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The Bungalow Courts of Hollywood

Every court named in Caroline Raftery’s 2016 survey of Hollywood’s bungalow courts — the designated, the merely surveyed, and the demolished. Her full survey counted 470 courts, 195 of them already gone.

Hollywood, from Edinburgh Avenue east to Hoover Street, with the named bungalow courts numbered.
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Hollywood, from Edinburgh Avenue east to Hoover Street. Two courts in the thesis lie beyond this map and are listed at the end.
standingdemolishedapproximate location4061 W Melrose, not in the thesis

Designated

  1. 1
    Whitley Court

    1720–1728½ Whitley Ave

    Historic-Cultural Monument No. 448; National Register, 1986; inside the Whitley Heights HPOZ — the only Hollywood court with all three protections.

  2. 2
    Covert Cottages

    938 N Martel Ave

    Historic-Cultural Monument No. 783.

  3. 3
    The Bukowski Court

    5124 De Longpre Ave

    Historic-Cultural Monument No. 912.

  4. 4
    Gower Street Bungalow Court

    2494 N Gower St

    Historic-Cultural Monument No. 1047.

  5. 5
    Edinburgh Bungalow Court

    750–756½ N Edinburgh Ave

    Eight Spanish Colonial Revival bungalows. Designated a Historic-Cultural Monument in 2016 (No. 1105), after an Ellis Act withdrawal of all eight rent-stabilized units was filed in April 2015.

  6. 6
    St. Andrews Court

    1514 N St. Andrews Pl

    National Register, 1998.

  7. 7
    1516 N Serrano Ave

    1516 N Serrano Ave

    National Register, 16 Sept 2010.

  8. 8
    1544 N Serrano Ave

    1544 N Serrano Ave

    National Register, 16 Sept 2010.

  9. 9
    1554 N Serrano Ave

    1554 N Serrano Ave

    National Register, 16 Sept 2010.

  10. 10
    1721 N Kingsley Dr

    1721 N Kingsley Dr

    National Register, 16 Sept 2010.

Surveyed, not designated

  1. 11
    1232 N Cahuenga Blvd

    1232 N Cahuenga Blvd

    Twenty units, altered; found not eligible. Discussed as a small-lot subdivision case.

  2. 12
    5718 Fountain Ave

    5718 Fountain Ave

    SurveyLA status 3CD: eligible as a district contributor.

  3. 13
    1318 N Serrano Ave

    1318 N Serrano Ave

    SurveyLA status 3CD despite a low integrity rating.

  4. 14
    1738 N Wilcox Ave

    1738 N Wilcox Ave

    Twelve units in five two-story buildings, 1916. Undesignated; cited as vulnerable under its zoning.

  5. 15
    1632 N Normandie Ave

    1632 N Normandie Ave

    Eighteen detached units, 1923. Not in SurveyLA's findings; proposed in the thesis as a candidate for designation.

  6. 16
    Los Feliz Lodge

    1509 N Hoover St

    An HCM nomination began in 2006; not designated.

Demolished

  1. 17
    1621 N Gower St

    1621 N Gower St

    A half-court. Demolished in 2014.

  2. 18
    6339 Homewood Ave

    6339 Homewood Ave

    Rated high integrity, then demolished before 2016.

Beyond this map

  1. 19
    Maltman Court

    Maltman Ave, Echo Park

    Seventeen detached Spanish Colonial Revival bungalows, 1926 — converted under the Small Lot Subdivision Ordinance, the thesis's example of that ordinance used to keep a court standing.

  2. 20
    The Bungalows on York

    1405 Armadale Ave, Highland Park

    Ten units, 1930s; privately restored, undesignated.

Not in the thesis

  1. ★
    4061–4069½ W Melrose Ave

    East Hollywood

    A 1923 court in the same plan area, added by Esotouric. In August 2026 the City Council denied a small-lot subdivision of it, calling the conversion a “paper demolition” of its rent-stabilized units.