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02i 10 Chester Pl - Bayly Residence - Carriage House Hay Loft (E)
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National Register Historic District Approved __________ William Bayly Residence, 1900 10 Chester Place Theodore Eisen This manor house in it's pastoral setting is a sedate Shingle Style. Built in 1900 by Theodore Eisen, it s perfectly balanced, and demonstrates Eisen's versatility. Although Chester Place, now home to Mount St. Mary's College in Los Angeles, is not officially a National Register Historic District, it has been approved. The home is now used as administrative offices for the college. __________ BAYLY, WILLIAM, Mining, Los Angeles, California, is a native of Missouri, having been born at Lexington, that State, in the year 1856. He is the son of Charles B. Bayly and Matilda (Russell) Bayly. He married Eva Houghton at Del Norte, Colorado, in the year 1876, and to them there have been born two children—William Bayly, Jr., and Charles H. Bayly. Mr. Bayly is one of those successful American business men who did not have opportunity or time to devote to his education before going out into the world to start his life career. His family having moved from Lexington to St. Louis, Missouri, when he was a child, he attended the public schools of the latter city in the Civil War period. At the age of 16 years he gave up his studies and decided to seek his fortune in the West. He went to Colorado and engaged in the hardware business with Alva Adams, a pioneer of Colorado, who afterwards become Governor and is today one of the richest men in the Silver State and one of those who have done much to develop that commonwealth. Between them the two young merchants built up a thriving business. Mr. Bayly remained in this business for twenty years, during which time he made a considerable fortune. After two decades in the one line, he engaged in the mining business and has been in it ever since. He has mined on an extensive scale in Colorado, Utah, Nevada and California, and today is one of the conspicuous men in the business. He left Denver in 1895 and went to Los Angeles to establish his home. Since becoming a citizen of the Southern California metropolis he has aided in every movement for the development of the city and Southern California. He is a member of the California Club of Los Angeles. Transcribed 8-31-08 Marilyn R. Pankey. Source: Press Reference Library, Western Edition Notables of the West, Vol. I, Page 128, International News Service, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, Atlanta. 1913. Biography: freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~npmelton/labay...


07f 1005 W 28th St - F. O. Johnson Residence (E)
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Phi Delta Theta (Cal Delta Chapter) F. O. Johnson Residence, c. 1912 1005 W 28th St Belgravia Tract, Lots 16, 17 & 18 On April 21, 2005, the Phi Delta Theta house was nearly destroyed by fire. No one was injured, but the house sustained major damage. Thankfully, the fraternity chose to restore te house. The house is Mission Revival on a grand scale, similar to other houses in Historic West Adams designed by A. M. Edelman. When Johnson purchased the house, an LA Harold article in 1905 described it as a palace, with hand-carved oak in the large reception hall, tapestries in the living room woven specifically for the house, green silk panels in the dining room, and a Turkish parlor. Most-likely, none of these elements have survived the years or the fire. The fraternaty's website tells the history: In 1896, Baudelio Salazar, a Mexican Senator from Chihuahua, moved to Los Angeles to become the Mexican Consul for Southern California. During that time, he built a two story house located at 1005 W. 28th St. A few years later, the house became the Los Angeles residence of Nils Bagge, a young Swedish mining engineer who developed the Almoloya gold mines in Chihuahua and other real estate throughout the Southwest and Mexico. The house was described as one of the city’s most artistic and attractive homes, with a wealth of tropical trees, shrubs and climbing vines on the grounds. Frederick O. Johnson purchased the house from Bagges in 1905. He was the proprietor of the prestigious Hotel Westminster in downtown Los Angeles. His sister and brother-in-law had recently built a home in nearby Chester Place. The Johnsons and their two children loved the garden of their unique home, and over the next 15 years added a conservatory off the dining room, a greenhouse, and propagating room and even purchased the property to the north in order to enlarge their garden and make room for a pergola and carriage house. They also enlarged the house, adding the two story domed parlor and a sleeping porch (later enclosed to become the bedroom over the Egyptian Room). Phi Delta Theta History: phideltatheta-caldelta.com/johnson-house.cfm


