Events Calendar
Welcome to the Windsor Square Hancock Park Historical Society Calendar. We look forward to seeing you at our upcoming events.
Join the Windsor Square Hancock Park
Historical Society for a one of a kind Halloween Experience
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 28TH 7:00 PM
Rich Correll, who owns the largest collection of Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Horror
film memorabilia in the world, has built an exhibit called “Icons of Darkness” in Hollywood at the Montalban Theatre. On October 28th Rich will be giving us a personal virtual tour of his massive one-of-kind collection. This promises to be one of the best Halloween experiences we’ve ever done.”
Ticket to the Virtual Zoom event is $15.00 and is a fundraiser for the WSHPHS. Paypal link is below and you will receive your special ticketed link on the day of the event.
RICH CORRELL
Director, actor, and producer Rich Correll began his career in Hollywood at the young age of eight. After co-starring in “Leave It To Beaver” as a kid, Rich went on to direct and produce some of the most well-known sitcoms in American TV history, including “Happy Days,” “Laverne and Shirley,” “Full House,” “Family Matters,” “Married With Children,” “That’s So Raven,” “The Suite Life of Zack and Cody,” and “Hannah Montana” among others. In 2018, Rich celebrated a directing milestone with the completion of his 700th TV episode.
Most of us know Patty from being the recently elected President of The Ebell, proprietor of The Larchmont Buzz, a longtime member of the society, and resident of Fremont Place and She currently serves as a member of the Fremont Place Association Board. During her busy life, she somehow found time to write a book on the origin and history of everyone’s favorite street, Larchmont Boulevard. The book is available at Chevalier’s Book Store and the society and Chevalier are teaming up to help each other out during these odd times. Patty has new photos as well as information not shared in the book previously. With her unique presentation, Patty is happy to sign and personalize each book purchased through the historical society. Each book will be purchased directly by us from Chevalier’s Book Store and hand-delivered by elves directly to your door with your desired personalized greeting in it. Please think of friends and family who may like this sweet gift for Christmas, Chanukah, birthdays, etc. Presentation: $10 Presentation + copy of book: $30 (+small paypal fee) Zoom link will be provided after purchase of tickets
Windsor Square Hancock Park Historical Society
PRESENTS
Larchmont Blvd
by
Patricia Lombard
Wednesday
November 18
@7:00pm
Presentation + copy of book: $30
Just Presentation: $10
(+small paypal fee)
Zoom link will be provided after purchase of tickets
Most of us know Patty from being the recently elected President of The Ebell, proprietor of The Larchmont Buzz, a longtime member of the society, and resident of Fremont Place and She currently serves as a member of the Fremont Place Association Board. During her busy life, she somehow found time to write a book on the origin and history of everyone’s favorite street, Larchmont Boulevard. The book is available at Chevalier’s Book Store and the society and Chevalier are teaming up to help each other out during these odd times. Patty has new photos as well as information not shared in the book previously. With her unique presentation, Patty is happy to sign and personalize each book purchased through the historical society. Each book will be purchased directly by us from Chevalier’s Book Store and hand-delivered by elves directly to your door with your desired it to be personalized. Please think of friends and family who may like this sweet gift for Christmas, Chanukah, birthdays, etc.
Presentation: $10
Presentation + copy of book: $30
(+small paypal fee)
Zoom link will be provided after purchase of tickets
Larchmont Chronicle pioneer and historical society co-founder, Jane Gilman has written a book about what she knows best, Hancock Park. She puts Hancock Park into the palm of your hand with ease and grace. This is a sweet book that would be a great gift for the holidays. Each book will be purchased directly by us from Chevalier’s Bookstore and autographed by Jane, herself. Please think of friends and family who may like this sweet gift of Hancock Park for Christmas, Chanukah, birthdays, etc.
