A street of houses designed in the Eastlake and Queen Anne styles of the late 19th century, exhibiting the finest collection of Victorian domestic architecture remaining in Los Angeles. From their vantage point on Angelino Heights, these houses have . . . — — Map (db m167925) HM
Cummings Comes To California
The stately brick building, with its projecting turret and other distinctive Victorian-era details, is one of the reminders of early Boyle Heights; and the Cummings Block, completed in 1889, represents . . . — — Map (db m174709) HM
Modern style. Architects - Whitney R.Smith & A.Quincy Jones. Built 1949.
Declared 2002, Historic-Cultural Monument No. 720, City of Los Angeles, Cultural Heritage Commission, Cultural Affairs Department. — — Map (db m184998) HM
Modern style. A.Quincy Jones & Whitney Smith,
architects. Built 1951. Declared 2005, Historic-Cultural Monument No. 797, City of Los Angeles, Cultural Heritage Commission. — — Map (db m184990) HM
A.Quincy Jones, architect. Modern style. Built 1949. Declared 2002, Historic-Cultural Monument No. 722, City of Los Angeles, Cultural Heritage Commission. — — Map (db m185003) HM
This adobe was built by Miguel Leonis in the early 1870's.
The chain of title extends from the King of Spain to the present owners.
Leonis Adobe, 1844 - 1846.
Declared Historic Cultural Monument No. 1
by the Cultural Heritage . . . — — Map (db m145585) HM
Canoga Park Branch Library, Modern style, built 1959.
Declared 2000, Historic-Cultural Monument No. 700, Cultural Heritage Commission, City of Los Angeles. — — Map (db m163862) HM
Canoga Park Southern Pacific Station, circa 1912.
Mission style. First railway station in the West Valley.
Historic-Cultural Monument No. 488, declared May 30, 1990, City of Los Angeles, Cultural Heritage Commission, Cultural Affairs . . . — — Map (db m165894) HM
Chatsworth Community Church, 1903.
Declared Historic Cultural Monument No. 14 by the Cultural Heritage Board, Municipal Art Department, City of Los Angeles. — — Map (db m163863) HM
Stoney Point Outcroppings natural site, considered one of the most
picturesque areas in Los Angeles.
Declared 1974, Historic-Cultural Monument No. 132, City of Los Angeles, Cultural Heritage Commission, Cultural Affairs Department. — — Map (db m163865) HM
The Ivy Substation, named for the land development where it is located, was built in 1907 by the Los Angeles Pacific Railway. It is one of the largest electric substations along the “Balloon Route” rail line from downtown Los Angeles to the Pacific . . . — — Map (db m121986) HM
Lawrence and Martha Joseph Residence and Apartments. Storybook style. Designer - Lawrence Joseph. Built 1946-1970. Declared 1996, Historic-Cultural Monument No. 624, City of Los Angeles, Cultural Heritage Commission, Cultural Affairs Department. — — Map (db m187797) HM
Eagle Rock City Hall — 1923. Example of Los Angeles City's absorption of small Southland communities.
Declared Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument No. 59 by the Cultural Heritage Board, Cultural Arts Department, City of Los . . . — — Map (db m162265) HM
Storybook style. Jean L. Egasse, architect. Albert and Constance Braasch, builders. Built 1923. Declared 2013, Historic-Cultural
Monument No. 1042, Cultural Heritage Commission, City of Los Angeles. — — Map (db m175216) HM
Spanish Colonial Revival style.
Architects - Henry C. Newton and Robert D. Murray.
Built 1914. Declared 1986, Historic-Cultural Monument No. 292,
City of Los Angeles, Cultural Heritage Commission, Cultural Affairs Department. — — Map (db m175104) HM
Aimee Semple McPherson (1890-1944) founded the international Church of the Foursquare Gospel and was a well-known figure in Los Angeles. After her founding of the Angelus Temple in 1923, the population of the Echo Park neighborhood greatly . . . — — Map (db m122445) HM
Originally known as the Victory Boulevard bridge, the Riverside Drive bridge was constructed in 1938 to improve a bottleneck caused by an earlier wooden bridge. It was partially funded by President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Works Progress . . . — — Map (db m129133) HM
Taft House and landscaping. Shingle style. Circa 1900. Declared 1996, Historic-Cultural Monument No. 622, City of Los Angeles, Cultural Heritage Commission, Cultural Affairs Department. — — Map (db m162891) HM
Circa 1894. Homestead style with Eastlake influence.