03k 27 St James Park - Col Stearns Mansion - Guest House (E)
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St James Park National Register Historic District No. 91001387, 09/27/91 Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument No. 434, 05/05/89 University Park Los Angeles Historic Preservation Overlay Zone (HPOZ) __________ Colonel John Eldredge Stearns Mansion, 1900 27 St James Park St James Park, Nos. 33 - 36 University Park John Parkinson The Colonel John Eldredge Stearns Mansion (NOT Abel Stearns) was completed in 1900 and stands as the last surviving true mansion of St James Park. Designed in the Colonial Revival style by John Parkinson in 1900, this house graces the entrance to St James Park on a 3/4 acre parcel. The huge pediment and columns draw visitors in from the street. Never having been restored the house is in immaculate condition -- owing to the fact that it has been owned by only two families over it's 111 year history. The monegram of SD on the chimneys tell the story of the original owners -- the Stearns and Dockweilers. Col. Stearns, his wife Julia, and their daughter Katherine, moved here from Nampa, ID, where Stearns had been the towns first mayor. He and his wife retired to Los Angeles after a career in the mid-west in real estate. Katherine married into the Dockweiler family, who lived on Adams Street. Thomas A J and Katherine Stearns Dockweier moved into their parents house and remained her until their deaths. Their children maintained the house until 1990 when it was sold to the Robinson family. The house maintains a museum-like quality, with many off the original furnishings. It would one day make an excellent site for an interpretive museum of Los Angeles History and Development. Scandal: There was one scandal at the house, as reported by the Los Angeles Times, August 8, 1924. According to the headline: N---- Puts on Style in Death; Rents Limousine with Liveried Chauffeur and Drives to Mansion where Wife Cooked; Kills Her and Self on Imported Rug; Divorce Suit is Tragic Cause. Not surprisingling, the article was more concerned with the damage to the imported rug rather than the victim.. Robinson Residences: www.robinsonresidences.com/Residences/Mansion/Mansion_His...


St. Vincent's Shrine, Los Angeles California
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The deathbed confession of a dying servant opened Vincent's eyes to the crying spiritual needs of the peasantry of France. This seems to have been a crucial moment in the life of the man from a small farm in Gascony, France, who had become a priest with little more ambition than to have a comfortable life. It was the Countess de Gondi (whose servant he had helped) who persuaded her husband to endow and support a group of able and zealous missionaries who would work among the poor, the vassals and tenants and the country people in general. Vincent was too humble to accept leadership at first, but after working for some time in Paris among imprisoned galley-slaves, he returned to be the leader of what is now known as the Congregation of the Mission, or the Vincentians. These priests, with vows of poverty, chastity, obedience and stability, were to devote themselves entirely to the people in smaller towns and villages. Later Vincent established confraternities of charity for the spiritual and physical relief of the poor and sick of each parish. From these, with the help of St. Louise de Marillac, came the Daughters of Charity, whose convent is the sickroom, whose chapel is the parish church, whose cloister is the streets of the city. He organized the rich women of Paris to collect funds for his missionary projects, founded several hospitals, collected relief funds for the victims of war and ransomed over 1,200 galley slaves from North Africa. He was zealous in conducting retreats for clergy at a time when there was great laxity, abuse and ignorance among them. He was a pioneer in clerical training and was instrumental in establishing seminaries. Most remarkably, Vincent was by temperament a very irascible person—even his friends admitted it. He said that except for the grace of God he would have been hard and repulsive, rough and cross. But he became a tender and affectionate man, very sensitive to the needs of others. Pope Leo XIII made him the patron of all charitable societies. Outstanding among these, of course, is the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, founded in 1833 by his admirer Blessed Frederic Ozanam.


