Angelino Heights, CA

Heralded but also disputed as the first suburb of Los Angeles, Angelino Heights is if anything a step into the architectural past of the city.  Starting in 1886 William W. Stilson and Everett E. Hall submitted an application for a what they called the “Angeleno Heights” tract on the western fringe of the city.  At this time people were migrating to southern California in masses due to opportunity and the fact that a train ticket from the Mississippi River to the west coast could cost you as low as $1.  With a large influx of people, Stilson and Hall decided the hill sitting 512 feet above downtown would give wealthy buyers an enticing area to buy the $500 lots.  A near by cable line that ran long Temple Street also gave residents a transportation option into the city center.  Soon beautiful Queen Anne and Eastlake Victorian style mansions were built on the hill but due to the 1888 banking recession contraction on the hill came to an abrupt halt.  By the turn of the century building in Angelino Heights continued only this time bringing Craftsman and California bungalow style homes to the area.  In 1983 Angelino Heights was declared the city’s first Preservation Overlay Zone which helps protect the neighborhoods architectural characteristics.

1910 Colonial Revival/Victorian

1895 Queen Anne/Greek Revival

1894 Queen Anne-Eastlake Victorian

1886 Colonial Revival

1887 Queen Anne

1889 Joseph Cather Newsom House

1894 “Gay Nineties”

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