The Stonehurst Historic Preservation Overlay Zone is located in the
Sun Valley neighborhood of Los Angeles, in the northeastern
San Fernando Valley
The San Fernando Valley, known locally as the Valley, is an urbanized valley in Los Angeles County, Los Angeles County, California. Situated to the north of the Los Angeles Basin, it comprises a large portion of Los Angeles, the Municipal corpo ...
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[City of Los Angeles Office of Historic Resources: Stonehurst Historic Preservation Overlay Zone](_blank)
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It is a city-designated Historic Preservation Overlay Zone (HPOZ).
Architecture
Most of the 92 homes were built between 1923 and 1925 by Dan Montelongo, using local river stone from the Tujunga Wash
Tujunga Wash is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed March 16, 2011 stream in Los Angeles County, California. It is a tributary of the Los Angeles River, providing about a f ...
.bungalow
A bungalow is a small house or cottage that is typically single or one and a half storey, if a smaller upper storey exists it is frequently set in the roof and Roof window, windows that come out from the roof, and may be surrounded by wide ve ...
s are often characterized as being "Stonemason Vernacular," a derivative of the American Craftsman architectural style.[Stonehurst HPOZ Preservation Plan](_blank)
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The 1930 Stonehurst Park Community Building, also by Dan Montelongo, is a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument
Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments are sites which have been designated by the Los Angeles, California, Cultural Heritage Commission as worthy of preservation based on architectural, historic and cultural criteria.
History
The Historic-Cul ...
in the HPOZ.
See also
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*History of the San Fernando Valley
The history of the San Fernando Valley from its exploration by the 1769 Portola expedition to the annexation of much of it by the City of Los Angeles in 1915 is a story of booms and busts, as cattle ranching, sheep ranching, large-scale wheat farm ...
References
External links
Map of the Stonehurst Historic Preservation Overlay Zone propertiesStonehurst HPOZ Preservation Plan
— ''photographs of Stonehurst houses, and history of Stonehurst.''
Sun Valley, Los Angeles
Los Angeles Historic Preservation Overlay Zones
History of the San Fernando Valley
American Craftsman architecture in California
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