Highland Park Heritage Trust Bi-Monthly Walking Tour

photograph by Ken Johnson, ©2007

Highland Park Heritage Trust Bi-Monthly Walking Tour

February 26, 2011 @ 10:00 am

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, February 26, 2011, April 23, June 25, August 27, October 22, and December 17
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

or Contact: 323-256-4326

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