Historic-Cultural Monument No. 338, declared January 26, 1988, City of Los Angeles,
Cultural Heritage Commission, Cultural Affairs Department. — — Map (db m178193) HM
Westcoast Prairie style, built in 1913.
Sumner P. Hunt and Silas Burns, architects.
1938 addition designed by Sidney Clifton.
Historic-Cultural Monument No. 284,
August 29, 1984.
City of Los Angeles,
Cultural Heritage Commission, Cultural . . . — — Map (db m175867) HM
Chalet style. Architect - Carl Boller. Built 1922.
Declared 1972, Historic-Cultural Monument No. 105,
City of Los Angeles, Cultural Heritage Commission,
Cultural Affairs Department. — — Map (db m164786) HM
Built - 1925,
Renaissance Revival style. Declared
November 15, 1972,
Historic-Cultural Monument No. 274
by the
City of Los Angeles,
Cultural Heritage Commission, Cultural Affairs Department. — — Map (db m178918) HM
William U. Smith House,
Greek Revival style.
Built 1908. Declared 1988, Historic-Cultural Monument No. 376, City of Los Angeles, Cultural Heritage Commission, Cultural Affairs Department. — — Map (db m178198) HM
Modern style. Ralph C. Flewelling, architect. Built 1933. Declared 2006, Historic-Cultural Monument No. 846, Cultural Heritage Commission, City of Los Angeles. — — Map (db m167809) HM
The world's first circular office structure was designed to resemble a stack of 45 rpm records. Artists recording in its studios since its completion in 1956 have included such luminaries as Frank Sinatra, Nat "King" Cole, Peggy Lee, Dean Martin, . . . — — Map (db m167282) HM
On this site was established the first motion picture studio in Hollywood, October 27, 1911.
CBS Columbia Square Studios, International style. William Lescaze, architect. Earl Heitschmidt, associate architect. Built 1938. Declared 2009. . . . — — Map (db m133742) HM
Historic
Charlie Chaplin Studio.
Built 1917. Declared 1969.
Historic-Cultural Monument No. 58.
Cultural Heritage Commission, City of Los Angeles. — — Map (db m162823) HM
Heaven Dogs were believed by the Chinese to ward off evil spirits and were widely used to guard the sacred Ming Tombs in the interior of China. They were first introduced in the reign of Huo Pin in 117 BC and achieved their greatest vogue in the . . . — — Map (db m167862) HM
The most famous movie house in the world, built by
Sid Grauman. Actress Anna May Wong drove the first
rivet in the steel girders when construction began in
1925. Opened with the premiere of Cecil B. DeMille's
“King of Kings” on May . . . — — Map (db m170065) HM
Spanish / Mediterranean
Revival style,
Frank H. Harding and
George J. Adams, architects.
Built 1926.
Declared 1989,
Historic-Cultural
Monument No. 445,
Cultural Heritage Commission,
City of Los Angeles. — — Map (db m183282) HM
Crossroads of the World, 1936.
Robert V. Derrah, architect.
A blend of moderne & old world architecture.
Declared Historic-Cultural Monument No. 134 by the Cultural Heritage Commission, Cultural Affairs Department, City of Los Angeles. . . . — — Map (db m162878) HM
Egyptian revival style.
Architects - Meyer & Holler.
Built 1922. Declared 1993
Historic-Cultural Monument No. 584
City of Los Angeles
Cultural Heritage Commission
Cultural Affairs Department — — Map (db m163244) HM
The most lavish of four Hollywood Blvd. theatres designed for live performances opened in 1926, featuring stars such as Joan Fontaine, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Lon Chaney, Jr., Buster Keaton, Clark Gable, Henry Fonda, Jason Robards and Will Rogers. . . . — — Map (db m167869) HM
Home of the
Los Angeles Fire Department
Museum and Memorial.
