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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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2047 Grace Avenue
2047 Grace Avenue 2047 Grace Avenue was built in 1936 by architect John A. Murrey who not only built the City Food Mart that was once located at the corner of Yucca and Argyle in Hollywood. Murrey also secretly built a home for actress Mary Astor and her husband out in Toluca Lake in 1933.…
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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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6533 Cahuenga Terrace
6533 Cahuenga Terrace Hollywood 1924. Visit the Hollywood Electrical Home: An attractive home of distinct Mediterranean type architecture in a magnificent setting-nestled in the hills of Hollywood-made servantless by the proper application of electricity and the practical use of electrical appliances. Builder Howard S. Reed, owner of Reed & Company erected this 4 bedroom home…
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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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1907 Highland Avenue
1907 Highland Avenue 1927 Highland Avenue, built in 1916, still stands today on North Highland Avenue, near Franklin Avenue, and may look somewhat of an “eyesore” but this house was once one of the “Five Most Notable Houses in Los Angeles” in April 1920: In December of 1916, Garden City Company of California obtained a…
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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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6621 Emmet Terrace
6621 Emmet Terrace 6621 Emmet Terrace was built in 1922 by architect Rex D. Weston. Weston was known for his creation of bungalow houses and published several books on bungalow homes in the 1920s. This one story house consists of six rooms (living room, kitchen, dining room, 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom and a small room…
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