Tag: early hollywood
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2025 Grave Avenue
2025 Grace Avenue 2025 Grace Avenue, built in 1921, by architect Frederick J. Soper and contractor Glenn O. Winget, is a two-story Spanish style home located on Grace Avenue near Kendra Court. The house was built when actor Francis X. Bushman’s estate located at 2020 Grace Avenue was converted into a house from a hotel,…
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6607 Padre Terrace
6607 Padre Terrace 6607 Padre Terrace is currently for sale (as of November 2023) for $1.495 million. The Spanish Style home was built in 1922 by architect P. Hale and contractors Morrow & Baer for silent screen actor Wilbur Higby. Padre Terrace is a tiny street that is comprised of four residential lots that sits…
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6626 Odin Street
6626 Odin Street 6626 Odin Street is a 2-story Spanish-style house, which was originally built with 5 rooms in 1922 for Antoinette Smith. Smith, who was commonly known as Ann Fisher Smith in literary circles, had moved with her youngest daughter, Joyce, to Hollywood in 1920 after a divorce. Smith was so impressed with Los…
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6770 Milner Road
6770 Milner Road 6770 Milner Road was built in 1922 by architect Thomas Rutherland for German-born owners John and Alexandrina Marquardt, two musicians who immigrated to the United States in 1886. John played the violin and Alexandrina played the harp. Both were involved with multiple orchestras throughout the US including; The Philharmonic String Quartet, The…
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2037 Holly Hill Terrace
2037 Holly Hill Terrace 2037 Holly Hill Terrace is located at the end of Holly Hill Terrace and backs up to what is left of Bella Vista Terrace when most of the street was demolished for the freeway. 2037 Holly Hill Terrace was built in 1923 by architect August Hanson. Hanson built other homes in…
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6850 Iris Circle
6850 Iris Circle and 2251 Cahuenga Boulevard In 1924, real estate broker John B. Elsbach purchased land on Iris Circle that reached down the hill to Cahuenga Boulevard and hired architect Carl Jules Weyl to build two identical artistic studio bungalows: 2251 and 2253 Cahuenga Blvd. Weyl built several other homes in Whitley Heights and…
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2303 Fairfield Avenue
2303 Fairfield Avenue The 2303 Fairfield Avenue history is somewhat confusing as there were 2 permits for new construction on lot 9 on the Lockwood Place Tract. In 1918, silent screen actor Forrest Seabury and his wife, Charlotte, built a one story, 5 room cottage (32 x 32.6) while they were living at 1928 Highland…
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6766 Wedgewood Place
6766 Wedgewood Place 6766 Wedgewood Place was built in 1924 by architect Nathan L. Coleman, a prominent architect who built several other houses in Whitley Heights during the 1920s. 6766 Wedgewood Place was originally built for Joseph Wittliff, a salesman in the area. This two-story home consisted of 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and…
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2001 Holly Hill Terrace
2001 Holly Hill Terrace 2001 Holly Hill Terrace was built in 1923 by the Hollywood Architectural Service, who built several other homes on Holly Hill Terrace in the 1920s. This Mediterranean home was built for Dr. Abraham and Mrs. Laura Palmer, which remained in their family until the early 1940s. They added two rooms and…
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2116 Whitley Avenue
2116 Whitley Avenue Built in 1910, 2116 Whitley Avenue had a complete make-over when it was relocated from 2127 Cahuenga Boulevard in 1950 by it’s owner, architect Charles D. Lawrence. 2116 Whitley Terrace is on the side of Whitley Heights as Iris Circle. Originally, the two-story bungalow sat on Cahuenga Blvd. just south of Whitley…
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