The City of Los Angeles recognizes structures or places with unique architectural, cultural
and historical value as Historic-Cultural Monuments The designation helps to
protect distinct qualities and can also assist the property owner in qualifying for financial and other benefits related to
historic preservation.
For more information on Historic-Cultural monuments in the City of Los Angeles, please click on the
link below to the Cultural Affairs Department web site and look under the Cultural
Heritage section. http://www.culturela.org The following is a list of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural monuments in Echo Park and Angeleno Heights.:
Foy House 1335-1341 1/2 Carroll Avenue
(No. 8) Residence of Mary E. Foy who became the first woman to hold the office of city librarian
in 1880. Moved from Witmer Street in 1993
Chavez Ravine Arboretum,
Elysian Park (No 48) This area was Southern California’s
first botanical garden. In 1893, the Los Angeles Horticultural Society originated the plantings of rare trees in the upper
part of the ravine.
Residence 1300 Carroll
Avenue (No.51) Built by Aaron P. Phillips circa 1880 as an
ornate, well maintained example of the Queen Anne-Eastlake style of architecture.
Residence 1330 Carroll
Avenue (No. 52) Built circa 1880, this 12-room house
was constructed for dairyman Charles Sessions by architect Joseph Cather Newsom.
Residence 1329 Carroll
Avenue (No. 73) Built circa 1887, this Eastlake style
home was built for the area’s councilman, Daniel Innes, and was occupied by the family for 30 years. As the Innes Shoe Store prospered downtown, the Inneses became one of the first Blue Book families in Los Angeles.
Residence 1345 Carroll
Avenue (No. 74) Built in 1887 for Michael Sandes, the
operator of a storage warehouse in Los Angeles. The red brick foundation is characteristic of the Queen Anne style.
Residence 1355 Carroll
Avenue (No. 75) Built in 1887 for capitalist Harry
L. Pinney, this house is an example of the relatively unornamented, basic Eastlake style.
Residence 1316 Carroll
Avenue (No. 76) Built circa 1880 in the Eastlake style,
the brackets and the shell motif below the windows and over the porch steps are noteworthy.
Residence 1320 Carroll
Avenue (No. 77) Built circa 1888, this Queen Anne –style
house has turrets, verandas and generous proportions of the architectural style which are considered as charming and unpretentious
as the good Queen herself.
Residence 1324 Carroll Avenue (No.
78) This 1880 Queen Anne cottage is typical of the 19th Century “plan book” houses and
exhibits the high level of craftsmanship demanded in that era.
Residence 1344 Carroll
Avenue (No. 79) Built circa 1895, this Gay Nineties house displays
spindles and scrolls as ornamentation that are noteworthy.
Residence 1325 Carroll
Avenue (No. 109) Built in 1997, this residence moved from Court
Street in March 1978 is almost pure Eastlake in architectural style, but shows elements of the Stick style. The structure
has an unusual asymmetrical arrangement of windows and roofline.
Los Angeles Police Academy
Rock Garden 1880 N. Academy Drive (No. 110) Early in 1937, Francois
Scotti, an expert landscape artist, was employed to design and build the rock garden, embracing a series of four pools, cascades,
a small amphitheater, for band and stage settings and an outdoor dining area. A large patio, barbecue pit, stairways, walks
and recessed stone seats were included.
Carriage House 1411-1417
Kellam Avenue (No. 166)Built in 1880, it was considered to be the best remaining example of Victorian-era carriage
houses. It contains wood shingles of various design styles, diagonal braces and vertical and horizontal siding.
Residence 1321 Carroll
Avenue (No. 176) Formerly located at 1145 Court St. This 1880s residence has an unusual isometric arrangement
of the windows and roof line. According to Dr. Robert W. Winter, the architecture of this building is almost pure Eastlake,
although it shows signs of Stick style.
Residence 1407 Carroll
Avenue (No. 189) Constructed in 1885 in the "El Capitan"
design by architect Joseph Cather Newsom.
Residence and Carriage House 1411 Carroll Avenue (No. 190)Built in 1885 with a mixture of Eastlake
and Queen Anne architectural details, this residence boasts an original carriage house and superior interior plaster and woodwork.
Residence 1441-1443 1/2
Carroll Avenue (No. 191) This
Queen Anne building was built as a residence for James S. Luckenback in 1887. It was sold in 1902 to Kaspare Cohn (the founder
of Union Bank) who established the building as the Kaspare Cohn Hospital, the forerunner to Cedars of Lebanon, which later
merged with another hospital to form Cedars Sinai
Residence 724 E. Edgeware
Road (No. 206) Built
in 1887, this Victorian residence is notably worthy because of its mansard tower, ornamental ironwork and fish scale shingles.