Cultural Heritage Board
Monument No.165.
Fire Station No. 27,
Italian Renaissance Revival style.
Architect - Peter K. Schabarum.
Built 1930.
Declared . . . — — Map (db m175270) HM
Built 1929, Egyptian Revival style, Westin & Westin, architects. Historic-Cultural Monument No. 462, declared November 3, 1989, City of Los Angeles, Cultural Heritage Commission, Cultural Affairs Department.
American Legion Hollywood Post . . . — — Map (db m170037) HM
Hollywood was given its name by pioneers Mr. and Mrs. Horace H. Wilcox. They subdivided their ranch in 1887 and called two dirt cross-roads Prospect Avenue and Weyse Avenue. Prospect Avenue, the main artery, was renamed Hollywood Boulevard and Weyse . . . — — Map (db m167867) HM
Built in 1927 by a group of celebrities that included Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and Louis B. Mayer. Site of the first Academy Awards in 1929. A hideaway for Clark Gable and Carol Lombard. Marilyn Monroe did her first commercial shoot by the . . . — — Map (db m167870) HM
Built in 1903, this is the last remaining Victorian home
on Hollywood Blvd. It is typical of the mansions along
the Boulevard in the early 1900s, before the street
became a bustling commercial district. From 1911 to
1926, the three Janes sisters . . . — — Map (db m183094) HM
Max Factor, a Russian immigrant, pioneered screen
make up for which he received a special Academy
Award in 1929. He opened the Max Factor Hollywood
Makeup Studio in 1928, where he taught Hollywood
stars such as Lana Turner, Rita Hayworth, . . . — — Map (db m167871) HM
Mediterranean Revival style,
Frank H. Webster, architect.
Built 1927. Declared 2006, Historic-Cultural Monument No. 842, Cultural Heritage Commission, City of Los Angeles. — — Map (db m181162) HM
Stahl House - Case Study House No. 22,
International style.
Architect - Pierre Koenig, F.A.I.A.
Built 1958.
Declared 1999,
Historic-Cultural Monument No. 670,
City of Los Angeles,
Cultural Heritage Commission,
Cultural Affairs Department. — — Map (db m183283) HM
In Sept. 1961, Milton Page Larsen leased this building, which would become the world-famous Magic Castle, with a handshake and a dream. Renovations began on the historic 1910 Rollin B. Lane mansion with the help and contributions of many friends . . . — — Map (db m167868) HM
First United Methodist Church, 1930. A Gothic revival edifice constructed of steel and exposed concrete, standing as a visual beacon in the heart of Hollywood. — — Map (db m128905) HM
Spanish Colonial Revival style. Frank Webster, architect.
Built 1929. Declared 2009, Historic-Cultural
Monument No. 956,
Cultural Heritage Commission,
City of Los Angeles. — — Map (db m170029) HM
Original home built by Warner Bros. in 1923. The pioneering talking motion picture The Jazz Singer was produced here in 1927 and revolutionized the film industry. This building was certified as a Historic Structure by the United States Department of . . . — — Map (db m133609) HM
Built by Warner Bros. in 1928 to be the crown jewel of its West Coast theaters. Sam Warner oversaw construction but died before it was completed. His ghost is said to haunt the building. The Italian Renaissance exterior design theme is continued . . . — — Map (db m169952) HM
Mediterranean Revival style.
Architect - Julia Morgan.
Built 1926. Declared 1977,
Historic-Cultural Monument No. 175,
City of Los Angeles,
Cultural Heritage Commission,
Cultural Affairs Department. — — Map (db m175069) HM
Craftsman style.
Arthur Heineman, architect.
