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Originally Posted by tovangar2
Baldwin Hills is in the western part of Rancho La Cienega o Paso de la Tijera (My sister used to work at the corner of "Swamp and Scissors", as she termed it.). This was just one of the properties lost by FPF Temple when Lucky Baldwin foreclosed on the loan for the Temple & Workman Bank back in 1876. The Baldwin Hills are named for Lucky Baldwin. What a scoundrel.
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The oldest house in LA (pictured below) is still there:
http://www.archives.gov/espanol/herencia.html |
Yes, and I am happy to report that the people who own the Sanchez Adobe, now @ 3725 Don Felipe Drive, have begun working with an expert at historic preservation at USC to restore it! The structure was designated Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument #487 in 1990. The adobe buildings were added onto and used as a golf course clubhouse in the 1930s, and later by a womens' club and a church.
B/W photos are LAPL; color photos are mine unless marked otherwise . . . .
1924 aerial view (duh!) looking west:
http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics25/00032053.jpg
Light green = future path of La Cienega Blvd.
Dark blue = future site of Baldwin Hills Dam
Yellow = future path of La Brea Ave.
Light Blue = future path of Stocker St.
Red circle = Sanchez Adobe
Purple = intersection of Angeles Vista (long curvy street) and 48th
1924 looking SW at ranch buildings:
http://jpg1.lapl.org/00078/00078974.jpg
Similar view, 1920s, with people:
http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics25/00032278.jpg
1924 looking NE:
http://jpg1.lapl.org/00078/00078973.jpg
1924 two-story portion:
http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics33/00066129.jpg
1924 looking NE across interior courtyard:
http://jpg1.lapl.org/00078/00078975.jpg
Interior courtyard, 1930s:
http://jpg1.lapl.org/00100/00100837.jpg
Interior courtyard, 2013:
East side rooms (under chimneys in photo above):
As golf course clubhouse, 1930s:
Golf bags by clubhouse, 1930s:
http://jpg1.lapl.org/00100/00100832.jpg
This is under the 2-story portion. The horizontal wood base is still there on the wall, but the pegs have been sawed off (see five photos down).
1934 commemorative plaque:
What's with "O'Paso"? I don't think there are apostrophes in Spanish, and it's certainly not an Irish name . . . .
Today:
I'm told that when this area between the two buildings was open, golf carts passed through here. Also, there's apparently original tile under the modern flooring inside.
Two-story adobe:
Adobe room under 2nd story:
Doorway to 2nd story room (at top of stairs behind wooden railing, two photos up):
2nd story room interior:
Google Earth view of complex:
Google Earth