21l 734 West Adams Blvd - Kerckhoff Hall - Annenberg Center for Communication (E)
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Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument No. 606, 11/1/1994 __________ Kerckhoff Mansion, 1908 734 West Adams Blvd, Los Angeles, CA University Park Hunt, Eager & Burns William D Cook, Jr, Landscape Working in the English Tudor Revival vernacular, the architecture team of Sumner P Hunt, Abraham Wesley Eager, and Silas Reese Burns, created this signature manor house for William G Kerckhoff and his wife Louise Eshman Kerckhoff (LA Harold, 05/24/08). The house is preserved beautifully. The exterior of the 18,000 square foot home features a sandstone block lower level and half-timbered upper stories. Multi-light windows with diamond shaped leaded glass, several balconies and patios, along with three tall cut stone chimneys further accentuate the structure's exterior richness. Inside, the building contains elaborate plasterwork on the ceilings and walls in the central rooms of the first floor, in addition to inlaid oak paneling and an ornate, sweeping stairway leading to the second floor. (West Adams Heritage Association.) Much of the original furnishings also appear to have survived. William Kerckhoff, a German-American, began his career in Los Angeles with the Jackson Lumber Company. Later he and Guy Cuzner owned the Kerckhoff-Cuzner Mill and Lumber Company. To transport lumber, the company was the first to use oil for fuel in an ocean going vessel -- A special act of congress was needed in order to retrofit The Pasadena for oil, since oil was prohibited on ocean vessels at the time. Kerckoff was also involved in many other California institutions including: The San Gabriel Power Company, Southern Caliornia Edison Compay, the Pacific Electric Railway, and others. After Kerckhoff's death his widow donated the house to USC and the house now serves as the Annenberg Center for Communications. The Kerckhoffs were known for their philanthropy, donating to USC, UCLA, and Cal Tech. West Adams Heritage Association Biography: www.westadamsheritage.org/index.php?option=com_content&am...


06o 8 Chester Pl - Doheny Mansion - HCM-30 - Front Facade (E)
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National Register Historic District Approved Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument No. 30 __________ Oliver P. Posey/Edward L Doheny Mansion, 1899 8 Chester Place, Los Angeles, CA Theodore Eisen and Sumner Hunt (Manion); Theodore Eisen (Third Floor Ballroom); Alfred F Rosenheim (Pompeiian Room) __________ The Doheny Mansion in Chester Place was originally built by the Oliver P Posey family in 1899, by Theodore Eisen and Sumner Hunt. David Gephard and Robert Winter described the house as rather neutral (could it be considered Chateauesque?) According to the official Doheny website, it is a blend of styles -- French Chateauesque [with] elements of Gothic, English Tudor and even California Mission style -- which all combined makes it pure Californian. On the day we visited, a film crew was in the house laying plans for an upcoming shoot. We snuck in and took a few pictures of the interior, which is spactacular. The public rooms of the house (unlike the other houses in the park) have been preserved as they were on the day Mrs. Estelle Doheny donated this manson, and the whole of Chester Place, to Mount St. Mary's College. The interior was possibly remodelled in the 1930's in the Regency Style, and if that's the case, it's was done with skill and blends perfectly with the house. In 1905 the Doheny's added on the most famous room of the house -- the Pompaiian Room. This room was designed by Alfred Rosenheim, and features Tuscan inlayed marble floors, art glass panels, marble columns, and a breath-taking glass dome. The dome is made of 2,836 pieces of gold-favrile Tiffany glass. After the Teapot Dome scandle, the Doheny's were concerned by the number of reporters camping outside of chester place. The Doheny's then bought out all their neighbors, to make Chester Place a private compound. If any house is deserving of National Register status, it is this house. Wikipedia: Edward L. Doheny: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Doheny


