Bonsallo Avenue

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Bonsallo Avenue is a street in South Los Angeles that consists of two segments about four miles apart. The northern segment, located in historic West Adams, Los Angeles near downtown, is home to six Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments. The southern segment, near Slauson Avenue, is between Los Angeles' Mt Carmel and Hoover-Gage parks.

South Los Angeles districts and neighborhoods of Los Angeles

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West Adams, Los Angeles Neighborhood of Los Angeles in California, United States

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William H. Bonsall

The street is named for William Hartshorn Bonsall. At the time Bonsallo Avenue was developed in the early 1890s, Bonsall was a member of the Los Angeles City Council (President of the Council from 1893 to 1895) [1] and lived less than a mile from the street's northern segment (near the corner of W Adams Blvd and Vermont Avenue). [2]

William Hartshorn Bonsall, known as W.H. Bonsall, was an American military man, newspaper and magazine publisher, real-estate investor and insurance adjuster who was the effective manager of the California Veterans home in the 19th Century and was a president of the Los Angeles City Council in the 20th.

Vermont Avenue

Vermont Avenue is one of the longest running north/south streets in City of Los Angeles and Los Angeles County, California. With a length of 23.3 miles (37.5 km), is the third longest of the north/south thoroughfares in the region. For most of its length between its southern end in San Pedro and south of Downtown Los Angeles, it runs parallel to the west of the Harbor Freeway (I-110).

Historic homes

John B. Kane Residence

The John B. Kane Residence is a two-story Queen Anne-Eastlake Victorian house located in West Adams, Los Angeles on Bonsallo Avenue. Built 1892-1893, the house was designated Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument #500 in June 1990.

Notes

  1. ↑ Telephone Interview with Samuel N. Bonsall (son) by Florence H. Goddard, The Los Angeles Public Library Local History Collection Biography, November 13, 1937
  2. ↑ Paul Gleye, et al., Discover North University Park: A walking tour presented by the Los Angeles Conservancy and the North University Park Community Association, 1981

Coordinates: 33°58′42″N118°17′10″W / 33.9783°N 118.2860°W / 33.9783; -118.2860

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