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Originally Posted by oldstuff
The octagonal 'bungalow' was apparently built as a Methodist church. The Assessor's office indicated that the first building on the property was built in 1910. The website of the congregation which built the church has an article in their archives which indicates that it was built to replace a tent church that was there since 1904. The second building was built in 1920. It is unclear from the Assessor which building was built first since it does not show which is which other than "improvement 1" and "Improvement 2".
The "Church on Melrose" brings up their webpage, but other than a picture of pews behind the heading, there are no other interior pictures of the church. The pews are curved to match the shape of the building and are carved which would indicate that they are original.
The congregation which originally built the building, The Pitner Methodist Church, subsequently moved to Rosewood and New Hampshire where they built a new brick church which is now called The Rosewood Methodist Church. The "new" church is very nice too, but much more "churchlike" than the old building
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Impressive research
oldstuff! Thanks so much for your help.
It's very interesting that the site was home to a
tent church at the turn of the century.
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Here is another unique 'California' bungalow with an unorthodox shape.
Photograph by
Michael Locke at
https://www.flickr.com/photos/michae...e/12402894905/
Mr.
Locke contemplates it's history, but finds no solid answers here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/michae...e/12402894905/
In this aerial you can see how the bungalow is placed at an angle on the southeast corner of Mar Vista Street and Milton Avenue in Whittier.
google_earth
below: A closer view, that clearly shows it's unique shape. (I don't know how to describe it......two 'shotguns' and a sq. rotunda....maybe)
google_earth
Side view, looking from Mar Vista Street.
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Can't quite make out the numbers. (per
Michael Locke, it is
7602 Milton Avenue)
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