Posts Tagged ‘Historical Society’
2025 GARDEN TOUR
Please join us for our annual garden tour on Saturday, May 3rd from 12:00 to 4:00. Pick up wristbands and programs at 355 S. Windsor Boulevard. Food and beverages will also be available at this location. This year’s garden tour features a selection of lovely gardens and personal styles. We have two gardens on Wilton…
Read MoreECHO PARK SWAN BOAT RIDE AND TOUR
THE WINDSOR SQUARE HANCOCK PARK HISTORICAL SOCIETY PRESENTS Echo Park Lake Walking Tour and Swan Boat Ride Sunday, October 6th at 10:00am751 Echo Park Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90026 Members $25Non-Members $35.00 Member Ticket Member Ticket $26.50 USD Non Member Ticket Non Member Ticket $37.00 USD
Read MoreANNUAL MEETING AND BARBECUE
*SOLD OUT* Join Us for the Annual Meeting & Summer Barbecue! Date: Saturday, August 3rdTime: 5:00 PMLocation: 355 S. Windsor Blvd. We look forward to seeing you there!
Read MoreAll Good Gardens, Great and Small
The Windsor Square Hancock Park Historical SocietyPresents All Good Gardens, Great and Small Saturday, May 4th, 202412:00 to 4:00 PM Enjoy Refreshments and Silent Auction. 355 S. Windsor Boulevard is ground zero once again for All Good Gardens, Great and Small, a tour of five private gardens. This year’s garden tour features five delicious gardens of varying sizes, three in…
Read MoreTOUR THE HISTORIC HERALD EXAMINER BUILDING
TOUR THE HISTORIC HERALD EXAMINER BUILDINGdesigned 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,…
Read MoreA VERY SPECIAL INTERIOR TOUR OF CONSULATE GENERAL HOMES
Saturday. November 4th12pm 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…
Read MoreFebruary 2024, BEHIND-THE-SCENES WALKING TOUR OF CBS TELEVISION CITY
February 18, 2024 11am *SOLD OUT* Join us for a tour of this historic studio Come join us as we visit the iconic Television City building prior to the proposed $1.25 billion expansion. CBS moved to this historic property located at Beverly Blvd. and Fairfax in 1950. We will have a chance to visit the stages…
Read MoreAN AFTERNOON WITH NANCY OLSON
At the young age of 22 actress Nancy Olson had the great fortune of being cast in the ingenue role in a film starring William Holden, Gloria Swanson and Erich Von Stroheim. That motion picture was the epic Sunset Boulevard. For this picture she was nominated for an Academy Award. The film Sunset Boulevard has always been…
Read More667 So. June Street, Hancock Park
The property on which this magnificent home sits was originally owned by Mr. G. Allan Hancock. The parcel was sold by Hancock in 1924 to Mr. Thomas H Birchall. Birchall applied for building permits in 1927. His address on the permits was 4429 Victoria Park Drive, Los Angeles. Upon completion in 1929, he sold it…
Read MoreANNUAL TEA
Annual Tea. Please Join us for the Windsor Square Hancock Park Annual Tea at the Wilshire Country Club. Tickets: Member $75, Non-Members $85 This event is SOLD OUT You are cordially invited to attendTHE WINDSOR SQUARE HANCOCK PARK HISTORICAL SOCIETYANNUAL TEA Sunday, February 26th, 20231pm – 4pmWilshire Country Club301 North Rossmore Special GuestCouncilwoman Katy Young…
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