08b 2301 Scarff St & 910 23rd St (E)
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St James Park National Register Historic District No. 91001387, 09/27/91 Los Angeles Historic Preservation Overlay Zone (HPOZ) __________ F N Thompson House, c. 1895 2301 Scarff St & 910 23rd St, Los Angeles CA Ellis Tract, No. 76 University Park This charming Colonial Revival at the corner of Scarff and 23rd Streets has suffered greatly over time -- it's been been divided into flats and some of the original details have been removed. There once was a wonderful curved leaded-glass window facing 23rd Street, made up of small glass squares which sadly is now missing. Still, it's a handsome house worthy of restoration. Property records indicate the house was built in 1898, but according to the Los Angeles Times (5/26/1895), Mrs. F N Thompson, affiliated with the Assistance League, was living at this address in 1895. In 1908 Mr. Richerd [sp.] Dorr was staying at the house (Los Angeles Harold, 08/07/08), after having surrendered to police. Mr. Dorr was accused of defrauding investors in a Ponzi-like scheme and lead police on a wild chase across California. The most notable resident of the house appears to have been Mrs. Frank A Gibson, a well-known Club Woman in Los Angeles. Mrs. Gibson was considered a woman ahead of her time for her political activities: fighting for women's rights, birth control, education of immigrants, and Indian policy reform. Her son, Hugh S Gibson, was First Secretary to the American Embassy in London and alter a diplomat as Minister to Poland. He even made the cover of Time Magazine -- twice! In 1908 (LA Times 12/27/16) his engagement to Miss Elizabeth Asquith was announced. Miss Asquith was the daughter to the former Premier of England, Hubert H Asquith. Wikipedia, Hugh S Gibson: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_S._Gibson


01d 715 W 28th St - Shankland House - HCM-610 (E)
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Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Munument No. 610, 11/1/1994 __________ Alpha Rho Chi & Andronicus Alumni Association James H. Shankland House, c. 1895 715 W 28th St Del Valle's sub part of Wheeler Tract, Lots 29 & 30 Sumner P. Hunt Alpha Rho Chi is billed as the anit-frat frat house because as architecture majors at USC they have a love and respect for old houses. They are also the only co-ed fraternity on Frat House Row (West 28th Street). It was the fraternity which nominated the house for historic-cultural monument status which was approved in 1994, and they were considering an application for national recognition. More recently, the USC School of Architecture has agreed to sponsor much of the restoration, however efforts seem to have stalled. The fraternity is also soliciting donations online to fund the project. This magnificiet suvivor on 28th Street was designed by Sumner P. Hunt for James H. Shankland, a prominant Los Angeles attorney. Shankland was involved with many Los Angeles businesses, sitting on the board of Sartori and Hellman's Security Savings Bank and Holiday and Hellman's Commercial Realty Company, and he was president of the County Bar Association. Shankland appears to have come from Tennessee, where his father was the publisher of The Tennessee Baptist. The house is overall Colonial Revival, with a mix of Italian Renaissance. Although, a gable and two finials over the front and side dormers, which are now missing, would have given the house more presence and a decidedly more Victorian look. Alpha Rho Chi, don't loose heart and keep up the good work! If you're listening, I'd love to photograph the inside! Alpha Rho Chi: Restoration Project: www.sarchonline.org/contact.htmlhref=


