Category: Early History
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2240 and 2242 Cahuenga Boulevard
2240 and 2242 Cahuenga Boulevard The above aerial photograph was taken at the corner of Cahuenga Boulevard (formerly Avenue) and Odin Street circa 1923. To the left are the beginnings of Whitley Heights Park being built (Iris Circle). To the right were two residences which were both on lot 4 of tract 3456, and were…
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2175 Fairfield Avenue
2175 Fairfield Avenue 2175 Fairfield Avenue was originally a three room studio which was built in 1920 by architects Arthur S. Barnes and Charles De Grolle. In 1923 W.S. Abbott converted the studio into a 6 room house with a garage. The house once stood on the corner of Fairfield Avenue and Odin Street, one…
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2255 Cahuenga Boulevard
2255 Cahuenga Boulevard 2255 Cahuenga Boulevard is now known as the Mikado Apartments, a mid-century Japanese 2-story apartment complex which was built in 1959. However, this property has a long history which dates back to when Harvey H. Wilcox registered the name Hollywood for his estate west of the city of Los Angeles in 1887.…
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2060 Whitley Avenue
2060 Whitley Avenue 2060 Whitley Avenue is probably one of the oldest homes that was built in Whitley Heights. Based the permit below, this four room, one-story dwelling was built in 1910 before streets used numbers to distinguish properties. William McIntosh hired P.J. Leaver to build the home back in the day when the wood…
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6516 Iris Drive
6516 Iris Drive In June of 1923, builders Gylfe & Gustafson purchased the lot that fronted both Iris Drive and Cahuenga Avenue (back then) for $8,500 and then was issued a building permit to build the two-story Spanish style home. By February of 1924, the house was advertised for sale at $17,000 with three bedrooms,…
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Jean Harlow
Jean Harlow in Whitley Heights Jean Harlow was born Harlean Harlow Carpenter in Kansas City, MO in 1911. Her mother was actually born Jean Harlow and met a dentist named Mont Carpenter and they married in 1908. The ceremony was held at Jean Harlow’s parent’s house located at 930 Orville Avenue in Kansas City, where…
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Helen Twelvetrees
Remembering Helen Twelvetrees on her birthday Helen Jurgens was born on Christmas day in 1907 in Brooklyn, New York to William and Helen Jurgens, ages 19 and 17. The family lived in a small apartment located at 145 Ridgewood Avenue near Highland Park in the Flatbush neighborhood. William worked for a newspaper while Helen stayed…
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1987 Whitley Avenue
1987 Whitley Avenue 1987 Whitley Avenue was built in 1939 by Syrian born Louis George Taweal. It is not clear when he immigrated to the United States but married Syrian born Eva Masroa in Chicago in 1916. They had a son, George, born in 1920 and daughter, Victoria, born in 1922. The Taweals moved to…
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2213 Fairfield Avenue
2213 Fairfield Avenue 2213 Fairfield Avenue was built in 1919 in the area of Whitley Heights which was once referred to as “Happy Valley” before it was altered to make room for the Hollywood Freeway during the 1950s. Carpenter August Reinke and his wife, Josephine, built this tiny 22×28, 4 room bungalow with a one-car…
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2225 Fairfield Avenue
2225 Fairfield Avenue 2225 Fairfield Avenue was built in 1933 by owner William Hurlbut who designed the home. Hurlbut built the two-story English style home that had a total of 1,887 square feet with two bedrooms and three bathrooms. The residence was located on Fairfield Avenue between Odin Street and Cahuenga Boulevard. Below is the…
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