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6740 Milner Road
6740 Milner Road 6740 Milner Road is another property that was purchased by developer Arthur Watson and designed by architect Harry McAfee. Watson had bought several parcels of land in Whitley Heights and then sold the new homes: 2058 Watsonia Terrace (1924), 2059 Watsonia Terrace (1924), 6708 Milner Road (1926), and this property. This 2,915…
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2059 Watsonia Terrace
2059 Watsonia Terrace 2059 Watsonia Terrace, is another home which was designed by art director and architect Harry McAfee in 1924. McAfee lived in San Francisco when he met architect Lucy Page-Brown in 1915. The couple moved to Southern California and both worked in set design for the movie industry. On June 18, 1923, a…
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6708 Milner Road
6708 Milner Road 6708 Milner Road is a 3,172 square foot, 3 bedroom and 2.5 bathroom home that was also designed by famed MGM and Paramount Studios art and set director Harry McAfee (see previous post) in 1926. The house was built for Emily “Emma” Drakes Crawley, a single retired business owner who relocated from…
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2058 Watsonia Terrace
2058 Watsonia Terrace Watsonia Terrace was named after developer Arthur C. Watson who hired set designer and architect Harry McAfee to build a Normandy cottage at 2058 Watsonia Terrace in 1924. Below, one of the earliest photographs of the property, which is on the bottom and just under 6717 Milner Road. McAfee, who worked as…
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6615 Padre Terrace
6615 Padre Terrace Built in 1906 by actor Wilbur Higby, which was used as a rental. Higby and his family lived next door at 6612 Emmet Terrace. Higby also built and owned 6607 Padre Terrace. The Higby’s were fans of Whitley Heights as after Wilbur died, his daughter, actress Jane, moved across the street to…
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6764 Wedgewood Place
6764 Wedgewood Place 6764 Wedgewood Place was built in 1927 by architect Nathan Coleman. The owner, A.C. Walker, had also built 2055-7 Las Palmas Avenue in 1929 (see previous post). Used primarily for a rental, the two story home was on a downslope on Wedgewood Place and consisted of eight rooms. Below the property is…
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2055-2057 Las Palmas Avenue
2055-2057 Las Palmas Avenue 2055-2055 Las Palmas Avenue is a duplex which was built in 1929 by architect J. Dolena and was noted in the book, The Architectural Guide to Los Angeles by Gebhard and Winter. The owner, F.B. Walker, also built and lived at 6764 Wedgewood Place, which was torn down for the 101…
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6717 Whitley Terrace
6717 Whitley Terrace 6717 Whitley Terrace (Los Balcones) was built in 1923 by owner and contractor M.C. Kersh. The Mediterranean style home has a Spanish tile roof, arched French windows and doors with balconettes, and two convex balconies. The three story, 2,705 square foot home has four bedrooms and three and one-half bathrooms. There is…
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6821-6825 Iris Circle
6821-6825 Iris Circle 6825 Iris Circle was built in 1923 by businessman George Kling. He owned his own business and his two sons and daughter helped to run it. According to a 1930 census when they lived here, his son, Robert, listed himself as an actor for motion pictures, but no record of him acting…
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6776 Wedgewood Place
6776 Wedgewood Place Soon after Rudolph Valentino married his second wife, actress Natacha Rambova, he started to build his first house with the assistance of architects A.S. Barnes and Charles D. Grolle. In December 1921, Valentino “scraped” enough money for the down payment of his first home. Since he and his new wife could not…
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