West Adams Terrace | |
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  West Adams Terrace Location within Los Angeles | |
| Coordinates:34°01′59″N118°19′08″W / 34.033°N 118.319°W /34.033; -118.319 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Los Angeles |
| Time zone | Pacific |
| Zip Code | 90018 |
| Area code | 323 |
West Adams Terrace is a neighborhood in theWest Adams area ofLos Angeles. Dating back to 1905, it contains sevenLos Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments, one property on theNational Register of Historic Places and oneGreen Book property. In 2003, the neighborhood was designated aHistoric Preservation Overlay Zone.
In 1905, West Adams Terrace wasplatted in from what had been called the Bauer tract. The area on the north side of Adams Street (west ofWestern Avenue) was under the control of the Mesa Land Company, a syndicate headed by William Miles, president, and Charles McKenzie, H.R. Callender, S.J. White and C.G. Andrews. Noted as "the last piece of available elevated land [with] a magnificent view of the valley and surrounding foothills", the land was divided into 235 lots with building restrictions ranging from $2,500 to $5,000.[1][2] The earliest use of the name "West Adams Terrace" in theLos Angeles Times was on July 16, 1905. The area was then described as a "beautiful residence subdivision" with lots being sold for $40,000.
During the next few years, theTimes continued to report sales in the neighborhood.[3][4] On March 6, 1910, theTimes announced that architectA.B. Benton had completed plans for a residence for F.M. Vale on Eleventh Avenue in West Adams Terrace.[5]
In the 1950s, a Green Book property serving African-American tourists was located in the neighborhood.[6] The name West Adams Terrace continued to be used for residential sales in both theLos Angeles Times and theLos Angeles Sentinel.[7][8][9][10][11]
In 1905, theTimes noted that West Adams Terrace was located between Adams Street on the south and Twenty-third Street on the north and between Eighth Avenue on the east and Twelfth Avenue on the west.[2] In 1906, theTimes noted a different boundary - Thirteenth Avenue on the west.[3]
In 2002, the city defined the area as: the north side of West Adams Boulevard on the south, the Santa Monica I-10 Freeway on the north, the rear lot line of the parcels on the west side of Thirteenth Avenue on the west, and the west side of Western Avenue on the east.[12]
On December 2, 2003, the Los Angeles City Council adopted The West Adams Terrace HPOZ (Historic Preservation Overlay Zone). The designation reflected the high concentration of Craftsman and Colonial Revival architectural styles as well as the neighborhood's high level of architectural integrity from the period in which the properties were constructed (1887-1951).[12]
The West Adams Terrace HPOZ is bounded by 13th Avenue to the west, the Santa Monica Freeway to the north, Gramercy Place, 24th Street, and Western Avenue to the east, and West Adams Boulevard to the south (excluding both Joseph Pomeroy Widney High and the 24th Street Elementary School from the HPOZ).[13][14]
(listed in order ofHCM number)
LAUSD has two schools in West Adams Terrace:
In 2013, 24th Street Elementary School became the first campus in Los Angeles to make use of a "parent trigger" law that enabled parents to install a new administration. The school failed to meet the state's educational standards in English and mathematics.[22] The parents voted to take control of the school, and organize it as a hybridcharter school, with theLos Angeles Unified School District operating kindergarten through 5th grade and a private entity, Crown Prep Academy, running grades 5 through 8.[23]
Recent sales by the same fim in West Adams Terrace...
Alice S. McKevitt and Clara W. Gries, two lots in West Adams Terrace
Edgehill, near West Adams Terrace... $23,500
$75... West Adams Terrace apartment
West Adams Terrace...2516 8th Avenue...asking $31,500
Just listed...West Adams Terrace....A Charmer.
If you want a bargain... West Adams Terrace Masterpiece
... bounded by 13th Avenue to the west, the Santa Monica Freeway (10) to the north, Gramercy Place, 24th Street and Western Avenue to the east and West Adams Boulevard to the south ...
...the Clark Library located in West Adams Terrace
Located in the West Adams Terrace Historic Preservation Overlay Zone, it won a 1984 Conservancy Preservation Award, and is a local, state, and nationally registered landmark.
Educational facilities were another type of civic institution found in each neighborhood. Sometimes they were selling points for new residential subdivisions. The development of the 24th Street School was integral to the development of the West Adams Terrace neighborhood
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