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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

I came across this a couple days ago on eBay.


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I can't quite tell if the white building behind the temple is the Hobart-Wilshire, but I thought I'd post it anyway because of the over-sized 'tudor' house that's also visible.



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The Hobart-Wilshire was built on the lot to the south of the tudor house, but it is not in er's red circle.
In er's photo of the Hobart-Wilshire at the top, please note the double chimney of the building next door.

This 1932 photo looks south on Hobart from above 6th Street. In the distance is one of those same double
chimneys (the building must have had them on both sides). Just north of that building is, I believe, a vacant lot
(There are more driveways/walkways from the street than there are houses). The gabled house, aka the tudor,
third down from the corner, is on the north side of the vacant lot:

USCDL -- http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/re...ll170/id/53876

This 1940 aerial looks NW at Wilshire and Harvard, with Hobart one block to the west. The rectangular roof north
of the Wilshire Blvd. Temple's dome is the temple's auditorium. I think one of those double chimneys is visible just
above the edge of the auditorium's roof. North of that appears to be a vacant lot, then the "tudor" house
with a palm tree in front. The building permit for the Hobart-Wilshire at 618 S. Hobart is dated September 26, 1940:

USCDL -- http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/re...ll170/id/20896

1921 Sanborn; the tudor house er was wondering about was 614 S. Hobart, and the building with the
double-double chimneys was 622:

LAPL

616 S. Hobart was moved to 637 S. Windsor in 1923 (don't bother looking for it there):

LADBS -- http://ladbsdoc.lacity.org/idispublic/

1950 Sanborn; the Hobart-Wilshire is 618 S. Hobart. The demo permit for 614 S. Hobart is dated January 20, 1959:

LAPL

In this 1961 photo looking NE at Wilshire and Hobart, we can see the Hobart-Wilshire next to the building with the
double-double chimneys. North of the Hobart-Wilshire, the site of the tudor house is now a parking lot, but the
palm tree in front is still there. The building on the other side of the parking lot is either new or remodeled (lost
the light well but gained windows on its south side):

USCDL -- http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/re...ll170/id/21930