Angeleno Heights Walking Tour

We love our other LA Walking Tour that we decided to take another one.  This one was located in LA's first suburban neighborhood, Angeleno Heights.  The original 14 homes of this neighborhood were built between 1895 and 1897.  In the 70's this neighborhood was established as LAs first historic preservation zone and now includes over 800 buildings.  Our tour consisted of the 14 homes of the original neighborhood.  What was interesting about these homes was that they were built in the victorian architectural style.

This neighborhood is right next to Echo Park and very close to Elysian Park/Dodger Stadium.  We met at an old Fire Station and then walked up a street towards Carroll Avenue which showcases almost all of the houses.  Some of the houses were restored better than others.  Three of the houses were moved from other places (like Bunker Hill in Downtown).  Some of the houses have been used for filming purposes.  We even got to go inside one of the houses.  I couldn't believe we spent two hours on one street but it was very interesting and I would highly recommend this tour to anyone.

This house was located across the street from the Fire Station and was not part of the original track but was a good example of Victorian architecture.

This house had Victorian elements added to it. 

This is known as a Victorian Farmhouse.

The first house to be restored that was part of the original track. 

In its social history, this house at one point housed over 40 people.  Because of this it was almost condemned.

The owner restored the house (even the carriage house) and even put in an elevator (the protruding rectangle).

Carroll Ave was lined with these street lamps which arent original to the street but original to the time period.  They found them in a warehouse in Glendale.

It cost this house $30,000 to just paint the house-so many details with different colors.

This used to be a beautiful Victorian home but the owners took off the Victorian elements (but kept the body of the house).  This house and the destruction of Bunker Hill in Downtown were the reasons why the neighborhood sought to make the area a preservation zone.

Each house had a stepping block where you would step up to get into your carriage.  The hitch is original to the time period but not the neighborhood.

Love this house!  It is a catalog house.  You ordered it from a catalog and then they shipped it to you.  

This house is older and was transplanted from a different neighborhood.  I also believe this house was used in a recent episode of Mad Men.

One of these turrets had a ghost mask hanging in the window.  I could see that being a little eery if you saw that at night!

This was Sean's favorite and it was the last one built on the street.

Cute patio!

This was the house used in Thriller.  The tree is the yard is also protected so who ever owns the house cant cut down the tree. 

Another view of the Thriller house

This is the house that we got to go inside.  The bottom floor is kept in period furnishings for filming.  The renter's live upstairs.  It was small but very interesting.