{"nrhp_refnum":"04000732","name":"Whitley Court","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1720-1728 1/2 Whitley Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Los Angeles","county":"Los Angeles County","state":"CA","lat":34.10217142400006,"lon":-118.33316205999995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2004-07-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A bungalow court at 1720-1728 Whitley Avenue in Hollywood, Los Angeles, made up of a circa 1905 Queen Anne style house at the rear, four Dutch Colonial Revival duplex bungalows added in 1919, and a garage.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the court reflects Hollywood's shift from a farming suburb to an urban center driven by the film industry, and that it embodies the bungalow court property type. It is described as one of the few remaining and best preserved examples in Hollywood, and the rear house as a rare intact Queen Anne residence of its era.","narrative":"Whitley Court is a bungalow court on Whitley Avenue, one block north of Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles. A two-story Queen Anne style house, built around 1905 and moved to the rear of the lot in 1918, anchors the back of the property. Four two-story Dutch Colonial Revival duplexes, built in 1919, face one another across a landscaped courtyard with original concrete paths and a central planter, and a small wood garage sits at the southeast corner. The court reflects Hollywood's rapid change as the film industry drew new residents and created a housing shortage, prompting owners to use deep residential lots more intensively. Of two dozen bungalow courts once mapped near the boulevard, only a few remain with good integrity, and this one stands out for its architectural quality and retained original materials, including wood windows and interior features. Converted to offices in 1978, it was rehabilitated in 2002 and is a City of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument.","period_of_significance":"1903 - 1919","architect_builder":"unknown","architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Queen Anne; Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Dutch Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Used as rental office space since 1978; certified rehabilitation completed in 2002, and described as sensitively maintained.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:29.416861-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/04000732.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000732/e2cd7dba29-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000732/e2cd7dba29-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Los Angeles","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Whitley_Court,_Hollywood.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Los Angeles</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Whitley_Court,_Hollywood.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"85000704","name":"Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/california/hollywood-boulevard-commercial-and-entertainment-district-85000704/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123859619","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitley_Court","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14684262"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/los-angeles-county/whitley-court-04000732/"}