Tag: celebrities
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6516 Iris Drive
6516 Iris Drive In June of 1923, builders Gylfe & Gustafson purchased the lot that fronted both Iris Drive and Cahuenga Avenue (back then) for $8,500 and then was issued a building permit to build the two-story Spanish style home. By February of 1924, the house was advertised for sale at $17,000 with three bedrooms,…
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Jean Harlow
Jean Harlow in Whitley Heights Jean Harlow was born Harlean Harlow Carpenter in Kansas City, MO in 1911. Her mother was actually born Jean Harlow and met a dentist named Mont Carpenter and they married in 1908. The ceremony was held at Jean Harlow’s parent’s house located at 930 Orville Avenue in Kansas City, where…
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Helen Twelvetrees
Remembering Helen Twelvetrees on her birthday Helen Jurgens was born on Christmas day in 1907 in Brooklyn, New York to William and Helen Jurgens, ages 19 and 17. The family lived in a small apartment located at 145 Ridgewood Avenue near Highland Park in the Flatbush neighborhood. William worked for a newspaper while Helen stayed…
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1987 Whitley Avenue
1987 Whitley Avenue 1987 Whitley Avenue was built in 1939 by Syrian born Louis George Taweal. It is not clear when he immigrated to the United States but married Syrian born Eva Masroa in Chicago in 1916. They had a son, George, born in 1920 and daughter, Victoria, born in 1922. The Taweals moved to…
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2213 Fairfield Avenue
2213 Fairfield Avenue 2213 Fairfield Avenue was built in 1919 in the area of Whitley Heights which was once referred to as “Happy Valley” before it was altered to make room for the Hollywood Freeway during the 1950s. Carpenter August Reinke and his wife, Josephine, built this tiny 22×28, 4 room bungalow with a one-car…
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2225 Fairfield Avenue
2225 Fairfield Avenue 2225 Fairfield Avenue was built in 1933 by owner William Hurlbut who designed the home. Hurlbut built the two-story English style home that had a total of 1,887 square feet with two bedrooms and three bathrooms. The residence was located on Fairfield Avenue between Odin Street and Cahuenga Boulevard. Below is the…
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2075 Watsonia Terrace
2075 Watsonia Terrace 2075 Watsonia Terrace was built in 1937 by owner Eleanor Kinsey De Witt by Meyer & Holler. Meyer & Holler, was also known as the Milwaukee Building Company was known for building both the Grauman’s Chinese and Egyptian theaters, Cafe Montmartre, First National Bank of Hollywood, Hollywood Athletic Club and several homes,…
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1825 N. Highland Avenue
1825 N. Highland Avenue 1825 N. Highland Avenue was built in 1902 on the southwest corner of Highland Avenue and Franklin Avenue (now a parking lot due east of the Hollywood United Methodist Church) for Llewellyn James Beynon, who was in the insurance business. Below, the residence could be seen from the hills of Whitley…
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6616 Iris Drive
6616 Iris Drive 6616 Iris Drive was built in 1930 by Edwin G. Bowen Company, a well-known contracting company who had built the St. Andrews Bungalow Court in 1920 and then worked with screenwriter Zane Grey when he started his own production company in 1932. Bowen traveled to Australia in 1936 with Grey to produce…
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6681 Whitley Terrace
6681 Whitley Terrace 6681 Whitley Terrace was built in 1938 by contractor Herman Hemming for an insurance salesman named Sidney Wooley. The two-story Early American house with a Georgian entrance has access both on Whitley Terrace (shown above) and on the second floor in the rear at 2056 Grace Avenue. Since the Los Angeles County…
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