Highland-Camrose Bungalow Village

Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California Listed Ref. 89000198 Historic district
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Highland-Camrose Bungalow Village, California
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Why it's listed

Highland-Camrose Bungalow Village is a cluster of fourteen houses and two garages spread over 1.6 acres of hillside and flat ground in Los Angeles. Horace W. Field bought the land in 1914-1915 and developed the group between 1916 and 1924. Most of the houses were built by contractor Lee Campbell, with others by George L. Field and the Taylor Brothers, whose 2111 house is thought to have shaped the style of the rest. The buildings are Craftsman bungalows with low gable roofs, clipped porch gables, exposed rafters, knee brackets, clapboard siding and brick chimneys, plus one Dutch Colonial Revival house with a gambrel roof. Pathways, stone walls and mature plantings tie them together. The nomination values the village as the only known clustered hillside bungalow development remaining in the Los Angeles area, a looser alternative to the symmetrical bungalow court. It also housed people working in the nearby Hollywood film industry, served by a trolley line on Highland Avenue.

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Period of significance1916-1924
StylesBungalow/Craftsman
Areas of significanceArchitecture
Acreage1.6
Boundary sourcenot published
Full listing pageHighland-Camrose Bungalow Village (property record)

What listing means for this property

This is a historic district. Buildings within its boundary are either contributing (they add to the district's significance) or non-contributing. Owners of contributing income-producing buildings can claim the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit; homeowners should look at state credits. National Register districts impose no design review by themselves; a local historic district ordinance, if one exists, does (the difference explained).

General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change; confirm with your State Historic Preservation Office or a qualified adviser.