Tag: hj whitley
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1979 Grace Avenue
1979 Grace Avenue 1979 Grace Avenue, known as “Whitley Townhomes”, consists of 9 units that were built in 1979, before the Whitley Heights Historic District was adopted by City Counsel in 1992. Unfortunately, the oldest house in Whitley Heights was demolished in order to build the townhomes. This property is located on a large lot…
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6611 Hollywood Boulevard
6611 Hollywood Boulevard A December 7, 1902 article in the Los Angeles Times promotes “The Hollywood Ocean View Tract” indicating that sales have broken all records and that the tract “has no rivals, it has no competitors, only imitators”. Besides putting a photograph of H.J. Whitley’s house in the center, a “high grade mission home”…
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What happened to Whitley’s Hollywood Blvd. house?
What happened to Whitley’s Hollywood Boulevard house? Hobart J. Whitley was known of the “father of Hollywood” and the mastermind behind the creation of Whitley Heights. Hobart, his wife, Margaret, and his son, Ross, moved to Los Angeles from Minnesota in 1894 and stayed at the Westminster Hotel on 6th Street where their daughter Grace…
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6610 1/2 Padre Terrace
6610 1/2 Padre Terrace 6610 1/2 Padre Terrace was built circa 1913/1914 by Claude F. Hale, a well-known home builder in Los Angeles during the early 1900s. Hale purchased the Padre Terrace area of Whitley Heights in 1905. Hale built three of the four homes that are currently on Padre Terrace: 6609, 6610 and 6615.…
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6662 Whitley Terrace
6662 Whitley Terrace 6662 Whitley Terrace has just went on the market again (September 2024) for $2,475,000. The three story house sits on a downslope on one of the prime areas of Whitley Heights. Built in 1922 by Arthur S. Barnes, the house has three bedrooms, three bathrooms and a separate guest house in the…
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6717 Franklin Avenue
6717 Franklin Avenue 6717 Franklin Avenue was a one story bungalow home which was built in 1906 by William R. Blackburn. Blackburn purchased part of lot 7, on block 8 of the Hollywood Ocean View Tract from Eleanor Graham in September of 1909. Graham, the daughter of Thomas H. Pollock, owned the first bungalow built…
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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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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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2030 Holly Hill Terrace
2030 Holly Hill Terrace 2030 Holly Hill Terrace was built in 1922 (as listed address of 2012 Holly Hill Terrace) by the Hollywood Construction & Investment Company, contractors who also built several other homes on Holly Hill Terrace during the 1920s. This bungalow home consists of three bedrooms and one bathroom on the main floor.…
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2171 Fairfield Avenue
2171 Fairfield Avenue 2171 Fairfield Avenue was built in 1921 by a builder named E.D. Dietz in the northern area of Whitley Heights which is now a parking lot across the street from the Hollywood Bowl. The 5 room Spanish style house had a detached one car garage to the left of the house. The…
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