Highland Park Heritage Trust Bi-Monthly Walking Tour
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This tour explores the rich and varied
architectural and social history of the Sycamore Grove area of Highland
Park, one of Los Angeles’ oldest neighborhoods.
Located along the Arroyo Seco, Highland Park was created in 1870 by developers
who purchased the territory from Spanish and Mexican landowners. Incorporated
into Los Angeles in 1895, it quickly became a thriving part of the city, and
was once home to both Occidental College and USC’s School of Fine Arts. At
the beginning of the twentieth century, the Arroyo Seco was a center of the nation’s
emerging Arts and Crafts movement, and was home to one of Los Angeles’ first
great preservationists, naturalist Charles Fletcher Lummis. Highland Park
has the city’s largest historic district (Historic Preservation Overlay Zone)
with approximately 2,500 structures.
DETAILS:
Saturdays, December 19,
2009, February 27, 2010, April 24, June 26, August 28, October 23, and
December 18
Start time: 10:00 am
Length: 2-1/4 hours
Distance covered: About 1-1/4 miles total walking
Walking difficulty: Moderate, Stairs, not wheelchair
accessible, no pets or strollers, suggest no children under 12
Reservations required by Thursday prior to tour:
HPHT / LAC Members $5.00 Non-members $10.00
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Location
INCLUDED ON THE TOUR:
Sycamore
Grove Park and the Sousa-Hiner Band Shell
La Casita Verde (former Ziegler House)*
Liddell “La Boheme” House* and the Baker House*
Casa De Adobe *
The Hiner House*
Craftsman homes of Sycamore Terrace, known as “Faculty Row” Original
Occidental Hall of Letters
*Interiors visited, subject to availability
Tour in Spanish by special arrangement
Thank you for joining us on
our Highland Park Heritage Trust walking tour!
We look forward to seeing you!