North University Park Historic District

North University Park is a five-block residential neighborhood southwest of downtown Los Angeles, close to the University of Southern California. Built between 1887 and 1929, it holds 66 buildings, mostly one- and two-story houses and apartment buildings, of which 58 contribute to the historic character. Queen Anne houses sit alongside Turn of the Century cottages, American Foursquare houses, English and Mediterranean Revival buildings and Craftsman homes. Several were designed by the firm Bradbeer & Ferris, and a number have been designated Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments. The district holds together because the buildings are similar in scale, follow a common setback and are clad in many of the same materials, including clapboard, shingles and stucco. Three smaller groupings stand out: Vista Magnolia Court, the English Revival apartments on West Adams Gardens, and the Foursquare houses on Magnolia Avenue. Mature Canary Island date palms, a large Moreton Bay fig and diamond-scored sidewalks survive as historic landscape features.