Before it was subdivided the land was owned by General Hanford Gordon Lennox.[2] The area was developed in 1899 by developer
Abbot Kinney, for whom it is named.[3][4] It was a suburban tract of large
Craftsman style homes at what was then the western edge of Los Angeles. The homes featured amenities like "beveled-glass china cabinets, marble fireplaces and mahogany floors".[5] It was accessible to downtown via streetcar and attracted upper-middle-class families.[6] At least one house in the neighborhood had a carriage house built on the property.[1]
West Adams in 1921: Ainsworth Tract, Kinney Heights, Belvere Heights, Berkeley Square, Adams Place, West Adams Heights, Gramercy Park, Grand View Heights, and Adams Street Homestead Tract
Before it was subdivided the land was owned by General Hanford Gordon Lennox.[2] The area was developed in 1899 by developer
Abbot Kinney, for whom it is named.[3][4] It was a suburban tract of large
Craftsman style homes at what was then the western edge of Los Angeles. The homes featured amenities like "beveled-glass china cabinets, marble fireplaces and mahogany floors".[5] It was accessible to downtown via streetcar and attracted upper-middle-class families.[6] At least one house in the neighborhood had a carriage house built on the property.[1]
West Adams in 1921: Ainsworth Tract, Kinney Heights, Belvere Heights, Berkeley Square, Adams Place, West Adams Heights, Gramercy Park, Grand View Heights, and Adams Street Homestead Tract