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Originally Posted by rick m
The house with the 2 levels of east facing verandas in the center of this image-- It matches an old Herald Examiner image (minus the shorn tower) in LAPL Photo collection-- numero 00032489- They don't I.D. which brother Shorb owned it- but likely not the winegrower brother who lived east of Los Angeles..
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Hey thanks, very that's interesting! Here's the 1930 photo you mentioned, the caption for which refers to the home as
412 Justicia. That same home was at various times also called 42 Buena Vista, 352 Buena Vista, and 412 Buena Vista:
LAPL
The same house, as previously posted, but with a red dot on the roof:
This January 3, 1924, BP references a fire ("Restore as before the fire") and a new flat roof for 412 Buena Vista:
LADBS
This July 17, 1925, BP suggests that 412 Buena Vista had just become 412 Justicia (note the crossout at the top):
LADBS
An August 4, 1925, BP for more bathroom work gives the address as 412 Justicia, as does the January 7, 1931, Demo
Permit. However, as late as the 1921 Baist Map, the old Glassell home (under the red dot) was still at 352 Buena Vista,
and there was no 400 block of Buena Vista:
Historic Mapworks
But as I mentioned, the home was originally 42 Buena Vista:
1888 Sanborn @ ProQuest via LAPL
Regarding Glassell vs. Shorb, here's what I think happened: Andrew Glassell built the house in c. 1886-87, but after
his wife died in late 1895,
J. deBarth Shorb, Jr., and his wife Louise -- one of Andrew Glassell's daughters -- moved in.
They first appear there in the 1896 LACD. Andrew Glassell died in 1901, the last year J. deBarth Shorb appears at
352 Buena Vista in the LACD. So I think Shorb only lived there while his wife looked after her aging, widower father.
July 18, 1887,
Los Angeles Times (I'm sorry about the left edge of the article, but it was like that when I found it):
ProQuest via LAPL
Death of Mrs. Andrew Glassell:
December 5, 1895,
Los Angeles Herald at
CDNC
Death of Mr. Andrew Glassell:
January 29, 1901,
Los Angeles Herald @
CDNC
Alfred Glassell, son of Andrew Glassell, is survived by his sister, Mrs. J. deBarth Shorb:
November 3, 1905,
Los Angeles Herald @
CDNC