$30 + ($3 shipping) includes personalized book + presentation
$30 curb-side pick up of personalized book at Chevalier’s Bookstore
$10 for just Jane’s Zoom presentation
The
Hancock Park Windsor Square
Historical Society
PRESENTS
Inside Hancock Park
by Jane Gilman
December 16, 2020 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Please join us in celebrating Jane’s new book wonderfully capturing the history of Hancock Park. Jane Gilman is the former president of the Historical Society and former longtime owner of our terrific local paper The Larchmont Chronicle. She was the first recipient of the Greater Miracle Mile Chamber of Commerce “Trailblazer Award” and our own local treasure.
$30 + ($3 shipping) includes personalized book + presentation
$30 curb-side pick up of personalized book at Chevalier’s Bookstore
$10 for just Jane’s Zoom presentation
(Pay below with a small Paypal fee)
Following your purchase you will receive your personal password to the presentation on the day of the event .
Bunker Hill Los Angeles: Essence of Sunshine and Noir
In Bunker Hill Los Angeles: Essence of Sunshine and Noir, historian Nathan Marsak tells the story of the Hill, from the district’s inception in the mid-19th century to its present day. Once home to wealthy Angelenos living in LA’s “first suburb,” then the epicenter of the city’s shifting demographics and the shadow and vice of an urban underbelly, Bunker Hill survived its attempted erasure and burgeoned as a hub of arts, politics, business, and tourism.
$40 signed book Bunker Hill Los Angeles: Essence of Sunshine and Noir by Nathan Marsak. Click here to Purchase
$10 Presentation only – Members (Pay Below with small Paypal fee)
$15 Presentation only – Non Members (Pay Below with small Paypal fee)
Windsor Square Hancock Park Historical Society
And
Angel City Press
present
Bunker Hill Los Angeles:
Essence of Sunshine and Noir
by Nathan Marsak
Please join us February 17th at 7:00pm
As compelling as the story of the destruction of Bunker Hill is its people who made the Hill at once desirable and undesirable. Marsak commemorates the poets and writers, artists and activists, little guys and big guys, and of course, the many architects who built and rebuilt the community on the Hill—time after historic time.
Any fan of American architecture will treasure Marsak’s analysis of buildings that have crowned the Hill: the exuberance of Victorian shingle and spindlework, from Mission to Modern, from Queen Anne to Frank Gehry, Bunker Hill has been home to it all, the ever-changing built environment.
With more than 150 photographs—many in color—as well as maps and vintage ephemera to tell his dramatic visual story, Marsak lures us into Bunker Hill Los Angeles and shares its lost world, then guides us to its new one.
Wednesday May 26th at 7:00 PM. A prime Hancock Park 1927 Mediterranean Revival Architectural Masterpiece has been fully renovated, restored, decorated and enhanced into its present pristine condition by the legendary design firm of Ron Wilson Interiors and its owner, Joseph Guidera as his personal residence. This distinctive estate has all the hallmarks of a truly unique and special property: built in the 1920s for a direct descendant of Los Angeles oldest original Spanish land grant holding families, designed for large-scale entertaining and yet with many smaller intimate personal spaces in a grand period revival style by noted architects, constructed by a local well know builder of most prestigious luxury homes of the era, and now restored to all of its former glory.
$25 Member price (Pay Below with a small Paypal fee)*
$35 Non-member price (Pay Below with a small Paypal fee)*
*After your purchase you will be emailed the special presentation link by 6pm the day before the presentation and by 12pm on the day of the presentation.
Wednesday May 26th at 7:00 PM
The Windsor Square Hancock Park Historical Society
presents its first
History and Virtual Home Tour of 330 N. June Street
Featuring an interview and guided tour through this historic property by President Richard Battaglia and home owner Joseph Guidera followed by question and answer period with Mr. Guidera.
Patrick J. Watson was born in 1876 to his parents, Colonel James Alexander Watson of Scotland and Maria Dolores Dominguez on the old Manual Dominguez Rancho, which encompasses much of present day cities of Torrance, Wilmington, Compton, Carson, San Pedro and the South Bay area of Los Angeles. This was the first Spanish land grant in CA from King Carlos of Spain. Patrick Watson was the vice president of the Watson Land Co and in 1923, he sold his share of the original Rancho property to The Pan American Oil Company which was a subsidiary of the Doheny Company. In the mid-1920s, Patrick Watson & his wife, Miss Mamie O’Farrell of San Francisco, were looking to move off of the original Rancho property and decided to build a new home for themselves in the fashionable and developing area of Hancock Park.
