You have to look to find it, in the back of a commercial court on busy Hollywood Boulevard. The house itself is surrounded by what appears to be a temporary fence and/or thick vegetation. I was able to take this photo from the second story balcony of the courtyard. It is the last remaining of the Victorian homes that lined the boulevard (which was called Prospect Avenue) at the time it was built in 1903. The house was purchased by the Janes family in 1903. For many years, the Janes sisters operated a family-run school, "The Misses Janes Kindergarten" at the home. Children from the Hollywood film community including Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks, Cecil B. DeMille, Noah Beery, Jesse Lasky, and the Chandler Family (who own the Los Angeles Times) attended the school.
The late Queen Anne Victorian style house is a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument, dedicated in 1980. Located at 6541 Hollywood Boulevard. Please do not use this image in any media without my permission. © All rights reserved
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I almost missed the building; hidden behind an auto body shop and a bungalow court, the redbrick Classical Revival style building is the only one remaining of the old Occidental College campus, which moved to its present Eagle Rock location in 1914.
Located at 121 North Avenue 50 in historic Highland Park. Designated a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument (No. 585) in 1993.
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Chateau style residence originally built for financier Rollin Lane and based on the design of Kimberly Crest (also designed by Dennis & Farwell), a grand house in Redlands, California, where Lane owned an orange grove. Dennis & Farwell were among the city's top architectural firms at the turn of the century, continuing up until the mid-teens. The Jans House (HCM# 227) and the Magic Caste (HCM# 406) both in Hollywood; the Erasmus Wilson Residence at Chester Place, and a Queen Anne style mansion for oil executive Charles C.L. Leslie in Westlake were among their many achievements.
Located at 7001 Franklin Avenue in Hollywood.
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Architects Oliver P. Dennis and Lyman Farwell designed the Queen Anne style mansion for oil executive Charles C. L. Leslie in 1910. (Some sources indicate that Dennis may have originally built the house for himself). The firm was among the city's top architectural offices at the turn of the century, continuing up until the mid-teens, designing the Jans House (HCM# 227) and the Magic Caste (HCM# 406) both in Hollywood. Designated a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument in 1974 (No. 129). Located at 767 S. Garland Avenue in the Westlake (MacArthur Park) neighborhood of Los Angeles.
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Architectural historican Laura Massino Smith describes the style of the house as "Greek Revival-Victorian characterized ty the triangular pediment, columns with scrolled capitals and dentil molding". It was the home of James R. Toberman, one of the most influential mayors of Los Angeles (1872-1874 and 1878-1882). During his tenure as mayor, the first telephone lines were installed in 1874, the first orange trees were planted along city streets, plans were laid for the city's water and sewer systems, the first street (Main Street) was paved, and the Los Angeles Normal School (which became UCLA in 1919) was founded among other acheivements. His name lives on at the Toberman House, the oldest charity in the city of Los Angeles founded in 1903. It is the oldest United Methodist mission project in the Western U.S. It was originally located in Echo Park, but moved to Boyle Heights in 1917, then San Pedro in 1937.
Dennis & Farwell were among the city's top architectural firms at the turn of the century, continuing up until the mid-teens. The Jans House (HCM# 227) and the Magic Caste (HCM# 406) both in Hollywood; the Erasmus Wilson Residence at Chester Place, and a Queen Anne style mansion for oil executive Charles C.L. Leslie in Westlake were among their many achievements. Preservation architect Fran Offenhauser, President of Hollywood Heritage purchased the house in 2003 and restored it to its former glory. The house was declared a Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument in 2003 (No. 769).
The Toberman House is located at 1749 N. Harvard Drive in Los Angeles. Please do not use this image in any media without my permission. © All rights reserved.
(Thanks to Laura Massino, Architectural Historian and President of Architectural Tours-L.A. and Donald Seligman, President of the Los Feliz Improvement Association; I relied heavily on their research before updating these details). Please do not use this image in any media without my permission. © All rights reserved.
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