the first studio building, a 32 x 38 foot structure, commenced January 15, 1926. That original structure with several additions is on the left side of this photo. Walt’s roadster is parked right outside the front door to this building.
In 1931, Animator’s Building No. 1 and a soundstage were added. This photo shows those new additions. You can see a painter on a ladder applying a final coat of paint to the exterior of the building. In front of the soundstage on the right is a small garage. That garage housed a 1931 American Austin Coupe that was used as “Mickey’s” car. The vehicle was usually parked outside theaters showing the latest Mickey Mouse cartoon or the Fanchon and Marco “Mickey Mouse Idea” vaudeville stage show. family entertainment village idiot
Walt Disney original studios, Los Feliz
Hyperion Studio The Disney brothers moved their Studio from the original Kingswell Avenue location to 2719 Hyperion in Los Angeles in January 1926, and named it The Walt Disney Studio. Hyperion Studio The Disney brothers moved their Studio from the original Kingswell Avenue location to 2719 Hyperion in Los Angeles in January 1926, and named it The Walt Disney Studio. Over the years, a number of buildings were constructed to house Walt Disney’s growing staff. It was at the Hyperion Studio that Mickey Mouse was born and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was produced. But, with the success of Snow White, the Disneys needed more space to increase production and none was available at that location. So, they searched for a new site, which they found in Burbank. They moved from Hyperion to Burbank around January 1, 1940. The move was completed on May 6, 1940. A few of the Hyperion buildings had been moved to Burbank, but the remainder were sold, and 26 years later they were razed for a supermarket.