23b Chester Place - Adams Blvd Gates - Then & Now Photomerge (E)
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National Register Historic District Approved __________ Chester Place -- Adams Boulevard Gates __________ Chester Place was carved from a land survey in 1853. by Henry Hancock. In 1855 he purchased one of the choicest lots. Hancock sold the portion containing the area that would become Chester Place to sea captain Nathan Vail in 1867. Charles Silent, a Federal Judge from Arizona, purchased the plot in 1899, moving his family into Vail's old home. A year later he extended the street from Adams Blvd to 23rd St, and connecting it to St. James Park to the West. He then subdivided the plot into 23 separate lots, naming the street and the tract for his son Chester, who graduated from Stanford in 1907 and was later tragically killed in a hunting accident. One of the first gated communities in California Chester Place was notable for its close proximity to the University of Southern California, as well as prestigious residents such as Edward L. Doheny, of Standard Oil. The community later became a satellite campus of Mount St. Mary's College in 1962 after the land was left as a gift from Estelle Doheny. The homes of Chester Place and their original owners: #1 Chester Place - Count Jaro Von Schmidt #2 Chester Place - Dr. William Davis #4 Chester Place - Judge Charles Silent (Demolished) #7 Chester Place - Erasmus Wilson #8 Chester Place - Oliver Posey/Edward L Doheny #11 Chester Place - Mrs. Artemisia S Vermillion #15 Chester Place - F W Braun/B L Harding (Demolished) #19 Chester Place - Harry Gray/P Max Kuehrich (Demolished) #20 Chester Place - Frederick Flint #21 Chester Place - Walter Newhall (Demolished) #22 Chester Place - Judge Enoch Knight Wikipedia: Chester Place: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester_Place


01a St John's Episcopal Church - 514 W Adams Blvd (E)
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National Register of Historic Places No. 00000524, May 5, 2000 Los Angeles Historic Cultural Munument No. 516, January 22, 1991 __________ St John's Episcopal Church, 1925 514 W Adams Blvd Pierpont and Walter Davis, & Louis Hanson The story goes that Edward L Doheny was Episcopalian and his wife Estelle Doheny was Roman Catholic. Mrs. Doheny sponsored the building of St Vincent de Paul's Cathedral on the Norhwest corner of Adams and Figueroa across from her husband's church. About this time Mr. Doheny's congregation (numbering about 2,000) had outgrown the old 1894 building. So, not be outdone by his wife, Mr. Doheny sponsored the bulding of a new Episcopal cathedral on the opposite Southeast corner. Both were consecrated in 1925. Whether this romantic story is true is unknown. What is true, is that St John's is as richly appointed inside as St Vincent's is magnificient on the outside. Both cathedrals are built in traditional styles and complement each other beautifully. St John's Cathedral was built as a bastilica in the Neo-Romanesque style and patterned after the 11th century church of San Pietro in Tuscania. According to the Los Angeles Time, critics hailed the church as the most beautiful (and expensive) ecclesiastic building in Los Angeles. The building was a result of a competition judged by Earnest Coxhead of San Francisco, William Templeton Johnson of San Diego, and the Rev. George A Davidson of Los Angeles. Many of the interior features were copied from Italian 12th and 13th century Italian churches. The murals of Jesus as judge and the Virgin Mary are not to be missed. Wikipedia: St. John's Episcopal Cathedral: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._John%27s_Cathedral,_Los_Angeles


03g St Vincent de Paul Roman Catholic Church - 621 W Adams Blvd (E)
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National Register Historic District Approved. Los Angeles Historic Cultural Munument No. 90, July 11, 1971 __________ St Vincent de Paul Roman Catholic Church, 1925 621 W Adams Blvd Albert C Martin, Sr The story goes that Edward L Doheny was Episcopalian and his wife Estelle Doheny was Roman Catholic. Mrs. Doheny sponsored the building of St Vincent de Paul's Cathedral on the Norhwest corner of Adams and Figueroa across from her husband's church. About this time Mr. Doheny's congregation (numbering about 2,000) had outgrown the old 1894 building. So, not be outdone by his wife, Mr. Doheny sponsored the bulding of a new Episcopal cathedral on the opposite Southeast corner. Both were consecrated in 1925. Whether this romantic story is true is unknown. What is true, is that St John's is as richly appointed inside as St Vincent's is magnificient on the outside. Both cathedrals are built in traditional styles and complement each other beautifully. St Vincent de Paul's was designed in the Spanish Colonial Revival style, with accents in the Spanish (via Mexico) Churrigueresque. The interior is understated elegance, and the ceiling was decorated by John B Smeraldi. The fourty-five foot diameter dome is covered by brighly covered tiles. It was the second Roman Catholic church to be consecrated in Los Angeles. Wikipedia: St Vincent de Paul Roman Catholic Church: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Vincent_de_Paul_Church_(Los_Ang...


