Historic Hollywood
An illustrated history of the City of Hollywood,California, paired with the histories of companies, families and organizations that make the region great.
An illustrated history of the City of Hollywood,California, paired with the histories of companies, families and organizations that make the region great.
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<strong>Hollywood</strong> Heritage is a private, nonprofit<br />
membership organization dedicated to the<br />
preservation of the historic built environment in<br />
<strong>Hollywood</strong>, California, and to education about<br />
the role of the early film industry and its<br />
pioneers in shaping that environment.<br />
The organization’s activities include<br />
preservation advocacy, heritage education and<br />
programming and stewardship of two historic<br />
properties: The Lasky-DeMille Barn (1895),<br />
which houses the <strong>Hollywood</strong> Heritage Museum,<br />
and Wattles Mansion and Gardens (1907), the<br />
last remaining estate in <strong>Hollywood</strong> that was<br />
built prior to the rise of the film industry.<br />
<strong>Hollywood</strong> Heritage has played a significant<br />
role in the preservation of numerous Los Angeles<br />
<strong>Historic</strong>-Cultural Monuments, such as the Janes<br />
House, the Max Factor Building and Studio, the<br />
El Capitan Theater and building, the Egyptian<br />
Theater, more than 200 of the original Walk of<br />
Fame stars, the Art Deco Screen Cartoonists’<br />
Building, the Cinerama Dome, Grauman’s<br />
Chinese Theater, the Streamline Moderne<br />
ABC/Merv Griffin Studios and the historic 1929<br />
<strong>Hollywood</strong> Bowl orchestra shell. In 1985 it<br />
successfully nominated the <strong>Hollywood</strong> Boulevard<br />
<strong>Historic</strong> Commercial and Entertainment District<br />
to the National Register of <strong>Historic</strong> Places.<br />
Programming at the <strong>Hollywood</strong> Heritage<br />
Museum includes Evenings at the Barn<br />
(September-June) and screenings of silent films<br />
by The Silent Society, a Committee of<br />
<strong>Hollywood</strong> Heritage. During July and August<br />
those screenings move outdoors to Paramount<br />
Ranch in Agoura, California as the popular<br />
series Silents Under the Stars (with live piano<br />
accompaniment). The Silent Society also helps<br />
sponsor screenings in cooperation with the<br />
UCLA Film and Television Archive.<br />
In 2000, Wattles Mansion and Gardens was the<br />
proud recipient of a Preserve Los Angeles grant<br />
from the Getty Institute. Work is continuing on<br />
the findings from that project. The Wattles is a<br />
local treasure. In 1993 the Wattles Mansion was<br />
designated as City of Los Angeles Cultural<br />
Monument # 579 and with its heirloom Rose<br />
Gardens and formal Spanish and Italians Gardens<br />
it is a popular site for weddings and film shoots.<br />
HOLLYWOOD HERITAGE, INC.<br />
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A postcard of the Wattles Mansion<br />
and Gardens.<br />
Below: The Lasky-DeMille<br />
Barn houses the <strong>Hollywood</strong><br />
Heritage Museum.<br />
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