International style.
Richard J. Neutra, architect.
Built 1939. Declared 2012,
Historic-Cultural
Monument No. 1014,
Cultural Heritage Commission,
City of Los Angeles. — — Map (db m231737) HM
Modern style.
John Lautner, architect.
Built 1961. Declared 2006,
Historic-Cultural
Monument No. 852,
Cultural Heritage Commission,
City of Los Angeles. — — Map (db m231469) HM
Hollywoodland's Granite Retaining Walls and Interconnecting Granite Stairs.
Built 1923. Declared 1991, Historic-Cultural Monument No. 535, City of Los Angeles, Cultural Heritage Commission, Cultural Affairs Department. — — Map (db m167865) HM
Spanish Colonial Revival style.
Herbert L. Booth, architect.
Built 1929. Declared 2002,
Historic-Cultural Monument No. 715,
Cultural Heritage Commission,
City of Los Angeles. — — Map (db m232571) HM
Mediterranean Revival style.
Architect: Pierpont Davis.
Built 1925. Declared 1996,
Historic-Cultural Monument No. 630,
City of Los Angeles,
Cultural Heritage Commission,
Cultural Affairs Department. — — Map (db m230225) HM
Spanish Colonial Revival style.
Architect - John de Lario.
Built 1925. Declared 2000,
Historic-Cultural Monument No. 681,
City of Los Angeles,
Cultural Heritage Commission,
Cultural Affairs Department. — — Map (db m232566) HM
Craftsman style.
Built 1912. Declared 1998,
Historic-Cultural Monument No. 649,
City of Los Angeles,
Cultural Heritage Commission,
Cultural Affairs Department. — — Map (db m230278) HM
Founder's Church of Religious Science,
Modern style.
Architect - Paul Williams.
Built 1960.
Declared 2002,
Historic-Cultural Monument No. 727,
City of Los Angeles,
Cultural Heritage Commission,
Cultural Affairs Department. — — Map (db m234303) HM
Gothic Revival style.
S. Charles Lee, architect.
Built 1926.
Declared 2015,
Historic-Cultural
Monument No. 1085,
Cultural Heritage Commission,
City of Los Angeles. — — Map (db m230236) HM
Craftsman style.
Architects - John & Donald Parkinson.
Built 1910. Declared 2000,
Historic-Cultural Monument No. 684,
City of Los Angeles,
Cultural Heritage Commission,
Cultural Affairs Department. — — Map (db m230070) HM
The Busiest Intersection in the Country
In 1928 a count of passing cars, trucks and buses revealed the corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Western Avenue to be the busiest intersection in the country. Boosters seized on the news to . . . — — Map (db m219885) HM
Modern style.
Douglas Rucker, AIA, architect.
Built 1964. Declared 2018,
Historic-Cultural
Monument No. 1152,
Cultural Heritage Commission,
City of Los Angeles. — — Map (db m230232) HM
Built by
United States
Work Projects
Administration,
1940.
Fire Station No. 1,
Streamline Moderne style. Architects — Public Works Administration.
Built 1940. Declared 1976, Historic-Cultural Monument No. 156, City of Los Angeles, . . . — — Map (db m134911) HM
For nearly a century, the San Antonio Winery has been the heart of winemaking culture in Los Angeles. The winery's founder Santo Cambianica left his home, Berzo San Fermo, in Lombardy, Italy in 1910. Then in 1917 he founded his company on the . . . — — Map (db m94904) HM
Craftsman style.
Built 1905. Declared 1989,
Historic-Cultural Monument No. 441,
City of Los Angeles,
Cultural Heritage Commission,
Cultural Affairs Department. — — Map (db m231816) HM
Spanish Colonial Revival style,
Paul R. Williams, architect.
Built 1927. Declared 2008,
Historic-Cultural Monument No. 913,
Cultural Heritage Commission,
City of Los Angeles. — — Map (db m238639) HM
Andalusian style,
Arthur & Nina Zwebell, architects.
