The outdoor sets of Hal Roach Studios stood on the lot at 8822 Washington Boulevard, at the corner of Washington Boulevard and National Boulevard in Culver City.

By April 1920 the studio already had a back lot. Marc Wanamaker, writing for the Culver City Historical Society, records various kinds of sets there, built to be used again and again.

By May 1920, the same account records, a “pool” water tank had been installed on the lot.

Water and Power Associates describes a 1926 aerial view: the outdoor sets lay behind the studio building at that corner. In that view the studio is the second-largest building, and it has a flat roof.

The same account places the backlot and its city-street sets at the eastern end of today’s Landmark Street, which runs through the middle of the former lot. The two original sound stages stood on the north side of Landmark Street.

Water and Power Associates describes the studio as 14.5 acres, once known as “The Lot of Fun,” and as containing 55 buildings. The lot was torn down in 1963.

Light industrial buildings, businesses, and an automobile dealership replaced the former lot. A plaque placed by the Sons of the Desert stands in a small park across from the studio’s former location.