Wilton Historic District

The Wilton Historic District is a historic district of early 20th Century single family residences in Los Angeles, California.

Wilton Historic District
Wilton Historic District signage
located on South Wilton Place
LocationLos Angeles, California
Coordinates 34°4′16″N 118°18′47″W
Built1904
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman
NRHP reference No.79000490 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 24, 1979

Geography

The neighborhood is bounded by Ridgewood Place and South Wilton Drive on the west, South Wilton Place on the east, First Street on the north and Third Street on the south. The district includes the 100 and 200 blocks of S. Wilton Place and the 100 blocks of S. Wilton Drive and Ridgewood Place.[2]

The Wilton Historic District contains 63 single family residences dating from 1907- 1925. Two additional houses were built in the mid 1930s.[3]

History

The neighborhood was originally planned as an upper-middle-class, single-family residential area back when Western Avenue was the city's western border. [4] The 65 houses along Wilton Place and Wilton Drive include examples of Classical Revival, Colonial Revival and Craftsman architecture.

In 1972, the city announced plans to widen and straighten Wilton Place to improve the flow of traffic. Residents objected and asked the state to designate the area as historic. In 1979, the Wilton Historic District became the third area in the city to be placed on the National Register of Historic Places.[5]

Historic-Cultural Monuments

103 S. Wilton Drive is Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument #650.[6]

132 S. Wilton Place is Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument #649.[7]

212 S. Wilton Place is Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument #925.[8]

215 S. Wilton Place is Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument #568.[9]

220 S. Wilton Place is Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument #1005[10]

245 S. Wilton Place is Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument #1032[11]

Media

The television show Girlfriends was set at a home in the Wilton Place Historic District.[12]

Notable Residents

See also
  • List of Registered Historic Places in Los Angeles

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/84062144-ee9f-4db1-a82c-e88d497525af
  3. https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/84062144-ee9f-4db1-a82c-e88d497525af
  4. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-oct-04-hm-wilton4-story.html
  5. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-oct-04-hm-wilton4-story.html
  6. http://preservation.lacity.org/files/HCMDatabase%23073114.pdf
  7. http://preservation.lacity.org/files/HCMDatabase%23073114.pdf
  8. http://preservation.lacity.org/files/HCMDatabase%23073114.pdf
  9. http://preservation.lacity.org/files/HCMDatabase%23073114.pdf
  10. http://preservation.lacity.org/files/HCMDatabase%23073114.pdf
  11. http://preservation.lacity.org/files/HCMDatabase%23073114.pdf
  12. https://books.google.com/books?id=8Y5iDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA104&lpg=PA104&dq=%22girlfriends%22+wilton+historic+district&source=bl&ots=PIPfKybQE2&sig=ACfU3U1G4fiNpXUKaxJfB_jY_Un6jVShgA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjt-e2SqKLlAhVP2qwKHSDGBIAQ6AEwEHoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22girlfriends%22%20wilton%20historic%20district&f=false
  13. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-oct-04-hm-wilton4-story.html


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