The first boardinghouses were built by Red River Logging in 1915 near the mill in Pine Town. The consisted of wood floors and canvas tents. Nine 2 story units built on Birch Street housed 80 men each while two units south of Birch Street housed . . . — — Map (db m56715) HM
This building was part of the rail station from 1911-1958 of the Southern Pacific Line and was built by the Red River Lumber Company owned by the Walker Family. The Western Union and freight offices were a gathering place for local people. Leaving . . . — — Map (db m56713) HM
Through this draw passed many covered wagons and gold seekers enroute to California over the Lassen Trail during 1848-1851. Approaching this location from the north, the trail passed what is now Bogard Ranger Station. Proceeding southward to Big . . . — — Map (db m22027) HM
Paul Bunyan has been the hero of lumberjack whopper tales that were handed down for generations in the camps of White Pine lumbermen in the north eastern forests of America. In 1913 the Walker family who owned the Red River Mill in Minnesota, moved . . . — — Map (db m56687) HM
Built in 1917 by the Red River Lumber Co. as a bakery, it supplied 3 stores and the company cookhouse. It was famed for its biscuits (as in biscuits & gravy) that gave the loggers the fuel needed to build Westwood out of virgin timber. It has also . . . — — Map (db m56712) HM
Built in late 1920’s as a Chevron Service Station, it was purchased in 1935 by the Tunisons who added the bar & restaurant with the fireplace. In Dec., 1942 bartender Ray Bollengier was shot and killed by an angry patron. The building burned in 1960 . . . — — Map (db m66081) HM
A “Company Town” for 44 years
Est. 1912 by T.B. Walker family,
founders of Red River Lumber Co.
1944-1956 Fruit Growers Supply Co. — — Map (db m56710) HM
Built in 1914 by the Red River Lumber Co. as a mens club. The club had a pool room, card room, cafe, tobacco shop and a bar. It burned in 1944 and was rebuilt in 1945. Bought by George & Vera Young in 1957 & was turned into a market. Their son Mike . . . — — Map (db m66083) HM
Built in 1913, this building has been the home of the Westwood Fire Department since its beginning. O.L. Lunt was the 1st Chief until 1918. Maurice Hertzig was appointed Chief in 1946 and served for 32 years, he was the last official chief. Once the . . . — — Map (db m56708) HM
This building was built in 1925 by George Peltier and was funded by The Red River Logging Company. The building housed the Free and Accepted Masons and was known as Westwood Lodge #502 F.&A.M. It has been a gathering place of friends and families . . . — — Map (db m66082) HM
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that . . . — — Map (db m114042) WM
At 10:30 p.m., 29 October 1969, the first ARPANET
message was sent from this UCLA site to the Stanford
Research Institute. Based on packet switching and dynamic
resource allocation, the sharing of information digitally
from this first node . . . — — Map (db m218307) HM
In 1913, Edward A. Dickson, a 33-year-old Los Angeles business and civic leader, became the first Southern Californian appointed to the University of California Board of Regents. At that time, the only University of California campus was in . . . — — Map (db m127625) HM
The community of Westwood
dedicates itself to peace, human
rights, and international
understanding through cultural
exchange, and becomes
International Village -
October 24, 1977. — — Map (db m231083) HM
International style.
Architect - Richard J. Neutra.
Built 1941. Declared 1988,
Historic-Cultural Monument No. 365,
City of Los Angeles,
Cultural Heritage Commission,
Cultural Affairs Department.
This property
has been listed in . . . — — Map (db m231117) HM
International style.
Built 1937.
Richard Neutra - architect.
Historic-Cultural Monument No. 320,
Declared - May 20, 1987,
City of Los Angeles,
Cultural Heritage Commission,
Cultural Affairs Department. — — Map (db m231136) HM
National Home
In 1887, the U.S. Congress approved funding for the Pacific
Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers
(NHDVS). Three individuals donated land for the 640-acre
site located 14 miles west of Los . . . — — Map (db m219686) HM
Sarah Leonard Fine Jewelers
75th Anniversary
Founded 1946
Monumental Business
Proclaimed by Mayor Eric M. Garcetti
November 2021. — — Map (db m231085) HM
Richard Neutra, 1937.
City of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument 351, April 8, 1988.
The National Register of Historic Places, September 25, 2013. — — Map (db m231130) HM
American International style. Built 1950.
Rudolph Schindler - architect. Historic Cultural Monument No. 506, declared October 9, 1990, City of Los Angeles, Cultural Heritage Commission, Cultural Affairs Department. — — Map (db m185287) HM
