The Echo Park Historical Society’s Stairway Walking Tour on Saturday, April 21 at 10 am includes the Baxter Stairs (possibly the city’s longest) as well as Fellowship Park, Red Hill and the modernist Harwell Hamilton Harris house. This is a modestly strenuous tour that includes one long stairway and several steep hills. The tour is […]
Remember how fun it was going to an Echo Park Home Tour? Neighbors opened up their Craftsman bungalows, Spanish-Colonial homes and Mid Century residences to visitors as part of our effort to promote neighborhood history and historic preservation. Even Huell Howser should up for one! After putting the home tour on hiatus for several years, […]
Please join us on Friday, October 27 to watch and celebrate the relighting of the historic sign at the top of the landmark Jensen’s Recreation Center. (Please see the updated ceremony schedule at the bottom of this post) The 28-foot-high animated rooftop sign made up of 1,300 red, green and white light bulbs depicts a bowler […]
Please join us on Friday, October 27 to watch and celebrate the relighting of the historic sign at the top of the landmark Jensen’s Recreation Center. The 28-foot-high animated rooftop sign made up of 1,300 red, green and white light bulbs depicts a bowler throwing a strike. It is believed to be the only sign of […]
The Echo Park Historical Society will be at Echo Park Lake this weekend, Saturday and Sunday, July 15 & July 16, for the 37th Annual Lotus Festival. Make sure to stop by our booth near the lotus bed to view our display of historic photos and meet fellow members. (If you would like volunteer at […]
The Echo Park Lake Walking Tour includes the origins of the Echo Park Lake, the edge of Angelino Heights, site of the American Institute of Mentalism and Angelus Temple. We will talk about the recent renovations of Echo Park Lake. This is a slightly strenuous tour with three Echo Park staircases. Building interiors are not included. […]
The Echo Park Historical Society’s Stairway Walking Tour that had been scheduled for Saturday, July 15 and Sunday July 16 has been CANCELLED! However, the historical society will be hosting walking tours of the Echo Park Lake area on the same days. Please click here for details. The tours will coincide with the 37th Annual Lotus Festival at Echo […]
Join us on Monday, May 15 at 7 pm for our quarterly meeting and a guided tour of The Parsonage of Aimee Semple McPherson at 1801 Park Avenue. Located next to Angelus Temple and across from Echo Park Lake, the home is restored with original furniture, photographs, props, personal artifacts and displays. The wonders of […]
Join us for the Echo Park Historical Society’s Washington Heights Walking Tour at 11 am on Saturday, April 29. Learn about the history of the Washington Heights Tract in Echo Park, one of the oldest commercial districts along Sunset Boulevard. See architectural traces of Echo Park as the Wild West while you hear tales of corrupt […]
In conjunction with the Echo Park Improvement Association, The Echo Park Historical Society has invited special guest Ken Bernstein of the City of Los Angeles Department of Historic Resources to discuss preservation efforts during a meeting on Thursday, Jan. 5 at 7 pm at Williams Hall at Barlow Hospital, 2000 Stadium Way. Mr. Bernstein will […]
Step This Way: Take the Echo Park Stairway Tour on April...April 18, 2018 - 4:36 am
Join us for a History Happy Hour and Home Tour Discovery...February 18, 2018 - 7:24 pmJoin us on Friday for the Jensen’s sign relightin...October 23, 2017 - 6:43 pmJensen’s Recreation Center sign to shine once aga...October 18, 2017 - 1:36 am
Delightful as well as informative! Thank you.April 29, 2017 - 5:29 pm by Susan Borden
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Fascinating history. And a very beautiful house now !February 24, 2016 - 2:08 am by John Wingler
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