Los Angeles's Chester Place (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780738546872)

Hidden behind massive 120-year-old gates a few blocks south of downtown Los Angeles is Chester Place, the oldest gated community in the city. Created as an enclave of the wealthy and powerful in 1899, the remarkably intact stately mansions of this historic neighborhood were once home to the movers and shakers of politics, industry, and entertainment. Beside century-old palm trees, the former mansion of oil-industry pioneer Edward Doheny stands as the centerpiece of the neighborhood at No. 8 Chester Place, which was purchased in 1901. His family dominated the neighborhood for the next 57 years. Located side by side with St. James Park in what is today called the West Adams District at the northern extents of University Park, containing the University of Southern California, Chester Place has been home to the campus of Mount St. Mary's College for a generation.

Author: Don Sloper
ISBN-10: 0738546879
ISBN-13: 9780738546872
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Language: English
Published: 01/10/2007
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.71lbs
Size: 9.22h x 6.50w x 0.34d