Events Calendar

Welcome to the Windsor Square Hancock Park Historical Society Calendar. We look forward to seeing you at our upcoming events.

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TOUR OF THE HISTORIC HERALD EXAMINER BUILDING 10:00 am
TOUR OF THE HISTORIC HERALD EXAMINER BUILDING @ HERALD EXAMINER BUILDING
Mar 1 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
TOUR OF THE HISTORIC HERALD EXAMINER BUILDING @ HERALD EXAMINER BUILDING
TOUR THE HISTORIC HERALD EXAMINER BUILDING designed by famed architect Julia Morgan In 1904, Morgan was the first woman to obtain an architecture license in California. Greatly impressed by her work on the reconstruction of…
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PANN’S RESTAURANT 1:00 pm
PANN’S RESTAURANT @ Panns
Mar 23 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
PANN'S RESTAURANT @ Panns
SATURDAY MARCH 23RD 1:00 Please join us for an outing to this iconic example of Googie architecture lovingly preserved in the Westchester area of Los Angeles. 6710 La Tijera Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90045 Members…
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Dec
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HISTORICAL SOCIETY HOLIDAY PARTY AT TAM O’SHANTER @ Tam O’Shanter
Dec 11 @ 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
HISTORICAL SOCIETY HOLIDAY PARTY AT TAM O’SHANTER @ Tam O’Shanter

Please mark your calendars to join your fellow members of the Historical Society for our annual holiday party on Sunday, December 11th at 1:00. This year we will be enjoying the festivities at the much-loved 100-year-old Tam O’Shanter in Atwater Village. This was Walt Disney’s favorite place for lunch and the plaque on table 31 is a testament to it.  Roast beef, Yorkshire pudding, fresh salmon, roasted chicken, Martinis and rum toddies, etc.

Sunday, December 11th at 1:00
Tam O’Shanter
2980 Los Feliz Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90039

Festive all year long and especially this time of year.

Members: $75
Guests: $85

Feb
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ANNUAL TEA @ Wilshire Country Club
Feb 26 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
ANNUAL TEA @ Wilshire Country Club

*This event is SOLD OUT*

You are cordially invited to attend
THE WINDSOR SQUARE HANCOCK PARK HISTORICAL SOCIETY
ANNUAL TEA

Sunday, February 26th, 2023
1pm – 4pm
Wilshire Country Club
301 North Rossmore

Special Guest
Councilwoman Katy Young Yaroslavsky

Guest Speaker
Photographer & Author Tom Zimmerman
Spectacular Illumination: Neon Los Angeles 1925-1965

May
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A Tree Walking Tour with The Urban Lumberjack
May 6 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
A Tree Walking Tour with The Urban Lumberjack

The Windsor Square Hancock Park Historical Society

Presents

A Tree Walking Tour with The Urban Lumberjack

Members: $25
Non Members: $35

Saturday May 6th 10:00 am

More info at TheUrbanLumberjack.com

Limited to 30 People
Comfortable shoes are suggested for walking

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A Secret Garden Tour
Jun 3 @ 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
A Secret Garden Tour

Saturday June 3rd. Five Gardens within
Windsor Square and Fremont Place
Starting at 355 S. Windsor Boulevard

Enjoy Six Gardens, Plant Sales & Silent Auction
Refreshments will be served

Members: $45
Non-Members: $55

The Windsor Square Hancock Park Historical Society
Presents

A Secret Garden Tour

Saturday, June 3rd 2023
1:00 to 5:00 PM

TICKETS CAN BE PURCHASED IN PERSON AT 355 SO. WINDSOR BLVD.

355 S. Windsor Boulevard is ground zero for A Secret Garden Tour. At this location will be the reception desk where guests and docents will receive their wristbands. This is also where you can pay by credit card, cash, or check for admittance to the tour. This location also has a plant sale, food and refreshments, and a silent auction.