Built 1928. Declared 2006,
Historic-Cultural
Monument No. 832,
Cultural Heritage Commission,
City of Los Angeles. — — Map (db m231776) HM
The rehabilitation of 4406 West Kingswell Avenue restores and celebrates Walt Disney's
first Los Angeles home. In August 1923, Walt moved to Hollywood from Kansas City and
lived with his Aunt Charlotte and Uncle Robert. Here, he began his . . . — — Map (db m225677) HM
Established in 1969
as the Vermont Gurdwara and
significant for its association with
the social and cultural development
of the Sikh community in Los Angeles. Built 1994.
Declared 2023, Los
Angeles Historic-Cultural
Monument No. . . . — — Map (db m243417) HM
Modern style.
Architect - Edward H. Fickett, FAIA.
Built 1966. Declared 2000,
Historic-Cultural Monument No. 674,
City of Los Angeles,
Cultural Heritage Commission,
Cultural Affairs Department. — — Map (db m230314) HM
Historic site of early Hollywood
motion pictures. Continuously used since 1912. Declared Historic Cultural
Monument No. 198 by the Cultural Heritage Board, Municipal Arts Department, City of Los Angeles. — — Map (db m220076) HM
Engineer - John A. Griffin.
Built 1924.
Declared 1998,
Historic-Cultural Monument No. 657,
City of Los Angeles,
Cultural Heritage Commission,
Cultural Affairs Department. — — Map (db m230323) HM
Lovell Health House,
International style.
Architect - Richard J. Neutra.
Built 1929. Declared 1974,
Historic-Cultural Monument No. 123,
City of Los Angeles,
Cultural Heritage Commission,
Cultural Affairs Department. — — Map (db m214324) HM
Craftsman Style. Built 1921. Declared 2004, Historic Cultural Monument No. 784, City of Los Angeles, Cultural Heritage Commission. — — Map (db m224091) HM
Mayan Revival and Modern styles.
Architect: Robert Stacy-Judd.
Built 1936 and 1959.
Declared 1994,
Historic-Cultural Monument No. 592,
City of Los Angeles, Cultural Heritage Commission, Cultural Affairs Department. — — Map (db m212787) HM
With Gothic arches and turrets
is a picturesque, useful span serving Franklin Avenue.
Declared Historic Cultural Monument No. 126 by the Cultural Heritage Board, Municipal Art Department, City of Los Angeles. — — Map (db m173409) HM
Designer - Walter S. Claberg. Built 1940. Declared 1976, Historic-Cultural Monument No. 162, City of Los Angeles, Cultural Heritage Commission, Cultural Affairs Department. — — Map (db m164812) HM
Los Angeles in the Art Deco Age
Los Angeles leapt into the modern era on September 26, 1929. At nine o'clock that morning, the doors of Bullock's Wilshire opened to gasps of amazement. Here was the first department store in the country to be . . . — — Map (db m120962) 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
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
This property
is listed in the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior.
Holmes-Shannon House, Craftsman style.
Train & Williams, architect.
Built 1911. Declared 2007, . . . — — Map (db m177505) HM
Dedicated 1930 to the alumni of Los Angeles High School who fell in World War I.
Declared Historic Cultural Monument No. 81 by the Cultural Heritage Board, Municipal Art Department, City of Los Angeles. — — Map (db m180410) HM
Opened 1884. The first crematorium west
of the Mississippi River. Contains classic examples of
Funerary architecture.
Historic-Cultural Monument No. 330,
declared December 1, 1987, City of Los Angeles, Cultural Heritage . . . — — Map (db m207599) HM
Spanish-Mexican period.
