Kinney Heights is a neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, bounded by Arlington, 23rd, Adams, and Hermosa (originally Gramercy Place), just south of Interstate 10. Kinney Heights is a subdistrict of the West Adams district of South Los Angeles, California; Curbed also associates it with Jefferson Park.[1]
Before it was subdivided the land was owned by General Hanford Gordon Lennox.[2] The area was developed in 1899 by developer Abbot Kinney, for whom it is named.[3][4] It was a suburban tract of large Craftsman style homes at what was then the western edge of Los Angeles. The homes featured amenities like "beveled-glass china cabinets, marble fireplaces and mahogany floors".[5] It was accessible to downtown via streetcar and attracted upper-middle-class families.[6] At least one house in the neighborhood had a carriage house built on the property.[1]
Many of the hundred-year-old homes are still standing and have been renovated and upgraded. The neighborhood is part of the West Adams Terrace Historic Preservation Overlay Zone (HPOZ). Neighboring subdistricts included Gramercy Park, Adams Place, and Berkeley Square.[7]
The Williams Andrews Clark Library is located in Kinney Heights.[8]
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West Adams in 1921: Ainsworth Tract, Kinney Heights, Belvere Heights, Berkeley Square, Adams Place, West Adams Heights, Gramercy Park, Grand View Heights, and Adams Street Homestead Tract -
"For Sale: Lots" Los Angeles Times, 1902 -
Valle Vista Tourist Home on Cimmaron (2021) -
Houses at Cimarron and 24th (2023)
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- ^ a b Chandler, Jenna (2017-07-18). "Enchanting Craftsman with original carriage barn asks $899K in Jefferson Park". Curbed LA. Retrieved 2023-11-05.
- ^ "Pioneer Dies". Los Angeles Evening Post-Record. 1920-11-13. p. 15. Retrieved 2023-11-05.
- ^ "West Adams Heritage Association | in Historic West Adams, Los Angeles, California". westadamsheritage.org. Retrieved 2023-11-05.
- ^ "West Adams Terrace | Los Angeles City Planning". planning.lacity.org. Retrieved 2023-11-05.
- ^ Mithers, Carol (April 17, 2005). "Vanishing: The history of one house in L.A." Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
- ^ Oliver, Marilyn Tower (October 1, 1995). "In Touch with the Past: Craftsman-style homes in three neighborhoods recall gracious days of yore. Today they rate among L.A.'s best buys". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2023-11-04. & "HOMES: Neighborhoods' Craftsman-Style Houses (part 2 of 2)".
- ^ Mandel, Jennifer (2022-03-29). The Coveted Westside: How the Black Homeowners' Rights Movement Shaped Modern Los Angeles. University of Nevada Press. ISBN 978-1-64779-035-6.
- ^ Cooper, Suzanne Tarbell; Lynch, Don; Kurtz, John G. (2008). West Adams. Arcadia Publishing. p. 93. ISBN 978-0-7385-5920-9.