Spaulding Square | |
Pushpin Map: | United States Los Angeles Western |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Western Los Angeles |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | California |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Los Angeles |
Subdivision Type3: | City |
Subdivision Name3: | Los Angeles |
Settlement Type: | Neighborhood of Los Angeles |
Timezone: | PST |
Utc Offset: | -8 |
Timezone Dst: | PDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -7 |
Coordinates: | 34.0961°N -118.3572°W |
Postal Code Type: | Zip code |
Postal Code: | 90046 |
Spaulding Square is a neighborhood in Los Angeles, California.
Spaulding Square is named after California architect Albert Starr Spaulding, who purchased the area and subdivided it in 1914. It a neighborhood of modest homes built between 1916 and 1921. [1] Many of the early residents were actors and technicians from the movie industry.[2]
There are approximately 160 homes In the area. There are Colonial-style bungalows, along some Italian, Renaissance, English, Mediterranean, Spanish, Prairie and Craftsman homes.[3]
One early resident was Rudolph J. Berquist,[4] a cinematographer known for the silent films Camille and One Night in Rome. He built his home at 1400 N Ogden Drive in 1919.[5]
In 1993, Spaulding Square was designated a Historic Preservation Overlay Zone (HPOZ) by the city of Los Angeles.
Spaulding Square is bounded by Orange Grove Avenue on the west, Stanley Avenue on the east, Sunset Blvd on the north, and Fountain Avenue on the south.[6]
Films shot in the neighborhood include: