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6616 Odin Street
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…
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2226 Fairfield Avenue
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…
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2109 Fairfield Avenue
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…
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Whitley Heights Sets Pace For Hillside Home Builders
Whitley Heights Set Pace For Hillside Home Builders Hollywood Daily Citizen, Monday, April 24, 1922 (page 7) A General View of Whitley Heights together with special views of a few of the 50 splendid residences which help to make this section of Hollywood one of the choicest residential spots and add to the fame of…
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2119 Fairfield Avenue
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,…
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6662 Odin Street
6662 Odin Street 6662 Odin Street was built in 1916 by banker turned real estate broker Earl Dietz who built a 6 room bungalow on the northwest corner of Odin Street which intersected Fairfield Avenue at the time. Above, Fairfield Avenue (originally called Oakwood Avenue) started at Cahuenga Blvd., intersected through Odin Street, near Highland Avenue,…
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2135-2137 Whitley Avenue
2135-2137 Whitley Avenue Dentist turned broker Ernest Long and his wife, Kathryn, built this two-story Spanish duplex in 1924 and had architect Nathan Coleman design the 2,656 square foot residence. 2135 Whitley Avenue is a two-story unit on the right (above the entry is the first door below the cable dish) and 2137 Whitley Avenue is…
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Arbol Drive
Arbol Drive In 1912, a 40 year old rancher named Herman Baake and his wife, Anna, decided to buy a piece of land overlooking Los Angeles in Hollywood Park, situated on Highland Avenue near the Cahuenga Pass for $100.00. After building his 2 story bungalow home, Baake built the “Hollywood Avocado Nursery” which specialized in avocado…
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Majestic Heights
Majestic Heights Majestic Heights Tract was located on the 6000 block of Odin Street, west of Highland Avenue, below the High Tower elevator, and across the street from Whitley Heights. In 1919, four people bought this plot of land: Mira Hershey (owner of the Hotel Hollywood), A.E. Houghtelin, Edith H. Teele, and Herbert H. Teele. There were…
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Greta Garbo, Whitley Heights and her homes
Garbo Slept Here The term “Garbo Slept Here” came about in 1941 when a real estate agent listed a house in Brentwood and hung a huge sign in the front of the house stating “GARBO SLEPT HERE”. He eventually took the sign down to ward off the throngs of sight-seers driving by. Today, that phrase is still…
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