Tag: whitleyheights
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2025 Holly Hill Terrace
2025 Holly Hill Terrace 2025 Holly Hill Terrace (original address was listed as 2009) was built in 1922 by Fred W. Tenney who started the Hollywood Construction and Investment Company, 6383 Yucca Street. Tenney sold his newspaper company, San Pedro Daily News, to finance his new construction company. He had bought one of the 22…
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2042 Las Palmas Avenue
2040 Las Palmas Avenue 2042 and 2042 1/2 Las Palmas Avenue is a duplex that was built in 1922 by retiree Marion C. Wyckoff and formerly 6691 Whitley Place. Whitley Place changed to Las Palmas Avenue soon after as Wyckoff built the one car detached garage in 1924 and listed the property as 2042 Las…
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The girl with the music room
The girl with the music room Widower Lillian Lohlker had 2040 Las Palmas Avenue built in 1922. This residence is very unique as it sits on a lot that does not have access to the street. There is a stairwell between the one-car detached garage and another property. Below, the 2-story house has a partial…
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2000 N. Las Palmas Avenue
2000 N. Las Palmas Avenue In 1919, silent screen director, Louis William Chaudet, (pictured below) purchased the land located at 2000 N. Las Palmas Avenue in hopes of building his dream home, for his bride, Allene, a pianist and harpist. They had just recently married in October of that year. At the time, Bill was…
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6738 Wedgewood Place
6738 Wedgewood Place 6738 Wedgewood Place was built in 1922 by architect Arthur S. Barnes and socialite Eleanor Kinsey DeWitt and her father, William Kinsey. The three story Mediterranean home consists of 2,040 square feet with 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. DeWitt would later buy two plots of land on Watsonia Terrace and build 2074…
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2036 Holly Hill Terrace
2036 Holly Hill Terrace This residence was originally built with the listed address of 2018 Holly Hill Terrace in 1922 by owner/contractor L.F. De Harpporte and architect C. Kaynan. That same year, De Harpporte hired architect company, Hollywood Construction & Investments, to complete the two unfinished rooms in the basement. Below is the “peter pan”…
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2049-51 Las Palmas Avenue
2049-51 Las Palmas Avenue In 1920, British actor Vessey O’Davoren arrived in Los Angeles because the dry climate would be good for his health and he wanted to continue his career in acting. His wife, Mme. Ivy De Verley soon followed him. Ivy was born in Jamaica and moved to London where she opened her…
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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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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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