Declared Historic Cultural Monument No. 7 by the Cultural Heritage Board, Municipal Art Department, City Of Los Angeles. — — Map (db m165325) HM
Isaac Lankershim was born in Bavaria. In the 1860's he moved to Los Angeles. In 1869 he purchased 60,000 acres of the southern
half San Fernando Valley for $115,000 from the Pio Pico Family with San Francisco businessmen he formed the San . . . — — Map (db m200801) HM
1. Historical Museum
The museum exhibits a pictorial history of the mission, pottery, santos, trade and commerce items, together with an extensive collection of early mission baskets given by Marie and Mark Harrington.
2. . . . — — Map (db m114714)
Founded in 1797 by Father Fermin Francisco Lasuen.
We honor those men of faith, courage and vision who guided the founding of the mission and also those who have preserved it for posterity. — — Map (db m169607) HM
The first museum in Los Angeles.
Dedicated to the Native Peoples of the Southwest.
Declared Historic-Cultural Monument No. 283 by the Cultural Heritage Commission, Cultural Affairs Department, City of Los Angeles. — — Map (db m114691) HM
Modern style. Architects - A. Quincy Jones & Whitney R. Smith. Built 1948. Declared 2002, Historic-Cultural Monument No. 717, City of Los Angeles, Cultural Heritage Commission, Cultural Affairs Department. — — Map (db m220101) HM
Elmer Wachtel &
Marion Kavanagh Wachtel,
Arroyo artists. Built 1906. Elmer Wachtel - designer.
Historic-Cultural Monument No. 503, declared October 9, 1990, City of Los Angeles,
Cultural Heritage Commission,
Cultural Affairs Department. — — Map (db m225039) HM
Modern style. Frank Ehrenthal, architect.
Built 1964. Declared 2010, Historic-Cultural Monument No. 975, Cultural Heritage Commission, City of Los Angeles. — — Map (db m179250) HM
Streamline Moderne structure built in 1939
for the Department of Water and Power.
An example of adaptive reuse.
Declared Historic-Cultural Monument No. 232
by the Cultural Heritage Commission, Cultural Affairs Department, City of Los . . . — — Map (db m175192) HM
Spanish Colonial Revival style,
built 1930. Declared 2005,
Historic-Cultural
Monument No. 793,
Cultural Heritage Commission,
City of Los Angeles. — — Map (db m225324) HM
A Founding Family in a Fledgling Town
The cold winters and the hard work of Iowa farm life once drove hundreds of thousands of "Hawkeyes" to California.
One of them was named Wilson C. Weddington. He came here in 1890 to visit . . . — — Map (db m163643) 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 Angeles. — — 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
A superb example of the Queen Anne - Eastlake Style.
Restored through the devotion of thousands of admirers.
Declared Historic Cultural Monument No. 40 by the Cultural Heritage Board, Municipal Art Department, City of Los . . . — — Map (db m117173) 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
Los Angeles Railway Huron Substation. Engineer - Edward S. Cobb, circa 1906. Declared 1988, Historic-Cultural Monument No. 404, City of Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Commission, Cultural Affairs Department. — — Map (db m161941) HM
A 19th Century Mansard Style "Petite Chateau" - A gracious reminder of French influence in Los Angeles.
Declared Historic Cultural Monument No. 65 by the Cultural Heritage Board, Municipal Art Department, City of Los Angeles. — — Map (db m117244) HM
Craftsman style. Architects - Alfred P. Wilson & Charles Hornbeck.
Built 1904. Declared 1989,
Historic-Cultural Monument No. 416,
City of Los Angeles,
Cultural Heritage Commission,
Cultural Affairs Department. — — Map (db m235424) HM
Rural Vernacular Style. Henry F. Withey, Architect.
Built 1941. Converted 1946. Declared 2004, Historic-Cultural Monument No. 782, City Of Los Angeles, Cultural Heritage Commission. — — Map (db m131226) HM WM
This historic 8-acre site was once part of Marwyck Ranch, a famous 130-acre
Thoroughbred breeding farm, co-owned by actors Barbara Stanwyck and Zeppo
Marx. The mansion visible atop the hill was built for Stanwyck in 1937.
