Within eight days of listing, retired KNBC newscaster Chuck Henry has found a buyer for his longtime Pasadena home.
The property that hit the market on April 23 for $5.6 million is now pending sale for an unspecified amount.
“It’s not going to close for a little while, not until mid-June, but the deal is now solid,” listing agent Carol Chua of Coldwell Banker Realty said via text message.
Known as Clovelly Cottage, the two-story Monterey Colonial-style house that looks like a single-level from the street was originally the creation of Marston, Van Pelt & Maybury. It has four bedrooms, five bathrooms and treetop views from the living and dining rooms.
The house dates to 1926, and is one of 13 historic bungalows on the grounds of the Langham Huntington hotel designed by famous architects to accommodate wealthy guests. It was built for the Canadian businessman H. Montagu Allan, who famously donated the Allan Cup, a trophy still awarded to the Canadian men’s amateur ice hockey champions.
Records show Henry and his wife, Kay, bought the property for $1.975 million in April 2001, two years after it underwent a studs-out remodel.
The kitchen features honed granite counters, a center island and a classic butler’s pantry, plus a breakfast area. French doors and stairs lead to the gardens.
On the home’s west wing, the primary bedroom suite offers a tiled bathroom and French doors to a deck.
The wood-paneled library boasts built-in shelves and a wet bar. A lower level den converted from a bedroom features a kitchenette and French doors to the backyard with its fragrant roses, fruit trees, bricked terrace and barbecue center.
There’s a 565-square-foot art studio at the west end of the third-acre-plus lot.
“Being on the grounds of a 5-star resort hotel and only one of 13 private cottages makes this a very, very special retreat,” Chua said. “And then on top of that, being Chuck Henry’s home … gives an extra special flavor.”
Henry, 78, hails from Covina in the San Gabriel Valley. After launching his career in Honolulu in 1966, he briefly worked in Anchorage and Chicago. He has hosted game shows, played a naval officer on “Hawaii Five-O” and hosted the Emmy-winning “Travel Cafe.”
Among his numerous accolades is a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Television and Radio News Association in 2018 and a Los Angeles Emmy Award for Outstanding Feature Reporting in 2010.
But Henry is most recognized for his 48 years in the Greater Los Angeles media market, where he hosted and produced the travel magazine program “Eye on LA” and anchored the news at KABC-TV and later KNBC. He retired in December 2022 after 28 years at KNBC.
