Stonehurst Historic Preservation Overlay Zone Explained

The Stonehurst Historic Preservation Overlay Zone is located in the Sun Valley neighborhood of Los Angeles, in the northeastern San Fernando Valley.^[1]

It is a city-designated Historic Preservation Overlay Zone (HPOZ).^[2]

Architecture

Most of the 92 homes were built between 1923 and 1925 by Dan Montelongo, using local river stone from the Tujunga Wash.^[1] The neighborhood has the highest concentration of homes utilizing native river rock as a primary building material in Los Angeles.^[1]

The bungalows are often characterized as being "Stonemason Vernacular," a derivative of the American Craftsman architectural style.^{[1] [3]}

The 1930 Stonehurst Park Community Building, also by Dan Montelongo, is a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument in the HPOZ.^[3]

See also

• List of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments in the San Fernando Valley
• History of the San Fernando Valley

External links

• Map of the Stonehurst Historic Preservation Overlay Zone properties
• Stonehurst HPOZ Preservation Plan — photographs of Stonehurst houses, and history of Stonehurst.

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20140805021420/http://preservation.lacity.org/hpoz/la/stonehurst City of Los Angeles Office of Historic Resources: Stonehurst Historic Preservation Overlay Zone
2. Web site: Stonehurst Historic District . . January 31, 2023 . Peek in the Stacks . California State University, Northridge . February 1, 2023 .
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20150424024836/http://preservation.lacity.org/files/Stonehurst%20PP.pdf Stonehurst HPOZ Preservation Plan