09a 1970 Bonsallo Ave - Queen Anne Eastlake Victorian - HCM-501 - Michael Shannon Residence (E)
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Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monumet No. 501 University Park Historic Preservation Overlay Zone __________ Michael Shannon Residence, c. 1895 1970 Bonsallo Ave Villa Park Tract, Lot 31 The Tax Assessor's Office records indicates a building date off 1895/1901, however the high Victorian style of this Queen Anne/Eastlake home is more indicative of the 1880's. More than likely, it was moved to this lot. It's hard to imagine the owners would comission a house with a style 10 years out of fashion. All this aside, it's a fabulous example of high Victorian architecture. It stands proud against it's neighbors, fully restored. It shows what the neighborhood can be, and with the historic protections in place, eventually will be. In Victoria Circle is the Holmes-Shannon Residence (HCM-885). That home was built for Michael Shannon (the first Los Angeles Traffic Cop, who's beat was the Temple Street crossing at the intersection of Main and Spring Streets) and his wife Nellie Holmes-Shannon (who was related to the poet Oliver Wendell Holmes). It's reported in the LA Times (1895) that Michael Shannon would stand at his post and catch speeders with a large hook, pulling them from their horses, and ticketing them with a then-hefty fine of $3. He died with honors in 1931. Whether this home was was the residence of the same Michael Francis Shannon before moving to Victoria Circle is unclear, but it seems a reasonable deduction.


16c Chester Pl - 745 Adams Blvd - John L Garner Residence (E)
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National Register Historic District Approved __________ John L Garner Residence, 1909 745 Adams Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA Crookshank and Summers Outside the walled Chester Place enclosure, the John L Garner residence fronts Adams Boulevard, just West of the gates. According to a 1909 LA Times building permit notice the house was to be built for J. L. Gaines, by the architecture team of Crookshanks and Summers, for the heafty sum of $10,000. By 1910, however, John L. Garner is residing at this home, which possibly indicates that Gaines had the house built on speculation, and then solder to Garner. Later the house was owned by Albert Carlos Jones and his wife Anna A Pendleton-Jones. After her death the house was willed, or was purchased, by the Catholic Foreign Society of America, and it became the home for the Merryknoll Fathers. The house recently sold in 2010 for 1.8 million, and is currently undergoing a restoration. While the house is large, it lacks a pure styling. I can best be considered a Dutch Colonial (without a Gambrel Roof). In 1912 the Port Coche was enclosed and the house extended on the East end. Originally it was perfectly balanced with chimney's on opposite ends, which would give it more of a Dutch Colonal appearance. Crookshank and Summers are best known for their design with Burns, Hunt and Eager, on the Glen Tavern Inn, in Santa Paula, which is on the National Register of Historic Places.


13c 2101 Bonsallo Ave - Brick Craftsman Apartment Building (E)
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University Park Historic Preservation Overlay Zone __________ Craftsman Apartment Building, c. 1910 2101 Bonsallo Ave Park Villa Tract, Lot 65 A few years ago friends of mine purchased this brick Craftsman apartment building as an investment. The building was run down, dirty, and in severe need of restoration. With hard work, many hours scraping paint and refinishing wood, and much cash, they've transformed it from an eyesore to a handsome apartment building. The next mission should be to have this structure added as a Cultural-Historic Monument. The interior of each unit is as masculine and well designed as the exterior, and obviously designed for an upper middle-class clientele. The 1923 Southwest Blue Book lists Mr. Charles H. & Mrs. Gertrude Johnson Dick as the residents of Flat D, Tel. 22699. The 1922-24 LA County Voter's Registration records Miss Caroline E Hendrie at this location. She voted Republican. Although I couldn't find much about the building itself, I did find an April 18, 1909, notice that Mrs. Clara Lockwood moved her home from 2101 Bonsallo to 717 W Fifty-Fourth St. It appears that like a snail she packed up and moved her entire house to another location, then sold the lot for development. The architect is unknown, but was obviously skilled. It's in keeping with the size and style of the George Wyman Powers apartment buildings on Scarff, just a block away.


