Tag: hj whitley
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2030 Holly Hill Terrace
2030 Holly Hill Terrace 2030 Holly Hill Terrace was one of the earliest homes to be built on the newly developed Holly Hill Tract in 1922. Charles M. Hawks, a former vaudeville actor on the Orpheum Circuit as a monologue entertainer, severed ties with the Whitley Heights organization. He was hired at Fargo Realty, located…
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6754 Wedgewood Place
6754 Wedgewood Place 6754 Wedgewood Place was designed and built by architect Arthur S. Barnes in 1922. The original owner did not completely finish the house and it was bought two years later and the uncompleted rooms were finished. The lower bedroom, which had a private entrance, was often rented out during the years. Below…
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6687 Whitley Terrace (1922)
6687 Whitley Terrace (1922) 6687 Whitley Terrace was built in 1922 by architect Arthur S. Barnes and owner, hotel manager, Jack A. Vanier. Jack, at one point of time, was the assistant manager of the Roosevelt Hotel. He and his wife, Johanna, owned the property until Johanna’s death in 1960. They lived at this property…
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2101 Fairfield Avenue (Relocated)
2101 Fairfield Avenue (relocated) 2102 Fairfield Avenue was built in 1922 by owner W.P. Erbes who constructed a 5 room cottage with 2 bedrooms. The Erbes moved into a bigger home in 1924 and rented the home. Before the 101 Freeway plowed through a section of Whitley Heights in the 1950’s, Fairfield Avenue circled around…
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2020 Grace Avenue: Gone but not forgotten
2020 Grace Avenue: Gone but not forgotten 2020 Grace Avenue (listed at 6737 Whitley Terrace) was built in 1914 by Charles Kent and his son, Ray Kent as real estate investor, Minnie S. Jewel, purchased 5 acres of land from the Hollywood Grand View Tract on the very top of the hill in Whitley Heights.…
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6734 Wedgewood Place
6734 Wedgewood Place was built late 1921 and finished in 1922. The Mediterranean three story house has three bedrooms and three bathrooms in which the two lower stories are build on the side of a hill. Actor Edward J. Flanagan (1880-1925) and his wife, Charlotte Ravenscroft, built the six room residence in the 1921 with…
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6711 Whitley Terrace (1921)
6711 Whitley Terrace (1921) 6711 Whitley Terrace was built in 1921 by architect Arthur S. Barnes and the original owners Richard and Beatrice Green. Richard Green moved to Los Angeles in 1913 and married Beatrice Hansen in 1915. Richard was born in Great Valley, NY and was a civilian representative for the US Government in…
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2041 Grace Avenue
2041 Grace Avenue (1921) 2041 Grace Avenue was built in 1921 by architect H.L. Wilson and owner, Harriet Corey, originally as a 6 room, 2-story home. Below is an advertisement in October of 1922 auctioning the recently built home. The house was purchased by Mr. and Mrs. H.E. Bennett who added a bedroom and a…
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6611 Emmet Terrace 1921
6611 Emmet Terrace (1921) 6611 Emmet Terrace started to be built in 1921 by Thompson & McMillen. The Mediterranean 2-story home started with three bedrooms and one bathroom. In 1923, the garage was added. In 1928, a bathroom was added to one of the downstairs bedrooms. Finally in 1954, a den was added to the…
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2014 N. Las Palmas
2014 N. Las Palmas Avenue (1921) 2014 N. Las Palmas Avenue, another early home in Whitley Heights, was built in 1921 by architect Arthur S. Barnes. The 2-story, 6 room Mediterranean home, has a square tower overhanging from the lower floor and carved wooden chalet balconies. In 1928, the next owner added one bedroom, one…