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6754 Wedgewood Place
6754 Wedgewood Place 6754 Wedgewood Place was designed and built by architect Arthur S. Barnes in 1922. The original owner did not completely finish the house and it was bought two years later and the uncompleted rooms were finished. The lower bedroom, which had a private entrance, was often rented out during the years. Below…
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6687 Whitley Terrace (1922)
6687 Whitley Terrace (1922) 6687 Whitley Terrace was built in 1922 by architect Arthur S. Barnes and owner, hotel manager, Jack A. Vanier. Jack, at one point of time, was the assistant manager of the Roosevelt Hotel. He and his wife, Johanna, owned the property until Johanna’s death in 1960. They lived at this property…
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2101 Fairfield Avenue (Relocated)
2101 Fairfield Avenue (relocated) 2102 Fairfield Avenue was built in 1922 by owner W.P. Erbes who constructed a 5 room cottage with 2 bedrooms. The Erbes moved into a bigger home in 1924 and rented the home. Before the 101 Freeway plowed through a section of Whitley Heights in the 1950’s, Fairfield Avenue circled around…
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6621 Emmet Terrace
6621 Emmet Terrace (1922) 6621 Emmet Terrace was built in 1922 by owner, Bertha M. McGrath, architect Rex D. Weston, and contractor W.P. Stillman. The Mediterranean style home, consists of 1,212 square feet, two bedrooms, and one bathroom, with a detached one car garage down by the street. There is a mission style roof on…
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Padre Terrace
Padre Terrace (Little Enclave) Padre Terrace is located off the 1900 block of Whitley Avenue between Franklin Avenue and Emmet Terrace. The little enclave of unique houses, consists of five properties (in order from left to right on photo above): 6610 1/2, 6610, 6621, 6615, and 6607 Padre Terrace. The Ojai Apartments (below), which were…
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2020 Grace Avenue: Gone but not forgotten
2020 Grace Avenue: Gone but not forgotten 2020 Grace Avenue (listed at 6737 Whitley Terrace) was built in 1914 by Charles Kent and his son, Ray Kent as real estate investor, Minnie S. Jewel, purchased 5 acres of land from the Hollywood Grand View Tract on the very top of the hill in Whitley Heights.…
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2014 Grace Avenue
2014 Grace Avenue was built in 1921 by architect A. Burnside Sturgis and retired banker, Charles M. Walworth. Walworth was a bank officer at the First National Bank in Chicago and retired to move to Hollywood and build this house on top of the hill next to actor Francis X. Bushman. The 2-story Mediterranean 1,722…
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6734 Wedgewood Place
6734 Wedgewood Place was built late 1921 and finished in 1922. The Mediterranean three story house has three bedrooms and three bathrooms in which the two lower stories are build on the side of a hill. Actor Edward J. Flanagan (1880-1925) and his wife, Charlotte Ravenscroft, built the six room residence in the 1921 with…
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Las Palmas Trio
2002, 2006 and 2008 Las Palmas Avenue Pictured above, 2006 Las Palmas Avenue is lower left, 2008 Las Palmas is right above (peach colored house) and has no road access, and 2002 Las Palmas is the house on the right. The are a trio of homes that was build by one woman in the 1920’s.…
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6691 Whitley Terrace (1921)
6691 Whitley Terrace (1921) 6691 Whitley Terrace was built in 1921 by architect, Arthur S. Barnes, and owner, W.R. Rennacker. The 3,139 square foot Spanish style home has 12 rooms (4 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms) and sits on a 9,381 sq. ft. lot. The property has 2 fireplaces and a pool. In 1924, screenwriter Fred J.…
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