Tag: whitleyheights
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2104 Las Palmas Avenue
2104 Las Palmas Avenue 2104 Las Palmas Avenue was the oldest home built in Whitley Heights, even before Whitley Heights existed. In 1911, 35 year old Henry Tracy and his wife, Miriam, moved from Berkley where Tracy was a college professor, and rented a house in Hancock Park. Tracy was hired as a science teacher…
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6692 Whitley Terrace
6692 Whitley Terrace 6692 Whitley Terrace was one of the homes that sat on Whitley Terrace near Wedgewood Place that was moved when the Hollywood Freeway was being constructed in the early 1950s. This house was built in 1937 at the location of 6796 Whitley Terrace by architect John Peterson and started as a one…
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2045 Highland Avenue
2045 Highland Avenue In the early 1900s before the Hollywood Bowl existed, houses existed up and down Highland Avenue near the Cahuenga Pass. 2045 Highland Avenue was actually situated where Chateau Camrose, 6824-6842 Camrose Drive, a 10 unit apartment complex was built in 1939. The American Legion building is just south of where this house…
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2201 Fairfield Avenue
2201 Fairfield Avenue 2201 Fairfield Avenue was a 6 room duplex built in 1915 by owner Edward Delaney who hired architect Henry Hayward to design the building. Unfortunately, Delaney passed away a year later at the age of 39 from tuberculosis. During the 1930s, a screen porch was added to the rear of the property.…
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1824-1826 Grace Avenue
1824-1826 Grace Avenue Welcome to Edmary Court-well that is what owners Edward and Mary Hibbert used to name this 12 unit apartment complex when they built it in 1924. Now called “Gracewood Court”, this Spanish Colonial Revival complex has 2-story buildings which are eligible to be designated as a historic monument. Each apartment has built…
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1830 Grace Avenue
1830 Grace Avenue Right before the legendary El Cabrillo apartments were built on the corner of Grace and Franklin Avenues, Garland Moorhead constructed a 8 unit apartment building right next door in 1926. The good news is the building still exists and qualifies to be designated as a historic building. Simply named “Grace Apartments”, the…
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Esther Ralston
Esther Ralston Cahuenga Boulevard is what divides Whitley Heights and the Hollywood Dell. Before Cahuenga Boulevard was widened in the early 1930s, it was hard to tell where the two neighborhoods split. As a result, many Hollywood reporters got it wrong and often disclosed a celebrity was living in Whitley Heights when they were actually…
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2249-2253 Cahuenga Boulevard
2249-2255 Cahuenga Blvd. In 1924, real estate agent and developer, John Elsbach purchased a large lot between Cahuenga Blvd. and Iris Circle and hired architect Carl Jules Weyl to create three bungalow homes and a detached 3 car garage on a downward slope. The garage was on the top of the hill, followed by 2255…
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1850 Whitley Avenue
1850 Whitley Avenue What is now the location of The Ardmore, a multi-unit apartment building, which was built in 1962, used to be a 12 bungalow court called Pearl Court which was built in 1916. Architect Lee Campbell, who was responsible for building the Highland Camrose Bungalow Village, was hired by Stephen T. Willis to…
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1747 N. Las Palmas Avenue
1747 North Las Palmas Avenue This 2-story 14 room house was built on the southwest corner of Las Palmas Avenue and Yucca Street in 1913 by owner James W. Dolan by architects Large & LaCasse, where the Dolans lived until Mr. and Mrs. Dolan’s death. Both died a month apart from one another in early…
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