User:Jengod/LaFayette Square

(Cohen 2003)

 * Founded in 1913 by developer George L. Crenshaw.
 * 236 homes
 * Bordered by Crenshaw, Venice, Washington, West
 * No connection to Lafayette Park near Downtown Los Angeles
 * Named after Marquis de la Fayette
 * "The average home size is 3,600 square feet, with many as large as 5,000 to 6,000 square feet. Most of the properties have period details: Juliet balconies, mahogany staircases and libraries, sitting rooms, stained glass windows, triple crown molding, soaring ceilings&mdash;even four-car garages." (Cohen 2003)
 * Styles: Tudor, Craftsman, Victorian, Mediterranean, Norman and Pririe
 * White-only due to restrictive covenants from 1920 to 1940; African-American largely since 1950; more racially mixed now, "as more white families, priced out of the Westside and Hancock Park, began moving into the neighborhood a decade ago."
 * Little turnover in housing stock

(LA Conservancy 2002)

 * "last and greatest of banker George L. Crenshaw's ten residential developments in the City of Los Angeles."
 * Early residents included Pepperdine University founder George Pepperdine, actors W.C. Fields and Fatty Arbuckle, art collector and industrialist Norton Simon, boxer Joe Louis and the Crenshaw family.
 * "Homes in Lafayette Square are designed in the styles popular for upper-income homes of the 1910s and 1920s, such as Craftsman, Italianate, Spanish Revival, and American Colonial Revival."
 * "Several houses, such as architect Paul Williams' own home, were built in the Modern style, exemplifying an emerging trend in Los Angeles' architectural development."
 * HPOZ since 2000
 * Victoria Park Circle Place/Victoria Park Circle neighborhood

(LADCP 2003)

 * 20 residences of X are "non-contributing features"
 * Ordinance 173,422, adopted July 26, 2000, effective September 3, 2000. Council Index File 98-1317

Streets

 * Buckingham Road
 * Virginia Road
 * Wellington Road
 * Victoria Road
 * St. Charles Place

Site visit

 * Only entrance is on Saint Charles Place off Crenshaw Blvd.