Etan Does LA - Page 2 of 14 - I'm visiting every Los Angeles landmark on the National Register of Historic Places.

#221: Michael White Adobe (San Marino)

#221: Michael White Adobe (San Marino)

July 11, 2024

Pioneers & Settlers

Constructed ~1845, the Michael White Adobe is one of just 39 historic adobes left in LA County, and the second oldest building in San Marino. Its first owner was a sailor, shipbuilder and rancher who unwittingly took part in some of the most significant events in 19th century Los Angeles history.

#220: Winona Boulevard Mid-Century Modern Historic District (Los Feliz)

#220: Winona Boulevard Mid-Century Modern Historic District (Los Feliz)

June 28, 2024

The Winona Boulevard Mid-Century Modern Historic District includes 13 apartment complexes in a grab bag of MCM styles, built from 1950-1964. Collectively they offer a snapshot of a neighborhood in transition during the post-WWII population boom.

#214-219: Whole Bunch o’ Bungalow Courts, pt. 3 (Pasadena)

#214-219: Whole Bunch o’ Bungalow Courts, pt. 3 (Pasadena)

June 22, 2024

The bungalow court flourished between 1910-1930, especially in Pasadena. For this third batch in our exploration of all 30 Pasadena courts on the National Register, we’re looking at six courts clustered around the historic section of South Marengo Avenue.

#213: Glendora Bougainvillea

#213: Glendora Bougainvillea

June 15, 2024

The Glendora Bougainvillea is the largest planting of the vine in the US, and a living connection to the story of the citrus industry that helped to build LA around the turn of the 20th century.

#212: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Hollyhock House (East Hollywood)

#212: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Hollyhock House (East Hollywood)

June 8, 2024

Completed in 1921, Hollyhock House was Frank Lloyd Wright's first LA commission, and a departure from the prairie style that made him famous. This was one part of a planned theater complex for oil heiress Aline Barnsdall. And while their grand vision was never carried out, the house still stands as one of Wright's most significant buildings.

#211: Washington Building (Culver City)

#211: Washington Building (Culver City)

June 2, 2024

The wedge-shaped Washington Building is one of the few remaining structures from downtown Culver City's heyday in the 1920s. It was commissioned by Charles Lindblade, a real estate developer who, alongside Harry Culver, built Culver City in the 1910s through the early 1930s.

#210: Fox Theatre Inglewood

#210: Fox Theatre Inglewood

May 24, 2024

Opened in 1949, the Fox Theatre Inglewood was one of the grandest movie houses in a neighborhood full of them. It was also the final LA-area theater built by Fox before the government consent decree that required the major studios to divest themselves of their theater holdings. It's been closed for 40 years, with all of its original interiors intact – a slowly decaying time capsule, waiting for whatever's next.

#209: Charmont Apartments (Santa Monica)

#209: Charmont Apartments (Santa Monica)

May 17, 2024

Santa Monica's Charmont Apartments were designed in a unique combination of Spanish colonial & art deco styles by Max Maltzman, one of LA's first Jewish architects. It was lovingly rehabilitated after sustaining damage in the 1994 Northridge earthquake.

#207-208: Historic Downtown LA Fire Stations

#207-208: Historic Downtown LA Fire Stations

May 4, 2024

Government & Politics

Fire Station No. 23 & 28 are two historic downtown LA firehouses built around the same time that have ended up in very different places.

#202-206: Whole Bunch o’ Bungalow Courts, pt. 2 (Pasadena)

#202-206: Whole Bunch o’ Bungalow Courts, pt. 2 (Pasadena)

April 24, 2024

Pasadena was the birthplace of the bungalow court, a unique form of multi-family housing that flourished between 1910-1930. I visited all 30 Pasadena courts on the National Register – batch #2 includes craftsman, colonial revival, English cottage-style and a truly transportive example of a Tudor revival bungalow court.

Inside Richard Neutra’s Jardinette Apartments (East Hollywood)

Inside Richard Neutra’s Jardinette Apartments (East Hollywood)

April 14, 2024

Get a peek inside Richard Neutra's modernist landmark Jardinette Apartments to see how the restoration efforts are progressing.

#201: Beverly Hills Post Office (Beverly Hills)

#201: Beverly Hills Post Office (Beverly Hills)

April 7, 2024

For a Depression-era federal building, the Beverly Hills Post Office is an unusually opulent one, clad in Italianate masonry and terracotta with a lobby awash in marble. After serving Beverly Hillers for over 60 years it was transformed into the beloved Wallis Center for the Performing Arts in 2013.

#200: Lloyd Wright House and Studio (West Hollywood)

#200: Lloyd Wright House and Studio (West Hollywood)

March 31, 2024

This distinctive Mayan-inspired home is where architect Lloyd Wright lived and worked for over 50 years. It was built in 1927 during an important transitional phase that found him flourishing as an independent designer after years of collaborating with others – including his dad, Frank Lloyd Wright.

#194-199: Whole Bunch o’ Bungalow Courts, pt. 1 (Pasadena)

#194-199: Whole Bunch o’ Bungalow Courts, pt. 1 (Pasadena)

March 24, 2024

The bungalow court is a style of multi-family housing that places multiple small dwellings around a central courtyard or walkway. This style of housing flourished in LA between 1910 & 1930, especially in Pasadena, but many of them have been demolished. Here are six of the 30 remaining Pasadena courts on the National Register.

#193: Azusa Civic Center (Azusa)

#193: Azusa Civic Center (Azusa)

March 18, 2024

Government & Politics

The Azusa Civic Center is a trio of Spanish colonial buildings, built in 1928 with an update in 1975. As it’s grown and evolved, the Civic Center has stayed at the center of the city’s civic life, but also helped Azusa remember its past.