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6610 1/2 Padre Terrace
6610 1/2 Padre Terrace 6610 1/2 Padre Terrace was built circa 1913/1914 by Claude F. Hale, a well-known home builder in Los Angeles during the early 1900s. Hale purchased the Padre Terrace area of Whitley Heights in 1905. Hale built three of the four homes that are currently on Padre Terrace: 6609, 6610 and 6615.…
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6533 Cahuenga Terrace
6533 Cahuenga Terrace Hollywood 1924. Visit the Hollywood Electrical Home: An attractive home of distinct Mediterranean type architecture in a magnificent setting-nestled in the hills of Hollywood-made servantless by the proper application of electricity and the practical use of electrical appliances. Builder Howard S. Reed, owner of Reed & Company erected this 4 bedroom home…
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2167 Fairfield Avenue
2167 Fairfield Avenue 2167 Fairfield Avenue was built in 1922, a two-story, six room home, constructed by contractor James Turney of Turney Building Company. The home was originally built for a widow, Amanda Moore, who put the property up for sale the following year. The house was located on lot 39 of tract 3737 on…
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6662 Whitley Terrace
6662 Whitley Terrace 6662 Whitley Terrace has just went on the market again (September 2024) for $2,475,000. The three story house sits on a downslope on one of the prime areas of Whitley Heights. Built in 1922 by Arthur S. Barnes, the house has three bedrooms, three bathrooms and a separate guest house in the…
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1907 Highland Avenue
1907 Highland Avenue 1927 Highland Avenue, built in 1916, still stands today on North Highland Avenue, near Franklin Avenue, and may look somewhat of an “eyesore” but this house was once one of the “Five Most Notable Houses in Los Angeles” in April 1920: In December of 1916, Garden City Company of California obtained a…
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6717 Franklin Avenue
6717 Franklin Avenue 6717 Franklin Avenue was a one story bungalow home which was built in 1906 by William R. Blackburn. Blackburn purchased part of lot 7, on block 8 of the Hollywood Ocean View Tract from Eleanor Graham in September of 1909. Graham, the daughter of Thomas H. Pollock, owned the first bungalow built…
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6621 Emmet Terrace
6621 Emmet Terrace 6621 Emmet Terrace was built in 1922 by architect Rex D. Weston. Weston was known for his creation of bungalow houses and published several books on bungalow homes in the 1920s. This one story house consists of six rooms (living room, kitchen, dining room, 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom and a small room…
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6788 Whitley Terrace
6788 Whitley Terrace 6788 Whitley Terrace was built in 1923 by famed architect Benjamin B. Horner. Horner was responsible for designing several other homes in Whitley Heights including actor/director William Wellman’s house located at 6747 Milner Road and 4 other homes on the same street. This home and Wellman’s house were both featured in the…
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6722 Whitley Terrace
6722 Whitley Terrace 6722 Whitley Terrace was one of only twenty homes that were built in Whitley Heights during 1930s as the majority of them were built during the 1920s. This cape cod style home was built in 1936 by architect E. Leo Callahan for illustrator and artist Arnold Armitage. The 3 bedroom, 2.5 bathroom,…
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2146 Fairfield Avenue
2146 Fairfield Avenue 2146 Fairfield Avenue was built in 1921 by architect Arthur S. Barnes for sisters Margaret and Clara Orwig. The house was demolished in 1963 when the city bought a portion of Whitley Heights on Fairfield Avenue and Alta Loma Terrace to build a museum which never happened. Instead, the land was utilized…
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