Victorian Los Angeles:: From Pio Pico to Angels Flight

by Charles Epting

Overview

Before the oil boom and rise of Hollywood brought today's renowned landmarks to downtown Los Angeles, an entirely different and often forgotten high Victorian city existed. Prior to Union Station, there was the impressive Romanesque Arcade Station of the Southern Pacific line in the 1880s. Before UCLA, the Gothic Revival State Normal School stood in place of today's Los Angeles Public Library. Elsewhere the city held Victorian pleasure gardens, amusement piers and even an ostrich farm, all lost to time and the rapid modernization of a new century. Local author Charles Epting reveals Los Angeles's unknown past at the turn of the twentieth century through the prominent citizens, events and major architectural styles that propelled the growth of a nascent city.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781626196087
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	03/23/2015
Series:	Brief History
Pages:	144
Sales rank:	1,079,608
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Born in Santa Monica and raised in Huntington Beach, California, Charles Epting is an undergraduate student at the University of Southern California studying history and geology. He is the author of A Brief History of University Park, Los Angeles" and "The New Deal in Orange County, California," as well as the editor of "Orange County Pioneers: Oral Histories from the Works Progress Administration."

Table of Contents

Preface 11

Acknowledgements 15

Chapter 1 The Early Victorian Era, 1837-1848 17

Chapter 2 Independence and Incorporation, 1849-1869 31

Chapter 3 Development of the City, 1870-1884 47

Chapter 4 Height of the Victorian Era, 1885-1901 62

Chapter 5 Around the County 76

Chapter 6 Victorian Attractions 89

Chapter 7 Traces of Victorian Los Angeles: Neighborhoods and Homes 101

Chapter 8 Traces of Victorian Los Angeles: Downtown 111

Chapter 9 Traces of Victorian Los Angeles: Historic Parks 119

Chapter 10 A Brief Tour of Downtown Victorian Los Angele 127

Epilogue. The End of Victorian Los Angeles 135

Further Reading 141

About the Author 143