Highland Park Heritage Trust Walking Tour
This tour explores the rich and varied architectural and social history of the Sycamore Grove area of Highland Park, one of Los Angeles’ oldest neighborhoods.
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 Lummis. Highland Park-Garvanza is the city’s largest historic district (Historic Preservation Overlay Zone) with approximately 2,500 structures.
Places to Visit:
Sycamore Grove Park and the Sousa-Hiner Band Shell
La Casita Verde (former Ziegler House)*
Liddell “La Boheme” House*
Baker House*
The Hiner House*
Craftsman homes of Sycamore Terrace, known as “Faculty Row”
(*Interiors visited, Subject to availability)
Tour Organizer: Highland Park Heritage Trust – www.hpht.org – (323) 908-4127
Tour Schedule: Bi-Monthly – Call for schedule – Reservations required:
Start time: 10:00 am
Length: 2-1/4 hours
Distance covered: About 1-1/4 miles total walking