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Annual Meeting and Barbeque
Jul 29 @ 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Annual Meeting and Barbeque

Windsor Square Hancock Historical Society
Presents

2023 Annual Meeting and Barbeque

SOLD OUT!
NO MORE TICKETS AVAILABLE

Members $65
Non-Members $80

On the grounds of one of the best houses in Windsor Square
501 S. Plymouth Blvd, SW corner of 5th and Plymouth.

Not only is the O’Melveny House a beautiful historic Craftsman-style home it is also the cover photo of our website and was moved in pieces from its original location at Wilshire Boulevard and New Hampshire Avenue. It is now the home of our hosts, Executive Committee member, Brian Curran and his husband, Kevin MacLellan.

If you would like more information on the history of the house, you can go here.  https://wilshireboulevardhouses.blogspot.com/2013/06/3250-wilshire-boulevard-please-see-our.html

Guest speaker author Rosemary Lord

Rosemary is an actress and the author of the popular books Hollywood: Then And Now, Los Angeles: Then And Now, and Los Angeles. Rosemary will be speaking to us on the history of the Women’s Club Of Hollywood of which she is the newly elected President.

For new members, the Historical Society holds its Annual Meeting every year to give out our Landmark Awards and install our new Executive Committee for the next year. We also install our new class of Trustees and Advisors.

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DOUBLE-DECKER BUS TOUR OF WINDSOR SQUARE AND HANCOCK PARK
Oct 14 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
DOUBLE-DECKER BUS TOUR OF WINDSOR SQUARE AND HANCOCK PARK

Join architectural historian Eleanor Schrader and realtor/architectural author Bret Parsons for a spectacular tour of the historic enclaves of greater Hancock Park. Our double-decker bus will guide us down streets filled with beautiful homes as we reveal secrets that illuminate this coveted neighborhood. We’ll regale you with details about its historic revival styles, extraordinary architects (Elmer Grey, Sumner Hunt, Paul R. Williams, Wallace Neff, and others), filming locations including “Sunset Boulevard,” and anecdotes about the lavish lifestyles of famous personalities who inhabited these estates.

Members Tickets are $75

Note that all tours require 48 hours’ cancellation notification for refund. You will be asked to sign a waiver of liability.

A portion of the proceeds benefit Windsor Square Hancock Park Historical Society.

Upper-deck seats provide a unique view of the homes on our tour.

Additional details to be emailed a couple of days before the tour.

Please, no children, babies, or pets.

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A VERY SPECIAL INTERIOR TOUR OF CONSULATE GENERAL HOMES
Nov 4 @ 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm
A VERY SPECIAL INTERIOR TOUR OF CONSULATE GENERAL HOMES

Saturday. November 4th 12pm to 4pm

The Windsor Square Hancock Park Historical society proudly presents our annual home tour on Saturday, November 4th from 12:00 to 4:00. This year for our home tour we have scheduled an outing which has not been attempted since 1976. Because of the stately homes in Hancock Park and Windsor Square there are a wealth of Consulate General homes. There are eleven in all but not all will be on this year’s home tour. As usual for the home tour there are a handful of stately historic houses, lunch and refreshments as well as a silent auction. Prosecco will also be served. Day of sale ticket purchases, lunch and the silent auction will be held at 355 S. Windsor Blvd. Names of the country consulates and addresses will be provided within the program at this address when attendees receive their wrist bands. Security is tight on this tour so photography and video of any interiors of the consulates is strictly forbidden.

If you have anything you would like to donate to our silent auction tax receipts are available. The Historical Society is a non-profit 501 c3. Proceeds go to the greening and improvement of various spaces in and around our area. Most recently the Historical Society donated funds for the bistro lighting above the city parking lot on Larchmont Blvd.

Day of event tickets, lunch, and silent auction will be at 355 S. Windsor Blvd.

Tickets for the Consulate Home Tour are $65 for members and $85 for non-members.

