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NO. 145 AVILA ADOBE - This adobe house was built ca. 1818 by Don Francisco Avila, alcalde (mayor) of Los Angeles in 1810. Used as Commodore Robert Stockton's headquarters in 1847, it was repaired by private subscription in 1929-30 when Olvera Street was opened as a Mexican marketplace. It is the oldest existing house in Los Angeles.
The house is situated in East Gate Bel Air on Copa De Oro Road ('cup of gold' in Spanish), which was "coined to reflect the millionaire status of its inhabitants". [1] Copa De Oro Road was named in 2015 as one of the "15 Priciest Streets in America", with a median home value estimated at US$10.264 million.
June 11, 2009 (Along 27th Street [5: South Los Angeles: Historic district adjacent to Central Avenue Corridor in South Los Angeles; part of the African Americans in Los Angeles Multiple Property Submission (MPS)
Teacher Elena Malone with her husband, Josh Ryan, and kids Ruby, 11, and Amos, 9, and their poodle Zara. Their dream home in the horsey Los Angeles area of Sun Valley has become a nightmare ...
The home originally had room for only eight persons and was founded "to give free care to drunkards and outcasts who wished to reform." [3] In March 1903, the Los Angeles Times reported that Yoakum was building a cottage to the north of his "Faith home" and had plans for a series of cottages for the use of patients at his sanatorium. [9]
In Los Angeles, the first Tudor style buildings were built in the early 1900s, and the style became popular throughout the 1920s and 1930s, especially in suburban areas. The Tudor Revival style is an architectural style that grew out of the 19th century movement away from the "modern" industrial revolution and towards a more "romantic" historicism.
In February 2016 Los Angeles Modern Auctions announced that no qualified bidder had registered, and it was withdrawn. [5] The George Sturges House can be viewed easily from the street (449 N. Skyewiay Road). [1] It was designated as Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument #577 on May 25, 1993. [6]