Whitley Heights 101

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…