Built 1912. Declared 2016, Historic-Cultural
Monument No. 1108,
Cultural Heritage Commission,
City of Los Angeles. — — Map (db m183278) HM
Site of the birthplace of Adlai E. Stevenson, statesman. February 5, 1900 - July 14, 1965. Declared a Historic Cultural Monument by the Cultural Heritage Board, Municipal Art Department, City of Los Angeles. — — Map (db m187045) HM
Granted on March 22, 1843 to Maria Ygnacia Verdugo in confirmation of an earlier Spanish concession made to Vicente Feliz in 1795.
Later owned by famous California pioneers Antonio Coronel and James Lick.
Colonel Griffith Jenkins Griffith, in . . . — — Map (db m167872) HM
Six residences and church reflecting Victorian architecture on a grand scale prevalent at the turn of the century. Declared Historic Cultural Monuments Nos. 83-89 by the Cultural Heritage Board, Municipal Arts Department, City of Los Angeles. — — Map (db m188342) HM
Built in 1901 by Colonel J. W. Eddy, lawyer, engineer, and friend of President Lincoln, Angel's Flight is said to be the world's shortest incorporated railway. The counterbalanced cars, controlled by cables, travel a 33 percent grade for 315 . . . — — Map (db m160015) HM
Ficus Macrophylla
(Moreton Bay Fig)
planted circa 1920.
Declared 2008,
Historic-Cultural
Monument No. 920,
Cultural Heritage Commission, City of Los Angeles. — — Map (db m183767) HM
Curtis Mosby, the conductor of the Dixieland Blue Blowers, opened the Apex on Thanksgiving 1928. The classy nightclub was home to revues featuring beautiful showgirls in extravagant costumes. Johnny Otis led the house band, but Alabam . . . — — Map (db m144912) HM
Automobile Club of Southern California; headquarters building of the pioneer motoring club; founded 1900; built in Spanish Colonial style. — — Map (db m131042) HM
Art Deco style. Architects - John and Donald Parkinson. Built 1930. Declared 1997,
Historic Cultural Monument No. 631,
City of Los Angeles,
Cultural Heritage Commission,
Cultural Affairs Department. — — Map (db m167936) HM
A Female Don Quixote
Oil heiress Aline Barnsdall was an artistic visionary, feminist, world traveler, political radical, and friend of the anarchist Emma Goldman. "I believe I could best describe her as a sort of 'female Don . . . — — Map (db m176271) HM
Host of the Coast
Its lore is as rich as its tapestries, as its gilded cupids and carved marble. From the moment it opened on October 2, 1923, the 11-story Biltmore Hotel became Los Angeles' "Host of the Coast," a chandeliered . . . — — Map (db m184909) HM
Mining Tycoon L. Bradbury Makes His Mark
His name endures in the eponymous town of wealth and horseflesh set against the San Gabriel Mountains, but mining tycoon Louis Bradbury made his loveliest mark on Southern California with the . . . — — Map (db m167742) HM
Classical Revival style. Architect - Alfred F. Rosenheim. Built 1910. Declared 1978, Historic-Cultural Monument No. 197, City of Los Angeles, Cultural Heritage Commission, Cultural Affairs Department.
This property, Eugene W. Britt House, . . . — — Map (db m185094) HM
When Women Carried
Parasols
The gleaming skyscrapers of Bunker Hill that now symbolize Los Angeles' towering ambitions are the modern incarnation of the hilltop's first buildings - the elegant, gingerbread mansions that made the . . . — — Map (db m170223) HM
Charles C. Chapman Building, Beaux Arts style. Los Angeles Investment Company, Ernest McConnell, architect. Built 1912.
Declared 2007, Historic-Cultural Monument No. 899, Cultural Heritage Commission, City of Los Angeles. — — Map (db m164426) HM
Arts and Crafts Tudor
Revival style. Los Angeles Building Company. Built 1909. Declared 2014, Historic-Cultural
Monument No. 1073,
Cultural Heritage Commission, City of Los Angeles. — — Map (db m186178) HM
This monument is the oldest surviving structure of Chinese settlement in the Los Angeles area. It illustrates the use of traditional ceremonies brought from China and honors the lives of 19th century Chinese Americans.
