Bluff Park Explained

Bluff Park
Settlement Type:	Neighborhood of Long Beach
Pushpin Map:	United States Long Beach#United States Los Angeles Metropolitan Area#USA California Southern#California#USA
Coordinates:	33.7637°N -118.1588°W
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Type1:	State
Subdivision Type2:	County
Subdivision Name2:	Los Angeles
Subdivision Type3:	City
Subdivision Name3:	Long Beach
Unit Pref:	US
Population Density Sq Mi:	auto

Bluff Park is a small, upscale neighborhood in Long Beach, California, United States. There is a bluff along much of the beach in Long Beach, and on one stretch, there is the narrow Bluff Park from which the neighborhood gets its name.

Bluff Park is the location of the Long Beach Museum of Art, as well as many older, well-maintained homes. There is also a Buddhist monastery that once was a Roman Catholic convent.

The boundaries for the Bluff Park Historic District (founded in 1982) are defined as Ocean Boulevard on the south, Junipero Avenue of the west, a jagged line between 2nd St. and Broadway on the north, and Loma Avenue on the east. The community of Belmont Heights is to the east of Bluff Park, the community of Bluff Heights is to the north, and the community of Alamitos Beach is to the west.

Bluff Park

Bluff Park is a 25.8acres park located between Ocean Blvd. and a tall bluff above the large sandy beach in the area. It is frequented by joggers, strollers, and dog walkers. Hobbyists with radio-controlled gliders like to use the natural updrafts of the bluff for their model planes. There is a replica of The Lone Sailor in the park in honor of Long Beach's Naval heritage.^[1]

Historic buildings and homes

The historic district includes a variety of architectural styles, including Greene and Greene, American Craftsman, California Bungalow, Spanish Revival, Prairie Style, American Colonial Revival, Tudor and Mediterranean from the early 1900s.

• The Heartwell/Lowe House, 1919, 2505 East 2nd St., Colonial Revival (just outside the Bluff Park Historic District)
• Long Beach Museum of Art (the Elizabeth Milbank Anderson house and carriage house), 1912, 2300 East Ocean Blvd., Craftsman Bungalow^[2]
• Long Beach Monastery, 3361 E. Ocean Blvd., (affiliation: Mahayana, Ch'an (Zen), Dharma Realm Buddhist Association)
• Irving Gill house, 2749 E. Ocean Boulevard^[3]
• Weathering Heights^{[4] [5]}
• Roland Swaffield^[6] house, architecture by L. Milton Wolf^[7]
• La Villa de la Luna, built 1923^[8]
• Southwind House, built for Dr. A.C. Sellery, co-founder of Seaside Hospital; designed by William Horace Austin, 1913^[9]
• Beans Reardon House^[10]
• Clarence J. Smale^[11]
• Roland Coate^{[12] [13]}
• Meyer & Holler^[14]

See also

• Neighborhoods of Long Beach, California

External links

• Bluff Park Historic District
• Web site: Bluff Park Historic District Map . https://web.archive.org/web/20061006105227/http://www.longbeach.gov/civica/filebank/blobdload.asp?BlobID=5341 . dead . 2006-10-06 .
• Web site: Bluff Park Historic District Ordinance . https://web.archive.org/web/20051119090443/http://www.longbeach.gov/civica/filebank/blobdload.asp?BlobID=8783 . dead . 2005-11-19 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Lone Sailor Statue . June 4, 2009 . The United States Navy Memorial website . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090618025355/http://www.navymemorial.org/About/WhatCanYouSeeHere/TheMemorialPlaza/LoneSailorStatue/tabid/197/Default.aspx . June 18, 2009 .
2. Web site: Long Beach Art Museum . 2008-03-18 . BeachCalifornia.com .
3. News: O'Connor . Pauline . Long Beach home designed by the ‘father of modern architecture’ asks $3M . Curbed LA . 1 May 2020 . en.
4. News: Grobaty . Tim . The time is right to grab Weathering Heights house for $3M . Press Telegram . 30 May 2012.
5. News: Jergler . Don . Bluff Heights home a ‘Weathering Heights’ love story . Orange County Register . 30 January 2014.
6. Web site: Palos Verdes Peninsula News — California Digital Newspaper Collection . cdnc.ucr.edu . 23 February 1961.
7. News: Grobaty . Tim . Get gawked at in this historic First Street home for $2.749 million • Long Beach Post News . lbpost.com.
8. News: Grobaty . Tim . Longtime owner of La Villa de la Luna in Bluff Park puts 'his baby' on the market for $4M • Long Beach Post News . lbpost.com.
9. News: Edwards . Andrew . Long Beach: 100-year-old historic house on the market . Press Telegram . 1 October 2013.
10. News: Grobaty . Tim . Column: Safe at home—Bluff Park and the Beans House • Long Beach Post News . lbpost.com.
11. News: Grobaty . Tim . This nearly century-old home in Bluff Park is on the market for the first time, listed at $3 million • Long Beach Post News . lbpost.com.
12. News: 'Casa Oceana' Beachfront Estate In Long Beach Now For Sale . Long Beach, CA Patch . 8 August 2019 . en.
13. News: O'Connor . Pauline . Sprawling 1920s villa listed for $12M aims to shatter Long Beach sales record . Curbed LA . 12 August 2019 . en.
14. News: Grobaty . Tim . A classic and familiar Bluff Park home hits the market at $2.25 million • Long Beach Post News . lbpost.com.