For many years it was home to the Excelsior Laundry. The LA County Assessor says the building dates to 1895. Here it is on January 1, 1907, behind the two small houses:
USC Digital Library --
http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co.../id/1482/rec/7
1933:
USC Digital Library --
http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co...d/36118/rec/11
Detail:
GSV
Detail:
GSV
Hard-to-read 1894 Sanborn; 3rd floor is unfinished:
LAPL
Easier-to-read 1906 Sanborn; note barn at bottom:
LAPL
Why they needed the barn:
LAPL --
http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics48/00073856.jpg