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Originally Posted by GaylordWilshire
This house is older than 1897...Henry C Sigler was listed there in the 1894 CD...and it looks older than that to me. (The LAPL's CD site has been acting up lately, with many "Internal Server Errors" or "site is unavailable" notices, so maybe it can be checked later.)
Manitou St was Hawkins St until the late '90s... the original address was 1000 Hawkins St. H C Sigler was at "1000 Manitou" by 1900; haven't tracked down when the renumbering happened.
Given its quirky architecture and corner location, I was hoping there might be an image of it in the Times or the Herald that would reveal a witch's hat, but no dice.
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I'm glad it wasn't just me who's had problems with the City Directories recently, but they're back up at the moment.
Here are some listings for Henry C Sigler at 1000 Hawkins Street/Manitou Avenue:
1892, Frank Sigler is listed as a bookkeeper at the L A National Bank, but Henry's entry just says "real estate".
1893, Frank is now a bookkeeper at the Southern California Investment Co, but Henry is listed as its president.
1894, Frank is missing, Henry is still president of the Southern California Investment Co, and a Miss Lillian G Sigler at 1000 Hawkins Street for the first time.
1896, Frank is back, listed simply as "bookkeeper", Henry is back to "real estate", and no occupation is listed for Lillian.
1897, all three Siglers are listed, although none have occupations with their names.
1898, Frank is a bookkeeper, and Henry is secretary of The Los Angeles Mining Bureau. Lillian is also still there.
1899, Henry is the only one listed.
1901, Henry is listed as secretary of the Kern Queen Oil Co, although there's also a 1900-1901 CD where his occupation just says "broker".
Incidentally, a Harry B Gibson is listed as a resident of 1000 Hawkins Street in the 1891 CD, but Henry isn't mentioned.
The 1890 CD has Henry living at 400 Hawkins Street, and already president of the Southern California Investment Co. This appears to be the original address of the house as the 1888 and 1890 CDs have the street's intersection with Sichel as 401 Hawkins Avenue.
I don't know what happened to Frank and Henry, but Lillian is the only Sigler listed at 2800 Manitou in 1907, and by 1908, Walter S Bott, president of the Bott-Osgood Co is the only listed resident. He's there until 1921, but his last entry gives his occupation as "rancher".
I haven't yet found a Lemberger connected to the house.
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