14e 2625 Portland St - Russell Judson Waters Carriage House (E)
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Russell Judson Waters Carriage House, 1894 2625 Portlad St Belgravia Tract, Lot 3 University Park The carriage house is all that remains of the magnificient Victorian Queen Anne Waters estate, the house having been torn down in the 1950's. (We had an elder friend who lived in this house while attending USC.) Russell J Waters moved to Los Angeles in 1894. He served as president of the Pasadena Consolidated Gas Co.. Treasurer of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, vice president of the Citizens' Bank, and connected with many public institutions. Waters was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1899-March 3, 1901). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1900. He resumed banking as president of the Citizens' National Bank, Los Angeles. He served as president of the California Cattle Co., San Jacinto, California from 1903 to 1911. He served as president of the San Jacinto Water Co. in 1910 and 1911. He died in Los Angeles, California, September 25, 1911. He was interred in Hollywood Cemetery. Wikipedia: Russell Judson Waters: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_J._Waters Blog: A Look Back at Vintage Los Angeles: oldhomesoflosangeles.blogspot.com/search/label/West%20Adams


09a 2309-2311 Scarff St - Seyler House (E)
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St James Park National Register Historic District No. 91001387, 09/27/91 Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument No. 407, 01/20/89 University Park Los Angeles Historic Preservation Overlay Zone (HPOZ) __________ Seyler House, 1894 2309-2311 Scarff St, Los Angeles CA Ellis Tract, No. 77 University Park A M Edelman Abraham M Edelman designed this lovely Queen Anne for Charles Seyler Jr in 1894. Although in need of another restoration, it is a fine example of Victorian architecture. Edelman's designs rivalled those of Newsom, and although he is less well-known today, he was just as active in early Los Angeles real estate. His best known work is the Shrine Auditorium, a few blocks away, for which he was the principle architect among others. Mr. Charles Seyler Jr was the only son of Charles Seyler, who came to California after serving two stints in the Civil War. Senior Seyler was a cashier at the Farmers' and Merchants' Bank and a messenger for the Southern Pacific Railroad. Eventually he was promoted to a clerk, cashier and accountant, the ticket agent for Los Angeles, then the district passenger agent for all of Southern Califfornia. The Junior Seyler began his career as an insurance claims adjuster for the Southern Pacific. Later in life he moved his family to Los Feliz, purchased a large home designed by Morgan Walls and was an avid gardener.


17h 839 West Adams Blvd (E)
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St James Park National Register Historic District No. 91001387, 09/27/91 Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument No. 456, 10/24/1989 University Park Los Angeles Historic Preservation Overlay Zone (HPOZ) __________ Ezra T Stimson Residence, 1901 839 West Adams Blvd, Los Angeles, CA St James Park Tract, Lots 7, 8, and portion of 9 Frederick Roehrig A 1905 Los Angeles Harold profile of the Ezra T Stimson Residence describes the house this way: Among the many beautiful and stately homes that adorn the fashionable West End, Is the imposing residence of E. T. Stlmson, located at 825 West Adams street —a residence that is pointed out to visitors as one of the most substantial abodes of elegance and good taste in Los Angeles. The tall gables, heavy timbering, and stone facing of this Tudor Revival mansion made it an attractive addition to Adams Boulevard. The architect, Frederick Louis Roehrig, was prolific and versitile designing many mansion for wealthy clients thoughout Los Angeles and Pasadena, in Victorian (Queen Anne and Shingle Style), Craftsman, Neoclassical, and even Art Deco in his later years. Ezra T Stimson was the son of capitolist Thomas D Stimson, a lumber and banking millionaire. The T D Stimson mansion is located around the corner on Figueroa St. E T Stimson became president of the Stimson Mill, Co.