Comedian Jack Oakie . . . — — Map (db m151044) 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
Spanish Revival style.
Clarence J. Smale, architect.
Built 1925. Declared 2007,
Historic-Cultural
Monument No. 861,
Cultural Heritage Commission,
City of Los Angeles. — — Map (db m230214) HM
Thomas A. Churchill, Sr., Residence. Craftsman / English Arts & Crafts style. Architect - Francis Pierpont Davis. Built 1909. Declared 1992, Historic-Cultural Monument No. 568, City of Los Angeles, Cultural Heritage Commission, Cultural Affairs . . . — — Map (db m183296) HM
International style.
Richard J. Neutra, architect.
Built 1938. Declared 2010,
Historic-Cultural
Monument No. 983,
Cultural Heritage Commission,
City of Los Angeles. — — Map (db m230753) HM
Spanish Colonial Revival adobe.
Designer - John Byers.
Built 1922. Declared 1994,
Historic-Cultural Monument No. 694,
City of Los Angeles,
Cultural Heritage Commission,
Cultural Affairs Department. — — Map (db m230748) HM
Eames House has been designated a National Historic Landmark. This property possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America.
The Eames House was the creation of prolific designers Charles and . . . — — Map (db m211205) HM
Site of Founders' Oaks,
where Pacific Palisades was
founded, January 14, 1922.
Landmarked, July 16, 1955.
Pacific Palisades History
and Landmarks Society. — — Map (db m219461) HM
The Pascual Marquez Family Cemetery
The cemetery stands on the 1839 Rancho Boca de Santa Monica, a Mexican land
grant of 6,656 acres to Francisco Marquez and Ysidro Reyes for a cattle ranch.
Here Francisco built the first . . . — — Map (db m220027) HM
In 1887, the State Board of Forestry established the nation's first experimental forestry station. Located in Rustic Canyon, the station tested exotic trees for planting in California, established plantations for management studies, and produced . . . — — Map (db m119875) HM
International style.
Architect - Richard Neutra.
Built 1934. Declared 1991,
Historic-Cultural Monument No. 647,
City of Los Angeles,
Cultural Heritage Commission,
Cultural Affairs Department. — — Map (db m230422) HM
Spanish Colonial Revival style.
Architect - William J. Dodd.
Built 1923.
Declared 1999,
Historic-Cultural Landmark No. 663,
City of Los Angeles,
Cultural Heritage Commission,
Cultural Affairs Department.
Landmarked by
the Pacific Palisades . . . — — Map (db m179251) HM
Feuchtwanger House,
Spanish Colonial Revival style.
Architect - Mark Daniels.
Built 1927. Declared 1994,
Historic-Cultural Monument No. 589,
City of Los Angeles,
Cultural Heritage Commission,
Cultural Affairs Department.
Villa . . . — — Map (db m230776) 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
Planted circa 1875. Declared Historic Cultural Monument No. 19 by the Cultural Heritage Board, Municipal Art Department, City of Los Angeles. — — Map (db m188853) HM
Dodd Playa Del Rey Residence,
Spanish Colonial Revival style.
William J. Dodd, architect.
Dickinson & Gillespie, contractor.
Fritz B. Burns, developer.
Built 1930. Declared 2019,
Historic-Cultural Monument No. 1195,
Cultural Heritage . . . — — Map (db m191748) HM
The varied habitats of Guashna, which includes the Ballona Wetlands, nurtures the Gabrielino-Tongva people
of the past, present, and future. Discover how this biodiversity contributes to their rich culture and survival.
