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Los Angeles CA House 108 Fremont Place, ca1930-1939

 Item — Box: 1L, Folder: 31-33b
Identifier: CHS/LAACC-0011

Scope and Contents note

Mediterranean style two story house with red clay tile roof on corner lot. Address 108 is freshly painted on curb. An additional curb painted sign with words "HOUSE" and other illegible numbers or letters. 3 images with variations in exposure 2 nearly identical and 1 (1:33a) taken on a different date. Images 1:30-1:31 are incorrectly labeled as "Los Angeles Apartment Homes" This is actually a single family residence. An additional image was located at a later time within the same collection (1:33b) which was taken on the same date as 1:33a, and differs from the prior 2 images as noted by the dead fronds on the palm trees and slightly different shapes and sizes of some of the landscape plantings. This 4th image is somewhat underexposed however a key difference lies in the street name painted on the curb. The painted name is faded and worn but can be read as Fremont Place. This is the north east corner of Fremont Place and W. 9th Street in the Fremont Park area of Hancock Park in Los Angeles.

Fremont Park was a 50 acre site developed in 1911 as a private community of only 48 lots. The three developers, Charles Ingram, David Barry and George Briggs announced at the time that that no home would cost less than $7,500. Fremont Place would also feature an elegant entrance with granite gateways designed by J. Martyn Haenke costing $12,000 each.

The home at 108 Fremont Place, according to assessor records, was built in 1920. It is a 6 bedroom 5 bath home of 5,293 square feet on a 33,562 square foot lot. A.P. Giannini, the founder of the Bank of Italy which later merged into and became the Bank of America lived for a time at 108 Fremont Place. In 2009, the occupants of the home are George W Carroll and Laura Petrucci Carroll. Laura is a 1976 graduate of Princeton University.

Dates

  • Creation: ca1930-1939

Creator

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Extent

From the Collection: 146.01 Linear Feet (143 boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the USC Libraries Special Collections Repository

Contact:
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles California 90089-0189 United States