Whitley Heights 101

2124 Fairfield Avenue 2124 Fairfield Avenue was built in 1924 by architect William McCallum for his friend and associate, furniture designer Marshall Laird. The three story Tutor style house was one of the larger homes that was built in Whitley Heights with ten rooms. Scottish born McCallum attended Glasgow School of Art and Haldane Academy…

2021 Holly Hill Terrace 2021 Holly Hill Terrace was built in 1922 with the original address listed as 2005 Holly Hill Terrace. Owner Ted McClellen hired Hollywood Architectural Service Company to design and construct the 1,766 square foot house that has 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. The house is similar to most of the homes…

6616 Odin Street Real estate broker Oliver Van Amberg hired architect K. Albright to build a 5 room one-story bungalow on Odin Street in 1922. At that time, Odin Street was between Whitley Terrace and Highland Avenue before it was taken away by both the construction of the Hollywood Freeway and for a parking lot…

2226 Fairfield Avenue 2226 Fairfield Avenue was a bungalow built in 1920 by a carpenter named Willard Squires who hired James Mishler to build this house for approximately $5,500. They also built a 2-car detached garage that was located in the rear of house and accessed by a driveway on the right side of the…

2109 Fairfield Avenue 2109 Fairfield Avenue was built in 1992 by Whitley Height’s own architect, Arthur S. Barnes for Archibald M. Mackie. The two-story Mediterranean home was originally built with six rooms and was nestled below Rudolph Valentino’s house that was on Wedgewood Place. Mackie, the president of Monarch Laundry, owned the property until the…

2119 Fairfield Avenue 2119 Fairfield Avenue was built in 1920 by M.G. Norris, of the R.E. Whitley Company, the sales agent who made “Whitley Heights Famous” according to local newspapers in the 1920s. Norris hired a local carpenter named Bartley S. Crammer to build a 34 x 44, one story Mediterranean house on lot 24,…