Tag: old hollywood
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6785 Whitley Terrace (demolished)
6785, 6786, 6787, and 6788 Whitley Terrace Demolished When Whitley Heights was developed, Whitley Terrace was built just off Whitley Avenue and curved around past Milner Road and Wedgewood Place, to where the residences of 6785, 6786, 6787, and 6788 Whitley Terrace could be found. The even numbers homes, 6786 and 6788, were located after…
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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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Padre Terrace
Padre Terrace (Little Enclave) Padre Terrace is located off the 1900 block of Whitley Avenue between Franklin Avenue and Emmet Terrace. The little enclave of unique houses, consists of five properties (in order from left to right on photo above): 6610 1/2, 6610, 6621, 6615, and 6607 Padre Terrace. The Ojai Apartments (below), which were…
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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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2014 Grace Avenue
2014 Grace Avenue was built in 1921 by architect A. Burnside Sturgis and retired banker, Charles M. Walworth. Walworth was a bank officer at the First National Bank in Chicago and retired to move to Hollywood and build this house on top of the hill next to actor Francis X. Bushman. The 2-story Mediterranean 1,722…
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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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Las Palmas Trio
2002, 2006 and 2008 Las Palmas Avenue Pictured above, 2006 Las Palmas Avenue is lower left, 2008 Las Palmas is right above (peach colored house) and has no road access, and 2002 Las Palmas is the house on the right. The are a trio of homes that was build by one woman in the 1920’s.…
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