Whitley Heights 101

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…

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…

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…

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…

1920-1929 N. Highland Avenue While the French Village used to be located on the northwest corner of North Highland and Cahuenga, on the perimeter of Whitley Heights. On the southwest corner of North Highland and Franklin, was the Highbourne Gardens & Cottages, located at 1920-1962 North Highland Avene. In 1915, Egerton Shore built 22, one…