Fullerton in Orange County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

Westwood Apartments

Photographed by Tatiana Zavala, February 16, 2025

1. Westwood Apartments Marker

Inscription.
City of Fullerton Local Landmark No. 68
Westwood Apartments
Built 1929

Erected 2013 by Fullerton Heritage. (Marker Number 68.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Buildings. A significant historical year for this entry is 1929.

Location. 33° 52.396′ N, 117° 55.533′ W. Marker is in Fullerton, California, in Orange County. It is on West Whiting Avenue, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 130 W Whiting Avenue, Fullerton CA 92832, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Greater Los Angeles

and in the Peninsular Ranges.

It is also on the American Pacific Coast.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Ring of Fire,

in the Pacific Rim,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain

and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: California Hotel (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Fullerton Masonic Temple (about

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500 feet away); Chapman Building (about 600 feet away); Schumacher Building (about 700 feet away); Fullerton Library (approx. 0.2 miles away); El Camino Real (approx. 0.2 miles away); Odd Fellows Lodge (approx. ¼ mile away); John Gardiner Building (approx. ¼ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Fullerton.

Also see . . . The Westwood Apartments - Fullerton Heritage.

This two-story, dark-red brick building is one of a pair of brick apartment buildings erected by Samuel Dunphy just before the Depression. The brick construction and minimal setback from the public sidewalk

convey an East Coast design, and no other example of its type is found in Fullerton. Only the symmetrically placed chimneys and mansard tile roof break the building’s strongly cubical form. The three ordinary rectangular doors are framed with arched openings and decorative pilasters, providing only minimal relief on the building’s front facade.

Completed in April 1929, at a cost of $25,000, the eight units in this building were advertised as the Dunphy Apartments and were quickly rented. Mr. Dunphy continued to reside in the single-family
Photographed by Tatiana Zavala, February 16, 2025

2. Westwood Apartments exterior
The marker is to the right of the doors.

residence at the rear of the property, which is of an earlier construction, until 1939. When the property

changed ownership in 1940, the two-story building was renamed The Westwood Apartments. The name “The Westwood” is visible above the middle entry door.

The property represents one of a few two-story apartment buildings constructed in Fullerton prior to World War II. The building continues as an eight-unit apartment, and the original single-family residence remains behind it.

(Submitted on February 17, 2025, by Tatiana Zavala of Orange County, California.)

Credits. This page was last revised on March 2, 2025. It was originally submitted on February 17, 2025, by Tatiana Zavala of Orange County, California. This page has been viewed 246 times since then and 38 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on February 17, 2025, by Tatiana Zavala of Orange County, California. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.