{"nrhp_refnum":"72000230","name":"Hale House","other_names":["Bessie Hale Residence"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Heritage Sq., 3800 N. Homer St., Highland Park","address_restricted":false,"city":"Los Angeles","county":"Los Angeles County","state":"CA","lat":34.088406133000035,"lon":-118.20797291899999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1972-09-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story wood-frame Victorian house dating to about 1885, originally at Avenue 45 and Figueroa Street in Highland Park, Los Angeles, and moved to Heritage Square at 3800 North Homer Street.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it one of the very few remaining examples of Queen Anne-Eastlake architecture in Los Angeles, with exceptionally rich ornamental detail. It also recalls the 1880s immigration to Los Angeles after railroad fares dropped. At its new site it is the first structure of a proposed complex of Turn-of-the-Century buildings.","narrative":"Built about 1885, this two-story wood-frame house originally stood at Avenue 45 and Figueroa Street in Highland Park, Los Angeles. It was later moved to Heritage Square on North Homer Street, suffering minor damage such as cracked plaster and a weakened front porch. Its Queen Anne design carries so many Eastlake details that it is described as Queen Anne-Eastlake. Notable features include a carved entrance porch with turned posts and milled balusters, clapboard and fish-scale shingle siding, a tower at the northwest corner, tall incised brick chimneys, and large windows with bands of small colored glass. The nomination describes it as one of very few surviving examples of the style in Los Angeles and a reminder of the 1880s influx of settlers brought by cheaper railroad fares. It was also the first building planned for a complex of restored Victorian-era structures opened to the public as museums.","period_of_significance":"19th Century","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Queen Anne-Eastlake (also described as Victorian, Picturesque Eclectic)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Moved to Heritage Square and in fair condition; placed on a permanent foundation, re-roofed and replastered, with exterior and interior restoration under way and chimney reconstruction to follow. It is to become a museum open to the public.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:32.088528-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/72000230.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000230/fe7e623060-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000230/fe7e623060-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Los Angeles","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hale_House,_Heritage_Square,_Los_Angeles.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:Hale_House,_Heritage_Square,_Los_Angeles.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123859176","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hale_House_(Los_Angeles,_California)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1570835"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/los-angeles-county/hale-house-72000230/"}