Wellington Square, Los Angeles
Wellington Square is a neighborhood in Mid-City Los Angeles, California at the western edge of the West Adams Historic District.
Wellington Square | |
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  Wellington Square Location within Los Angeles | |
| Coordinates: 34°02′17″N 118°20′06″W | |
| Country |  United States of America |
| State |  California |
| County |  Los Angeles |
| Time zone | Pacific |
| Zip Code | 90019 |
| Area code(s) | 323 |
Geography
Wellington Square contains four streets: Victoria Avenue, Wellington Road, Virginia Road, and Buckingham Road. These four streets contain 209 homes of various architectural styles including Spanish Colonial, Tudor and French Norman. [1]
The neighborhood is bordered by West Boulevard on the west, Crenshaw Boulevard on the east, Washington Boulevard on the north and the Santa Monica Freeway on the south. The neighborhood is gated at West Boulevard and 23rd Street. [1]
The neighborhoods of LaFayette Square and Victoria Park are north.
History
Wellington Square was subdivided in 1912 by George L. Crenshaw. Wellington Square was developed by prominent real estate developer M.J. Nolan.[2] Nolan was a native of Syracuse, New York and settled in LA in 1886. In 1914, Nolan started to develop 90 acres of land between Adams and the new La Fayette Square. He died in 1918,[3] and the W.I. Hollingsworth Co. continued lot sales.[4] The boom years of the 1920s saw the peak of development of the neighborhood. Homes in the neighborhood are an architectural mixture from Craftsman and Revival styles of the 1920s and 1930s.
In 1955, construction of the Santa Monica Freeway was started. The first segment opened in 1961 and the freeway was completed in 1964. It was named by the State Highway Commission on August 14, 1957. Many homes in Wellington Square were demolished by Caltrans to build the freeway.
Landmarks
On October 9, 2013, The Haight-Dandridge Residence, located at 2012 S. Victoria Avenue, was added to the list of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments. The house was designed and built by businessman George Washington Haight in 1908. The two-story residence exhibits character defining features of Craftsman Style and Period Revival architecture. In 1951, the family sold the home to actress Ruby Dandridge, mother of actress Dorothy Dandridge. [5] It is Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument #1044.[6]
Notable people
References
- Kirkpatrick, Dawn. "Wellington Square".
- Los Angeles Times, May 31, 1914, pp.V12.
- Los Angeles Times Obituaries, April 28, 1918, pp.113.
- Los Angeles Times, Sep 7 1919, pp.115.
- http://planning.lacity.org/StaffRpt/CHC/6-6-13/CHC-2013-1540.pdf
- http://cityplanning.lacity.org/complan/HCM/dsp_hcm_result_Citywide.cfm?APC=South%20Los%20Angeles
- West Adams Heritage Association, WAHA Strolls 2000, pp.2.
See also
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