Forthmann Carriage House Explained

Forthmann Carriage House
Location:812 E Edgeware Rd, Angelino Heights, Los Angeles, California
Coordinates:34.0292°N -118.2843°W
Built:1887
Architect:Burgess J. Reeve
Architecture:Victorian
Owner:Current owners: Ithyle Griffiths & Angela Kohler
Designation1:Los Angeles
Designation1 Date:October 4, 1972
Designation1 Number:103

The Forthmann Carriage House, is a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument (No. 103) located in Angelino Heights, Los Angeles, California. It is a 1,000 sq. ft. Victorian style carriage house built 1882, designed by Burgess J. Reeve. It was relocated in March 2006 from its original location at 629 West 18th Street. Los Angeles, California to its current location at 812 E Edgeware Rd. Los Angeles, California. The relocation was made possible thanks to the efforts of Barbara Behm, an independent developer who restored many properties in Angeleno Heights.

Sometime in the 1880s, Burgess J. Reeve designed a 4,200 square foot, eleven-room Victorian mansion for John A. Forthmann. Forthmann, a German immigrant, had made his money from founding and running the Los Angeles Soap Co. The business, most famous for its White King brand (“It takes so little”), at one point covered about sixteen acres of downtown. Forthmann died in 1922.[1]

The Forthmann Carriage House is currently owned and in the process of restoration by Ithyle Griffiths and Angela Kohler.

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  1. Web site: No. 103 - Forthmann House and Forthmann Carriage House.