Etan Does LA - Page 10 of 14 - I'm visiting every Los Angeles landmark on the National Register of Historic Places.

#93: Lucretia Garfield House (Greene & Greene – South Pasadena)

#93: Lucretia Garfield House (Greene & Greene – South Pasadena)

April 19, 2022

This pristine Greene & Greene home in South Pasadena's Oaklawn neighborhood was built for Lucretia Garfield, the widow of assassinated US President James Garfield. Throughout its history, a former first lady lived and died here; Madonna's sister lived here for a decade; and 3 Grammy-winning albums were recorded in the basement.

#92: Angelus Funeral Home (South LA)

#92: Angelus Funeral Home (South LA)

April 17, 2022

Founded in 1922, Angelus Funeral Home became one of the most successful Black-owned businesses in Los Angeles. This lovely building by architect Paul R. Williams was its home from 1934 through the '60s.

#91: The Watts Towers (Watts)

#91: The Watts Towers (Watts)

April 13, 2022

Art & Literature

One of the world's great works of folk art, the Watts Towers offer a glittering, enduring testament to the imagination and tenacity of Italian immigrant Simon Rodia.

#90: John C. Fremont Branch (Hancock Park) | National Library Week

#90: John C. Fremont Branch (Hancock Park) | National Library Week

April 9, 2022

This beautiful Mediterranean/Spanish colonial revival library from 1927 fits right in with Hancock Park's tony, tasteful homes

#89: Wilshire Branch (Mid-Wilshire) | National Library Week

#89: Wilshire Branch (Mid-Wilshire) | National Library Week

April 8, 2022

The largest and costliest of the final batch of original LAPL libraries, the Wilshire Branch is a fine example of Italian Romanesque architecture, and tells the story of the LAPL's rapid expansion in the 1920s

#88: Cahuenga Branch (East Hollywood) | National Library Week

#88: Cahuenga Branch (East Hollywood) | National Library Week

April 6, 2022

Cahuenga Branch is the final Carnegie library built in LA, and an anchor for the East Hollywood community since 1916.

#87: Helen Hunt Jackson Branch (South LA) | National Library Week

#87: Helen Hunt Jackson Branch (South LA) | National Library Week

April 5, 2022

The smallest branch in the LA Public Library branch system, Helen Hunt Jackson Branch had an outsize impact thanks to Miriam Matthews – the first Black librarian employed by the LAPL.

#86: Felipe de Neve Branch (Westlake) | National Library Week

#86: Felipe de Neve Branch (Westlake) | National Library Week

April 4, 2022

An elegant architectural ode to the Spanish founder of Los Angeles, this library has been a community staple in Westlake/MacArthur Park since 1929

#85: Richard Henry Dana Branch (Cypress Park) | National Library Week

#85: Richard Henry Dana Branch (Cypress Park) | National Library Week

April 3, 2022

This community library served Cypress Park for 80 years. Its architecture alludes to the life of its namesake: attorney, politician and abolitionist Richard Henry Dana, Jr., author of Two Years Before the Mast.

#84: Lloyd Wright’s Derby House (Glendale)

#84: Lloyd Wright’s Derby House (Glendale)

March 31, 2022

Lloyd Wright's 1926 Derby House in Glendale is a Mayan-inspired temple of concrete and light, and proof that the son of the world's most famous architect was a master designer and landscaper in his own…wright.

#83: Glendale YMCA

March 27, 2022

The Glendale chapter of the YMCA counted 17% of the city as members in 1931 – including a young John Wayne. Here is its stately Spanish colonial home.

#82: Highland-Camrose Bungalow Village (Hollywood)

#82: Highland-Camrose Bungalow Village (Hollywood)

March 23, 2022

A cluster of craftsman bungalows built in the 1910s-1920s just south of the Hollywood Bowl and surrounded by mature trees. There's nothing quite like it in Los Angeles.

#81: Hotel Glendale

#81: Hotel Glendale

March 20, 2022

Once the tallest building in Glendale, the beaux arts Hotel Glendale stands as a monument to the ambitious development that the city underwent in the 1920s

#80: La Loma Bridge (Pasadena)

#80: La Loma Bridge (Pasadena)

March 15, 2022

As one of the only roadways crossing the Arroyo Seco in the early 20th century, the majestic La Loma Bridge was vital for the growth of Pasadena and the development of car travel in Los Angeles

#79: El Cabrillo Apartments (Nina & Arthur Zwebell – Hollywood)

#79: El Cabrillo Apartments (Nina & Arthur Zwebell – Hollywood)

March 10, 2022

Built in 1928 for famed filmmaker Cecil B. DeMille, El Cabrillo is a sterling Spanish colonial revival apartment complex by the undisputed LA masters of the form, Nina & Arthur Zwebell