Residence 1334 Kellam
Avenue (No. 207) Built
circa 1890, this residence is described as an excellent example of Queen Anne architecture with Colonial Revival touches.
Bob's Market 1222-1234
Bellevue Avenue (No. 215) This
building is an example of a 1910 grocery story with unusual Orientalized commercial architecture.
Residence 915-917 Douglas
Street (No. 216) Constructed
circa 1887, this residence is an example of distinguished Eastlake architecture.
Residence 1101 Douglas
Street (No. 217) Reportedly built for Moses Langley Wicks,
an insurance man from Missouri, who moved into the house in 1896. Its architecture is described as Queen Anne with Colonia
Revival touches.
Residence 945 E. Edgeware
Road (No. 218) Built
circa 1908, this residence is considered a good example of Craftsman architecture, reminiscent of Greene and Greene.
Residence 1239-1247 Boston Street
(No. 219) Built circa 1887, this distinguished Queen
Anne residence has beautiful spool work and decorative shingle work.
Residence 1343 Kellam
Avenue (No. 220) Built
circa 1887, this Queen Anne residence has beautiful detail work with shingles in diamond and circular patterns. It has garland
trim and attractive wood turnings on the porch.
Residence and Carriage
House 1347-1349 Kellam Avenue (No. 221) Built
circa 1887, this Queen Anne residence, almost identical to the residence at 1343
Kellam Avenue, has a carriage house of the same period.
Residence 1405 Kellam Avenue (No. 222) Built
circa 1905, it is an example of the rare Mission Revival style.
Residence 824 E. Kensington
Road (No. 223) Built
in 1894, this residence is considered an excellent example of Queen Anne architecture with traces of Eastlake and Moorish.
It was originally located at Angelina and Boylston but its owner, contractor Z.H. Weller, moved the house to its present location
when oil wells continued to proliferate around it.
Mack Sennett Studios 1712 Glendale Boulevard (No. 256) Built in 1912 by Mack Sennett, this
structure was one of the first motion picture studio complexes in Los Angeles. The buildings date from the days when Sennet
was recognized as the major producer of comedies in the motion picture business.
Residence, 817 N. Glendale
Blvd. (No 257) Built in 1937 and designed by John Victor Macka,
this Mediterranean/Spanish Colonial Revival style residence is located in a prominent setting with a view of Echo Park Lake.
Collins Residence 890-892
W. Kensington Road (No. 266) Built
circa 1888, this residence is a two-story wood structure designed in the Eastlake style. This building was moved from Whittier
Boulevard in 1987. The first assessed owner, Michael Collins, was responsible for bringing the Santa Fe Railroad into the
city.
Residence 1442 Kellam
Avenue (No. 321) This circa 1887 home was originally built as
a near mirror image, side-by-side duplex. The special features include beautiful wood moldings and original flashed glass
windows.
Bates House 1415 Carroll
Avenue (No. 399) Built
in 1893, this Queen Anne Victorian residence is now in its third location. Sunburst designs in the gables are among its unusual
features.
Barlow Sanatorium 1300
Scott Avenue & 2000 Stadium Way (No. 504) Started
in 1903 by Dr. Walter Jarvis Barlow as a tuberculosis sanatorium, it was the first such institution in the city. Between 1902
and 1927, several Los Angeles area families, including the Lankershims, the Van
Nuys and Newhalls, donated funds for various buildings. The complex consists
of many architecturally noteworthy structures including, including Birge Hall, designed by architect B.B. Bixby.
Old Fire Station #6 534
E. Edgeware Road (No. 605) This
station was originally built in 1929. The two-story Mediterranean-style masonry structure was moved to its current site from
its original location (1279 Temple) in 1948.
Jensen’s Recreation
Center and Electric Roof Sign 1700 W. Sunset Boulevard (No. 652) Designed
by architect E.E.B. Meinardus, this three-story Beaux Arts/Italianate style-structure was built in 1924.
Echo Park Lake (No. 836). The entire
park grounds north of the 101 Freeway, including the landscape, boathouse, Lotus Bed, Lady of the Lake statue, recreation
center, are covered by landmark status. The city approved the creation of the park in 1893.
Paul Landacre House (No. 839).
Wood engraver and artist lived and worked here, 2006 El Moran St., from the 1930s to his death in the early 1960s.
This list
updated as of December 1, 2006
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