Ti'at (Plank . . . — — Map (db m216623) HM
Adams Residence. Modern Style. Architect — Lloyd Wright. Built 1939. Declared 1996, Historic-Cultural Monument No. 629, City of Los Angeles, Cultural Heritage Commission, Cultural Affairs Department. — — Map (db m130146) HM
Battle Honors
Third Coast Artillery
War of 1812
Fort Nelson, VA. - June 22, 1813
Fort Oswego, NY. - May 5-6, 1814
Mexican War
Palo Alto - May 8. 1846
Resaca de la Palma - May 9, 1846
Monterey (sic) - Sept. . . . — — Map (db m81750) HM
Mediterranean style. Architect - David Berniker. Built 1932. Declared 1992, Historic-Cultural Monument No. 571,
City of Los Angeles, Cultural Heritage Commission, Cultural Affairs Department. — — Map (db m179817) HM
The friendship bell, overlooking the Pacific Ocean, was presented as a gift from the people of the Republic of Korea to the people of the United States of America on the occasion of the American Bicentennial Jubilee to further the friendship and . . . — — Map (db m51064) HM
Colonial Revival style. Circa 1899. Declared 1982,
Historic-Cultural Monument No. 253,
City of Los Angeles, Cultural Heritage Commission, Cultural Affairs Department. — — Map (db m179843) HM
Panel 1:
Point Fermin Light House, dedicated by Stephen M. White and Rudecinda Parlors Native Sons and Native Daughters of the Golden West, San Pedro, California, May 2, 1940. Built 1874.
Panel 2:
Point Fermin Lighthouse, . . . — — Map (db m51006) HM
Commonly referred to as the Great White Steamer, the ship was specially built by William Wrigley to serve his Catalina Island as a passenger ferry. She was christened on May 23, 1924. During World War II, she was requisitioned for use as a troop . . . — — Map (db m113426) HM
Beaux Arts style. Designer - City of Los Angeles. Built 1928. Declared 2002, Historic-Cultural Monument No. 732, City of Los Angeles,
Cultural Heritage Commission, Cultural Affairs Department. — — Map (db m180601) HM
Opened as the Warner Brothers Theatre on January 20, 1931, it was designed by architect B. Marcus Priteca and interior designer Anthony B. Heinsbergen and was the first sound-equipped theater in the South Bay. Jack Warner called it "The castle of . . . — — Map (db m81922) HM
In 1852 German immigrant Augustus W. Timms obtained Sepulveda's Landing on the mudflats near here. He built a wharf, added a warehouse, corral and other facilities to service shipping and running of stages to Los Angeles. Timms was a pioneer in the . . . — — Map (db m50976) HM
Seal of the U.S.S. Los Angeles: 1945 - 1977 U.S.S. Los Angeles
Naval Monument
Heavy Cruiser CA-135
To the personnel and ships
of the United States Navy
Anchors - loan United States Navy
Mainmast & mooring bitts - donated . . . — — Map (db m71839) HM WM
Romanesque Gothic style, 1924.
The tower,
modeled after the Moorish La Giralda,
Sevilla,
lends visual, cultural focus to the boulevard.
Declared
Historic Cultural Monument No. 114 by the Cultural Heritage Board, Municipal Arts Department, City . . . — — Map (db m183317) HM
Modern style. Architects - A. Quincy Jones & Frederick R. Emmons. Built 1954. Declared 2001,
Historic-Cultural Monument No. 696,
City of Los Angeles, Cultural Heritage Commission, Cultural Affairs Department. — — Map (db m230734) HM
Modern Style. R.M. Schindler, Architect. Built 1938.
Declared 2005, Historic-Cultural Monument No. 828,
City of Los Angeles, Cultural Heritage Commission. — — Map (db m164228) HM
International style.
Rudolph M. Schindler, architect.
J.H. Heckman, builder.
Built 1926. Declared 2007,
Historic-Cultural
Monument No. 895,
Cultural Heritage Commission,
City of Los Angeles — — Map (db m230130) HM
Where Does Your Water Come From?
Discover the history of water in Los Angeles and learn how the future of water is our future.
The Los Angeles River
About 15,000 years ago, people began moving into the Los Angeles Basin . . . — — Map (db m188162) HM
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