20c 2124 Bonsallo Ave - Victorian Queen Anne - HCM-497 - Charles Clifford Gibbons Residence (E)
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Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument No. 497 University Park Historic Preservation Overlay Zone __________ Charles Clifford Gibbons Residence, 1892 2124 Bonsallo Ave J. H. Bradbeer Park Villa Tract, Lot 72 Architect J. H. Bradbeer designed this lovely two-story Queen Anne Victorian home for Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cliffford Gibbons. The house is typical of Bradbeer's skill -- working within the Queen Anne vanacular, without using a cookie-cutter plan. The house is unique and one of a kind. While it's obviously time for another restoration, the house is otherwise well cared for. Charles (often refered to as: Chas. or C. C.) Gibbons was employed by J. M Hale's Dry Goods Store, at first in the stockroom, then as a clerk, a bookeeper, and finally general manager. The J. M. Hale's stores in Los Angeles (there were 7 locations) appear to have been related to the San Francisco Hale's Department Store through familial connections. Both ventures used the same advertising slogan, Good Goods! Charles and his wife Belle Case Gibbons occupied this home until 1903 when they moved to a home in West Adams Heights designed by Frank Tyler (1915 S Oxford Ave). Charles and Belle are buried at Hollywood Forever Cemetary.


11a 1982 Bonsallo Ave - Queen Anne Eastlake Gothic - HCM-499 - Agnes B Heimgartner Residence (E)
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Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument No. 499 University Park Historic Preservation Overlay Zone __________ Agnes B Heimgartner Residence, 1898 1982 Bonsallo Ave Queen Anne/Eastlake Victorian Cottage Park Villa Tract, Lot 34 Absolutely perfect! This two-story Victorian Cottage has Eastlake detailing which somehow manages to give it a Gothic feel. Without the gingerbread around the porch, the house is undoubtedly 1890's, but the style of the porch is more in sync with an 1880's home, leaving one to question if the porch details are original or if they were they added. After careful study, I believe the details may be original. I was unable to find anything about the original owner, except this from a the Los Angeles Times, October 14, 1898, Under House and Lot, Building column: Miss A. Heimbgartner, two-story frame, eight-room residence, Bonsallo Avenue, near Twenty-First. $2,488. The designation of Miss notwithstanding, the fact that she is building a house herself suggests she was probably an older professional woman, with means of supporting herself, and with a sense of style which was slightly behind the times.


12d 2341 Scarff St - Seaman-Foshay House (E)
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National Register of Historic Places No. 88000922, 06/23/88 St James Park National Register Historic District No. 91001387, 09/27/91 Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument No. 408, 01/20/89 University Park Los Angeles Historic Preservation Overlay Zone (HPOZ) __________ Seaman-Foshay House, 1888 2341 Scarff St, Los Angeles CA Ellis Tract, No. 93 University Park Joseph Cather Newsom Queen Anne and Eastlake in Newsom's signature style. You know it's a Newsom even before you read the convenient plaque at the front gate. This house is, according to Wikipedia, alternately known as the Machell-Seaman House, Seaman House, or the Seaman-Foshay house. James A Foshay was a Los Angeles teacher and school board supervisor. In 1893 he was appointed Assistant Superintendant of Schools, becoming the Superintendant in 1895. The James A Foshay Learning Center at 3751 Harvard Blvd, was named for him. The other two names associated with the house remain (for now) a mystery. Wikipedia: Machell-Seaman House: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machell-Seaman_House