Whitley Heights 101

2014 Grace Avenue For Sale Alert: 2014 Grace Avenue just hit the market for $1.925 million. The two-story house was built in 1923 on a 6,800 square foot lot, has 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms and tons of outside sitting areas. Retired banker of First National Bank of Chicago, Charles Walworth, hired architect A. Burnside Sturges…

6631 and 6631 1/2 Odin Street In 1913, German-born gardener, John Proewig, built a 6 room, one story bungalow located at 6631 Odin Street (house to the right), before it was named Whitley Heights. The 50 year-old, turned US citizen, brought his young bride, 30 year-old Emilie Addison Proewig to his new home. 1916 was…

Ronald Colman lived in Whitley Heights! In the December 1934 edition of New Movie Magazine, Potter Brayton wrote an article titled, “Love Thy Neighbor” describing what it would be like to live next door to a movie star. Early in the article, Brayton talks about his experience with actor Ronald Colman: After a search of…

2159 Fairfield Avenue 2159 Fairfield Avenue, a 2-story Spanish bungalow, was built in 1922 by famed architect Charles Grolle for actress Adele Farrington (pictured below). This property used to be located on a section of Fairfield Avenue that is now a parking lot across the street from the Hollywood Bowl. This section of Whitley Heights…

Hollywood’s Haunted Hill In 1929, a short-lived fan magazine called “The New Movie Magazine” launched and only cost 10 cents, when the majority of magazines of that time, cost 25 cents. The magazine could be found in the five and dime store, Woolworth’s. It’s accessibility and cost, led to its dominance in sales with a…

6613 Whitley Terrace 6613 Whitley Terrace is a two story Mediterranean home that was built in 1922 by architect, Arthur S. Barnes, the leading architect of Whitley Heights during the 1920s. The 2,720 square foot home has 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms with a detached two-car garage and a heated pool on the side of…

2002 Whitley Avenue 2002 Whitley Avenue is a three bedroom, two bathroom Spanish style house that was built in 1923 by building contractor, Charles R. Fargo, who used the services of Hollywood Architectural Service Company to draw up the plans. There is a fourth bedroom which is used as office space. The residence is located…

2313 Fairfield Avenue 2313 Fairfield Avenue is a duplex that was built on the corner of Fairfield Avenue and Cahuenga Blvd. at the foot of Whitley Heights before that section was demolished to make way for the Hollywood Freeway in the early 1950s. It was just around the corner from the French Village and Hollywood…