The house that contractor Zacharia Weller built for his family in 1894 is a fanciful example of Queen Anne architecture with Eastlake and Moorish influences thrown in for good measure. Born in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, on April 4, 1847, Zachariah Weller moved to Waterloo, Iowa, in 1864, where he worked as a building contractor and, later, a hardware merchant. Weller moved to Los Angeles in 1887 where he continued in the hardware trade, forming a partnership with E.A. Hoffman under the name Hoffman & Weller. The two entered the oil business together. In early 1893, Zach Weller bought from Charles Stimson a pair of lots in the Beauvoir Tract for $2,000. The home which was originally located at Angelina and Boylston was moved to its present location when oil wells began proliferating around the area. Weller died at the house on June 21, 1903 after a long illness.

The house was declared a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument in 1979 (No. 223). Located at 824 E. Kensington Road in the Angelino Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles.


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The Queen Anne style Victorian mansion has been described as "the most photographed house in Los Angeles". Declared a Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument inn 1966 and listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. The house was relocated to the Heritage Square Museum in the Montecito Heights neighborhood in 1970 where it remains open to the public.

Originally the house stood at the foot of Mt. Washington at 4501 North Pasadena Avenue (now Figueroa Street). The house was purchased by James and Bessie Hale in 1901, however the Hales separated a few years later with Bessie retaining the house. She operated it as a boarding house until the late 1950s and lived there until she died in 1966 at age 97.

The Hale House is located in historic Heritage Square, 3800 N. Homer St., Highland Park, Los Angeles, California.

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Pinney House, Joseph Cather Newsom, Architect 1886.t he original house had much less adornment. In the 1930s, a movie company added spindle work and other embellishments from a house on Wilshire Boulevard that was being demolished. Located at 225 Lima Street in Sierra Madre. The ten bedroom, 11 bath house is currently (October 2013) on the market listed for sale for $2,495,000.

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The Boyle Heights neighborhood is one of Los Angeles' oldest, connected to downtown Los Angeles by two street cars that crossed the Los Angeles River on the East First Street and East Aliso Street bridges. The Queen Anne/Eastlake cottage shown here is one of several surviving fine old houses from the era. The five-bedroom, two bath house is currently (January 2013) on the market and listed for sale for $339,000. Located at 3407 E, Fourth Street in the Wellington Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles.

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UDATE: The house is currently (March 2023) listed for sale for $899,000.

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Lookout Cottage was designed by a retired engineer, Peter Gano from Pasadena in about 1890. The name over the door, "Lookout Cot" is rumored to be a shorten version of "Lookout Cottage" but the piece of wood used to carve the name was too short to accomodate the name. The cottage later became known as the Holly Hill House. You can still see the name "Lookout Cot" over the front entrance. The present owner replaced the pointed top over the third floor lookout turret after a fire.

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