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Originally Posted by Tetsu
Also, on the subject of it being moved to Wilshire, would it not be reasonable to guess that it's just been rounded off as 'being moved to Wilshire' because its Witmer location was so close to the Wilshire intersection?
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Yes, it would, but that's not what's being said:
"From its perch on the foot of Bunker Hill, the Foy residence kept watch over the corner until 1920, when it was moved to Wilshire Boulevard. It was later moved twice more and today sits at 1325 Carroll Avenue in Angelino Heights."
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kcet
"on the foot of Bunker Hill" seems a bit of a stretch too.
Also the Foy house is at 1337 Carroll Ave, not 1325:
gsv
No. 1325, the
Irey House, built in 1887 or 1890 (depending on who one wants to believe), is two doors east and needs
a lot of work.
The permit to move it to Carroll Ave from 1123 Court St was issued in 1977:
gsv
That's, of course, the Innes House (ca 1887)
in between the Foy and the Irey, made famous as a filming location. It was actually built on Carroll Ave.
The Big Orange Landmarks quote re the Foy:
"This house hasn’t had just one location in its Los Angeles history. Not two, nor even three, but four different sites has this home called home. According to Landmarks of Los Angeles by McGrew and Julian, it was built in 1872 at the corner of Seventh and Figueroa (then called Pearl), being moved to Wilshire Boulevard in 1921. It was then relocated to 633 South Witmer Street, and, in 1993, finally wound up at its present spot on Carroll Avenue."
Actually McGrew and Julian don't quite say that in "Landmarks of Los Angeles" (1994). The correct quote is:
"His home was built on the corner of Seventh and Pearl (now Figueroa); later it was moved to Wilshire Boulevard and finally to its current address"
Which is even worse.
McGrew and Julian list the "current address" as 633 S Witmer Street at the top of their entry on the Foy. (It was moved to Carroll Ave the year before their book came out.)
Anyway, the house was built on Grasshopper St./Calle de los Chapules. The name wasn't changed to "Pearl St" through this stretch until 26 Feb 1874 and then to "Figueroa" in 1896 per
Nathan Masters (the
LA Herald of 27 Feb 1874 backs him up). There's also
this.
But hey, I make plenty of mistakes too.
I just want to know if there's any credible evidence that the Foy ever had a Wilshire address or was moved more than twice.