The Chinese Historical . . . — — Map (db m149116) HM
William Andrews
Clark Memorial Library,
1926.
Declared Historic Cultural Monument No. 28 by the Cultural Heritage Board, Municipal Art Department, City of Los
Angeles. — — Map (db m185087) HM
One of the oldest continuously operated
restaurants in Los Angeles. From this Pacific Electric building ran the world’s largest
interurban railway system.
Declared Historic-Cultural Monument No. 104 by the Cultural Heritage Board, . . . — — Map (db m167975) HM
Craftsman style with Japanese and Swiss influences. Built 1912. Declared 1998,
Historic-Cultural Monument No. 654, City of Los Angeles, Cultural heritage Commission, Cultural Affairs Department. — — Map (db m186204) HM
From pueblo to metropolis, the history of the City of Los Angeles is indelibly linked with the development of community
water and power supplies. This building is dedicated to that enduring relationship past, present and future.
Water for . . . — — Map (db m155788) HM
Commemorating 50 years of power service to the citizens of Los Angeles beginning November 13, 1916
from this distributing station. — — Map (db m134909) HM
Classical Revival style. Reid Brothers, architect. Thomas Douglas Stimson,
developer. Built 1899. Declared 2009, Historic-Cultural
Monument No. 966, Cultural Heritage Commission, City of Los Angeles. — — Map (db m178708) HM
This plaque marks the location of the original northwest corner of El Pueblo de la Reina de Los Angeles, founded on September 4, 1781, and established by survey in 1849. — — Map (db m163982) HM
A picturesque Spanish-Colonial Revival
building which has served the community
since the 1920's. Declared
Historic Cultural Monument No. 127
by the Cultural Heritage Board,
Municipal Arts Department, City of Los Angeles. — — Map (db m190615) HM
Romanesque style.
Architects - Walker and Eisen.
Built 1927. Declared 1974, Historic-Cultural Monument No. 125,
City of Los Angeles,
Cultural Heritage Commission,
Cultural Affairs Department. — — Map (db m183788) HM
Built by
United States
Work Projects
Administration,
1940.
Fire Station No. 1,
Streamline Moderne style. Architects — Public Works Administration.
Declared 1976.
Built 1940.
Historic-Cultural Monument No. 156. — — Map (db m134911) HM
A significant example of
the opulent Art Deco style.
Declared Historic Cultural Monument No. 121 by the Cultural Heritage Board, Municipal Arts Department, City of
Los Angeles. — — Map (db m184114) HM
Golden State Mutual Life
Insurance Company Home Office, Late Moderne style. Paul R. Williams, architect. Charles Alston & Hale Woodruff, lobby muralists. Built 1949. Declared 2011,
Historic-Cultural Monument No. 1000, Cultural Heritage Commission, . . . — — Map (db m185110) HM
Transitional Craftsman style. Architect - William E. Blaikie. Built 1910. Declared 1994, Historic-Cultural Monument No. 601, City of Los Angeles, Cultural Heritage Commission, Cultural Affairs Department. — — Map (db m186942) HM
According to Catholic Church records, approximately 693 early residents of Los Angeles were buried in this cemetery.
This memorial garden honors these early residents.
Words surround this sacred place from the Spanish, English, . . . — — Map (db m164890) HM
Hollyhock House, as part of the 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright, has been inscribed on the World Heritage List.
Inscription on this List confirms that this property deserves protection for the benefit of all humanity because . . . — — Map (db m154492) HM
Hollywood Reservoir
Capacity 2,500,000,000 gallons.
Maximum depth of water 183 feet.
Mulholland Dam
Work started August 1923.
Dam completed December 1924.
172,000 cubic yards of concrete.
Elevation of . . . — — Map (db m167864) HM
Like many chapters in the history of Los
Angeles, the Hollywood sign began as a
real estate promotion. A gigantic billboard
was commissioned in 1923 to promote the
development called “Hollywoodland.” Mules
hauled telegraph poles, sheet metal, . . . — — Map (db m177227) HM
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