Discover LA’s hidden historic districts on a private guided tour. Explore Victorian homes, Beaux Arts mansions, and the La Brea Tar Pits. Book now!
Discover LA’s hidden historic districts on a private guided tour. Explore Victorian homes, Beaux Arts mansions, and the La Brea Tar Pits. Book now!
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Angelino Heights Historic Area - Angelino Heights (1983)
-First Designated Historic District in LA.
-LA’s first suburb: best concentration of pre-1900 Victorian-era architecture in LA
-Later example of Craftsman and Mission Revival Styles - Los Angeles - Windsor Square District: designed to be the most exclusive neighborhood with many lots 100…
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Angelino Heights Historic Area - Angelino Heights (1983)
-First Designated Historic District in LA.
-LA’s first suburb: best concentration of pre-1900 Victorian-era architecture in LA
-Later example of Craftsman and Mission Revival Styles - Los Angeles - Windsor Square District: designed to be the most exclusive neighborhood with many lots 100 feet wide and 300 feet deep; many Beaux Arts and Craftsman style homes and later period Renaissance and Spanish Colonial revival homes.
- Hancock Park - Hancock Park: designated in 2006 HPOZ, part of Mayor Henry Hancock purchase of eastern portion of Rancho La Brea and developed by his son G. Allan Hancock in 1920’s; known for its palatian two stories period revival home - Tudor, Gothic Revival, Spanish Colonial, Italian Renaissance Revival, American Colonial, Mediterranean and Monterey Revival, French Eclectic and many more. We will visit also the world famous La Brea Tar Pits, with its incredible fossils collection of extinct mega-fauna of the late Pleistocene.
- Los Angeles - South Carthay District, developed for the new affluent middle class in 1930’s by the Greek developer Spyros George Ponty with its Spanish Colonial Revival houses, stained glass windows, tiles, shower glass etching.
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Travel back in time to discover the authentic Los Angeles and its most significant Historic Districts. These treasures were constructed when LA’s population was under 200,000, and today they lie hidden within this sprawling city of 15 million. Our journey will take us from Angelino Heights, showcasing the finest examples of pre-1900 Victorian houses, to…
Travel back in time to discover the authentic Los Angeles and its most significant Historic Districts. These treasures were constructed when LA’s population was under 200,000, and today they lie hidden within this sprawling city of 15 million. Our journey will take us from Angelino Heights, showcasing the finest examples of pre-1900 Victorian houses, to Windsor Square, designed as the most exclusive LA neighborhood with the largest lots and homes in Beaux Arts and Craftsman styles. We’ll also explore Hancock Park, the vision of one of LA’s most renowned mayors, featuring two-story, palatial period revival homes in Tudor, Gothic Revival, Spanish Colonial, American Colonial, and Mediterranean styles. Additionally, we’ll visit the world-famous La Brea Tar Pits, home to an incredible collection of fossils from extinct mega-fauna of the late Pleistocene. The tour concludes in South Carthay, a neighborhood developed in the 1930s by Greek developer Spyros George Ponty, known for its Spanish Colonial Revival houses, stained glass windows, tiles, and etched shower glass.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.