Whitley Heights 101

6705 Franklin Avenue 6705 Franklin Avenue was described as the first bungalow home to be built in Hollywood by the Los Angeles Times by architects Myron Hunt and Elmer Gray in 1907. The house was the second house to the right of the intersection of Franklin and Highland Avenues and next to the famed WR…

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…

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…

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.…

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…