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The house was designed by C.W. Wedgewood and built in approximately 1894. |
The house was designed by C.W. Wedgewood and built in approximately 1894. |
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[[Adlai E. Stevenson II]], was born in the master bedroom on February 5, 1900. Stevenson’s father, Lewis Stevenson |
[[Adlai E. Stevenson II]], was born in the master bedroom on February 5, 1900. Stevenson’s father, Lewis Stevenson assistant business manager of the ”Los Angeles Examiner”. The neighborhoods was known at the time as “millionaire row.”<ref name=adlai>{{cite news|title=Gov. Adlai Stevenson’s Birthplace In L.A. Becomes Rooming House|newspaper=Evening Vanguard|date=July 26, 1952|page=5|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-vanguard-adlai-stevenson/190895919/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> |
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The house was later the home of silent film star [[Bebe Daniels]]. |
The house was later the home of silent film star [[Bebe Daniels]]. |
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In 1952, the home became a rooming house known as |
In 1952, the home became a rooming house known as Grange. It was partitioned into 20 apartments.<ref name=adlai/> |
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Stevenson died in 1965, the declared Historic-Cultural Monument.<ref>{{cite book|title=Historic Cultural Monuments 1 – 588|publisher=City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department|year=1994}}</ref> |
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The house later was later partitioned again into 11 apartments as the “Adlai E. Stevenson Student House,” serving as student housing for the [[University of Southern California]]. A 1989 newspaper article reported on the property’s soiled carpeting and yellowed wallpaper: “There is little dignified about the dwelling now.”<ref>{{cite news|title=Landmarks|newspaper=The Daily Breeze|date=July 30, 1989|page=A14|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-breeze-adlai-stevenson-birthpl/190898939/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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Revision as of 02:54, 9 February 2026
Historic site in West Adams, Los Angeles
Birthplace of Adlai E. Stevenson II is a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument (No. 35) in the West Adams neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.
The house was designed by C.W. Wedgewood and built in approximately 1894.
Adlai E. Stevenson II, was born in the master bedroom on February 5, 1900. Stevenson’s father, Lewis Green Stevenson moved to Los Angeles for his health and worked as assistant business manager of the Los Angeles Examiner. The neighborhoods was known at the time as “millionaire row.”[2] The family moved to Illinois when Stevenson was six years old.[3]
The house was later the home of silent film star Bebe Daniels.
In 1952, the home became a rooming house known as “The Grange”. It was partitioned into 20 apartments.[2]
One month after Stevenson died in July 1965, the City of Los Angeles declared the house as the city’s Historic-Cultural Monument No. 35.[4]
The house later was later partitioned again into 11 apartments as the “Adlai E. Stevenson Student House,” serving as student housing for the University of Southern California. A 1989 newspaper article reported on the property’s soiled carpeting and yellowed wallpaper: “There is little dignified about the dwelling now.”[5]
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