Tag: whitleyheights
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1959 Whitley Avenue
1959 Whitley Avenue 1959 Whitley Avenue was built in 1932 by contractor Chester M. Williams who rebuilt the Hollywood Cemetery entrance in the early 1930s. This two bedroom, two bathroom Spanish style home has 1,226 square feet and was built by Nellie Allport for her son, Harold. Nellie and her husband, John, a well-known medical…
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St. Francis Court
St. Francis Court In 1917, the St. Francis Court bungalow courtyard was built 100 feet north of Hollywood Boulevard between Cherokee and Whitley Avenues. Twenty-four bungalows were built composed of Mission and Colonial design that were finished in cement stucco with 8 of the units in chalet style. What was unique about St. Francis Court…
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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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2167 Fairfield Avenue
2167 Fairfield Avenue 2167 Fairfield Avenue was built in 1922, a two-story, six room home, constructed by contractor James Turney of Turney Building Company. The home was originally built for a widow, Amanda Moore, who put the property up for sale the following year. The house was located on lot 39 of tract 3737 on…
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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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