Tour Tickets Members and Non Members
Dec
10
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CHRISTMAS/HOLIDAY PARTY LAWRY’S PRIME RIB
Dec 10 @ 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm
CHRISTMAS/HOLIDAY PARTY LAWRY'S PRIME RIB

Please join us for our annual Holiday Christmas Party at world-famous Lawry’s Prime Rib this year. The original location was on Restaurant Row on La Cienega Boulevard in Beverly Hills, California, and was opened in 1938 by Lawrence L. “Lawry” Frank and Walter Van de Kamp. It now has restaurants all over the world.

Please bring a Toys For Tots gift.

Member and guests: $125 (with a small Paypal fee)



WSHPHS Holiday Party


Our Holiday dinner will be in the Oval Room, can hold up to 100 and includes:

PLATED HORS D’OEUVRES
Potato Pancakes with Caviar & Creme Fraiche

SALAD COURSE
Lawry’s Famous Original Spinning Bowl Salad
Crisp romaine, iceberg lettuce, baby spinach, shredded beets, chopped eggs, croutons, Lawry’s Vintage Dressing, with sourdough bread

ENTREE SELECTIONS
The server will take orders for the choice of one at dinner
Roasted Prime Ribs of Beef
8 oz. Cut Carved to order, served with mashed potatoes, Yorkshire pudding,au jus, whipped cream horseradish
Choice of:
Creamed Spinach
Creamed Corn
Salmon Rockefeller
Skuna Bay salmon, sautéed spinach, scampi shrimp
Crispy Roasted Chicken
Half of a jidori bird, wilted chard
Vegetarian Entrée of the Day

DESSERTS
Vanilla Ice with hot fudge ( no berries)

Classic Dinner
Includes freshly brewed Lavazza Coffee or Harney & Sons Hot Tea

For more on the rich delicious history of Lawry’s go here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawry%27s_The_Prime_Rib

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Mar
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TOUR OF THE HISTORIC HERALD EXAMINER BUILDING @ HERALD EXAMINER BUILDING
Mar 1 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
TOUR OF THE HISTORIC HERALD EXAMINER BUILDING @ HERALD EXAMINER BUILDING
TOUR THE HISTORIC HERALD EXAMINER BUILDING
designed by famed architect Julia Morgan
In 1904, Morgan was the first woman to obtain an architecture license in California. Greatly impressed by her work on the reconstruction of the Fairmont Hotel, after the San Francisco earthquake of 1906, Phoebe Hearst recommended Morgan for several large construction projects, including Asilomar. Her son, William Randolph Hearst, was likewise greatly impressed and, after his mother’s death, retained Morgan to design what would become the biggest and most famous project of her career, Hearst Castle.

*SOLD OUT*

Join us as we take a tour of the iconic Herald Examiner Building
now housing Arizona State University
1111 S Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90015

Friday March 1st at 10:00am, limited tickets
Members $25. Non-Members $45

Following the tour there will be a no-host lunch within walking distance at PINE & CRANE
1120 S. Grand Ave.
Mar
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PANN’S RESTAURANT @ Panns
Mar 23 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

SATURDAY MARCH 23RD 1:00

Please join us for an outing to this iconic example of Googie architecture lovingly preserved in the Westchester area of Los Angeles. 6710 La Tijera Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90045

Members $35. Guests: $35. Includes lunch. Beer, wine, and mixed drinks are no host.

Panns

Pann’s is a coffee shop and restaurant known for its history, role in movies, and distinctive architecture. The restaurant was opened by husband and wife George and Rena Poulos in 1958.[1][2] It is also known for its neon sign,[3]Googie architecture, and 1950s decor.[4] The building and its iconic neon sign were designed by architects Eldon Davis and Helen Liu Fong of the Armet & Davis architectural firm.[1] Pann’s remains one of the best preserved examples of Davis’ Googie designs, according to the Los Angeles Times

For more on Pann’s go here. ttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pann%27s