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Originally Posted by Tetsu
What a great view. In this photo is another place that really interests me, the Forthmann House which once stood at 629 W. 18th Street, in the pic just to the left of the Patriotic Hall I believe. Thankfully it was moved to Hoover Street near the USC campus and restored. I'm really interested in seeing more photos of it in its original location, if they exist. Here it is today:
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I think the panorama posted yesterday by
Flyingwedge shows the Forthmann house and its environs in 1902. I know the quality isn't great at the maximum zoom level, but here's a close-up of what I believe to be the right part of 18th Street. The Forthmann house should be the first two-story house on the right of the street through the middle.
Detail of picture at
Huntington Digital Library
According to the Baist maps, the large building on the right is the 16th Street School, even though it's on 17th Street. This is not to be confused with the 16th Street
Public School which we discussed recently - that's a couple of blocks east. The map below is from 1910.
www.historicmapworks.com