{"nrhp_refnum":"82002189","name":"Whitley Heights Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Franklin, Highland, Cahuenga, and Fairfield Aves.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Hollywood","county":"Los Angeles County","state":"CA","lat":34.10734216000006,"lon":-118.33472469946074,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-08-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture","Performing Arts"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district on a single low hill in Hollywood, Los Angeles, bounded by Franklin, Highland and Cahuenga Avenues, with an apex at Cahuenga Pass. It holds 163 single family houses and three small apartment buildings, mostly built 1906-1929 and planned by H. J. Whitley.","why_significant":"The district was planned as a Mediterranean hillside village of small villas on irregular lots, with architectural and view restrictions that produced a homogeneous neighborhood. It has long been associated with the film and theatre industries as the home of many celebrities. Its planning features, such as stairways, retaining walls, underground utilities and concrete streets, remain largely intact.","narrative":"Whitley Heights is a hillside residential neighborhood in Hollywood, laid out by developer H. J. Whitley, who filed the first tract maps in 1902 and 1903. It contains 163 single family houses and three small apartment buildings, most built between 1906 and 1929, with the main burst of building from 1918 to 1928. Deed restrictions required Italian or Spanish style architecture with plastered exteriors and limited houses to one story at street level, so every lot kept a view. Narrow curving streets, retaining walls, pedestrian stairways, decorative iron posts with chains, and row garages shaped the village-like plan. Utilities were placed underground early, and streets were paved in concrete by 1926. The area became known as home to many film and theatre figures. Freeway construction in 1948 and 1949 and other civic projects removed some homes, but the Mediterranean character and original planning remain largely intact. Twenty-five buildings do not contribute to the district.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Developed by H. J. Whitley; individual houses by various architects and builders including A. S. Barnes, N. L. Coleman, W. W. Eager, Laurence Honn and George Vernon Russell","architectural_style":"Mediterranean (Italian and Spanish types), with some Modern, California Moderne and Early American houses","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied, mainly private residences, in good condition. Some areas were lost to the Hollywood Freeway in 1948-49 and to other civic projects.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:27.718828-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/82002189.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002189/28916291f2-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002189/28916291f2-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Los Angeles","credit_html":"Los Angeles, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:House_in_6600_Block_of_Whitley_Terrace,_Whitley_Heights_Historic_District.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123859621","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitley_Heights,_Los_Angeles","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7996570"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/los-angeles-county/whitley-heights-historic-district-82002189/"}