Feb 22, 2020 - Sycamore Grove Walking Tour - Highland Park Heritage Trust

This tour explores the rich architectural and social history of the Sycamore Grove area of Highland Park, one of LA’s oldest neighborhoods.

This tour explores the rich and varied architectural and social history of the Sycamore Grove area of Highland Park, one of Los Angeles’ oldest neighborhoods.

Located along the Arroyo Seco, Highland Park was created in 1870 by developers who purchased the territory from Spanish and Mexican landowners. Incorporated into Los Angeles in 1895, it quickly became a thriving part of the city, and was once home to both Occidental College and USC’s School of Fine Arts. At the beginning of the twentieth century, the Arroyo Seco was a center of the nation’s emerging Arts and Crafts movement, and was home to one of Los Angeles’ first great preservationists, naturalist Charles Fletcher Lummis. Highland Park -Garvanza has the city’s largest historic district (Historic Preservation Overlay Zone) with approximately 2,500 structures.

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INCLUDED ON THE TOUR:

Sycamore Grove Park and the Sousa-Hiner Band Shell

La Casita Verde (former Ziegler House)*


Liddell “La Boheme” House* and the Baker House*


The Hiner House*

*Interiors visited subject to availability.

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Start Time: 10:00 AM


Length: 2-1/4 hours

Distance Covered: About 1-1/4 miles total walking

Walking Difficulty: Moderate, stairs, not wheelchair accessible, no pets or strollers, not recommended for children younger than 12 years old

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MEETING PLACE:

The Bandshell at Sycamore Grove Park

4600 Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA 90042

Easily accessed by MTA buses and Gold Line. Get off at the Sycamore Grove Station and walk to Sycamore Grove Park to meet docents. Plentiful street parking on Figueroa Street.

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The mission of the Highland Park Heritage Trust is to preserve the heritage of Los Angeles’ Arroyo Seco communities through education, advocacy and preservation projects for the benefit of present and future generations. LA’s Arroyo Seco communities consist of Highland Park, Garvanza, Mt. Washington, Hermon, Montecito Heights and Cypress Park.