Tag: celebrities
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2071 Grace Avenue
2071 Grace Avenue 2071 Grace Avenue was built in 1936 for journalist Frank Scully. The house started as a one story 5 room house with a detached garage which sits to the right of H.J. Whitley’s former home. The Scully’s moved into the home in 1937 even before the house was finished. Scully used beams…
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6551 Franklin Avenue
6551 Franklin Avenue 6551 Franklin Avenue was built in 1919 by builder Naldo F. Stokes who also built several other homes in the area including: 1905 Grace Avenue (1917), 6555 Franklin Avenue (1919), and 6561 Franklin Avenue (1919). The later two homes were both demolished in 2020. Below an aerial of the area in 1928,…
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Filmed in Whitley Heights
Filmed in Whitley Heights Since the 1920s, several films have been filmed in Whitley Heights, some even on the property of some of the residences. The films, range from dramas to comedies, even a serial movie about Hollywood. The following is a list that starts with the oldest film to the most recent. 1. Fast…
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Clara Bow
Clara Bow Clara Bow (1905-1965) and her “not so direct” connection to Whitley Heights. The once most scandalous star of the 1920s and early 1930s once said: “All the time the flapper is laughing and dancing, there’s a feeling of tragedy underneath, she’s unhappy and disillusioned, and that’s what people sense.” -Clara Bow Hollywood’s “It…
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1927 N. Highland Avenue
1927 N. Highland Avenue In 1918, landscape painter E. Roscoe Schrader (1878-1960) hired architects Mead & Requa from San Diego to build a Spanish Colonial Revival house on North Highland Avenue close to the intersection of Highland Blvd. and Franklin Avenue. Mead & Requa also built the Krotona Court located 2117 Vista Del Mar Avenue…
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2011-2033 N. Highland Avenue
Welcome to Los Nidos Court Between Franklin Avenue and Camrose Drive, North Highland Boulevard used to be lined with single-family residences or duplexes during the 1920s. In 1919, widow Bertha J. Barker decided to build 7 duplexes located at 2011 to 2033 North Highland Boulevard and called the bungalow court “Los Nidos Court”. In 1929,…
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6669 Whitley Terrace
6669 Whitley Terrace 6669 Whitley Terrace used to be the site of building that housed the Whitley Heights Tract Office. Built in 1920 by H.J. Whitley and architect Arthur S. Barnes, the one room 14 x 20 building resembled the surrounding Mediterranean styles homes. The office sat to the left of the illuminating Whitley Heights…
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The House That Jack Built
The House That Jack Built (and other tales on Milner Road) In 1923, tract 5574 was established on the northwest side of Whitley Heights by “the father of Hollywood” H.J. Whitley, real estate developer Arthur C. Watson, his wife, Kathleen J. Watson, and New York socialite, Eleanor DeWitt. This tract had a total of 24…
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Valentino’s Foundation
Wedgewood’s Wall “If you want to build a high wall, start with a deep foundation” -unknown Wedgewood Place once had a total of 18 lots during the early 1920s. Homes built in 1921 included: 6733 Wedgewood Place and 6755 Wedgewood Place. Homes built in 1922 included: 6734 Wedgewood Place, 6738 Wedgewood Place, 6754 Wedgewood Place,…
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6697 Whitley Terrace (Marion Davies-William Randolph Hearst Secret Hideaway): Fact or Fable?
6697 Whitley Terrace (Marion Davies-William Randolph Hearst Secret Hideaway) Fact or Fiction? According to legend, 6697 Whitley Terrace was connected to publishing mogul giant, William Randolph Hearst and his mistress, actress Marion Davies. Some accounts have indicated that Hearst bought the property for Davies while others say he bought it and had director Robert Vignola…
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