Patrick hired the notable Architectural firm of Hunt & Burns to design his new family estate on a large double access lot located on a prominent corner in the new district of Hancock Park. During their tenure together, Sumner P. Hunt and Silas R. Burns built some of the most beautiful buildings in the Los Angeles area including: Automobile Club of Southern California, Headquarters – 1921-1923, Children’s Hospital, Los Angeles – 1910, The Wilshire – Ebell Club, Clubhouse – 1926-1927, Los Angeles Public Library, Vermont Square Branch – 1913, McKinley House, Lafayette Park, Los Angeles, CA – 1917, Scripps College, Claremont, CA – 1929, The Los Angeles Tennis Club – 1927 and The Wilshire Country Club – 1919.
For his new home, Patrick Watson would enlist the services of the Sweden-born master builder C.J. Nordquist who had a well-deserved reputation for building some of the grandest homes and public buildings in Los Angeles.
LOVE GARDENS?
The Windsor Square Hancock Park Historical Society is showcasing 5 beautiful local gardens.
Enjoy Music, Plant Sale & Raffle Items
Docents available at each garden.
Refreshments will be served.
JUNE 5, 1-5pm
Tour begins at 166 S. Plymouth
Members $40
Non-Members $50
Partner Organization $40
Come to a guided tour of a very special place by museum owner Carrie Siegel.
The Windsor Square Hancock Park Historical Society
Invites you to join fellow members on a short voyage to Glendale to The Museum of Neon Art.
Sunday, April 16th at 1:00pm
Members: $10
Non Members: $15
Admission + Tom Ziimmerman’s book of historic L.A. neon Spectacular Illumination: $30
Limit 30 People (so get your tickets today)
216 S. Brand Blvd., Glendale, CA. 91204
Convenient parking at The Americana right across the street
No host lunch following at either Shake Shack or In and Out Burger following. Both a short walk from the museum.
For those of you who have never been to The Magic Castle, you are in for a treat. The Historical Society will have its long overdue Halloween party at this legendary Los Angeles landmark on Thursday, October 19th starting at 5:00. Doors open at 5:00 for drinks and various activities. This is a no-host bar. At 6:00 guests will enter the main dining where they will be treated to the Classic Magic Castle 3-Course Prix Fixe Menu, and the option to choose from a variety of delicious dishes. The price for dinner and the shows is $175 per person.
CHOICE OF MAIN COURSE
GRILLED 6oz FILET MIGNON garlic whipped potatoes, grilled jumbo asparagus, and red wine sauce
CITRUS ROSEMARY ROASTED HALF CHICKEN garlic whipped potatoes grilled jumbo asparagus, and citrus beurre blanc
PAN-SEARED SCOTTISH SALMON garlic whipped potatoes grilled jumbo asparagus, and citrus beurre blanc
BUCATINI OGLIO E ALIO WITH FRESH TRUFFLES
Please select your main course and ticket from the drop down menu. (small Paypal processing fee added)
At 8:00 pm there is the Palace Magic Show in the main theater
Guests can stay to enjoy more of the rest of the shows and the castle until closing which is 1:00 AM. Please keep in mind this is a no-host bar and no-host parking. Parking is $25. and carpooling, Uber, and Lift are encouraged.
The Magic Castle is located at 7001 Franklin Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90028 323 851 3313
The Magic Castle is a private magic nightclub of the Academy of Magical Arts (AMA) which hosts nightly performances and it is considered an honor by many magicians to perform there. It is located in Hollywood, California, and opened its doors on January 2, 1963. Only members and their guests are allowed entrance, though courtesy invitations can be obtained by magicians visiting from out of town. During a typical evening, there are numerous magic shows and historic displays, as well as a full-service dining room and numerous bars. The atmosphere is reminiscent of classic nightclub days, and a dress code of fancy party attire is enforced.