Circa 1925
Fraternal Order of the Eagles? building.
1625 Abbot Kinney Blvd
Venice, California
F.O.E. Building on 324 2008
Venice Beach Suites and Hotel (Historic) on 3129 2008
Circa 1908, renovated 2002
Built as a hotel right in the thick of things on Ocean Front Walk in 1908 and renovated in 2002, Venice Beach Suites and Hotel provides a sense of Venice in its heyday. Substantial differences can be seen between the building in its early days (postcard) to in its present incarnation.
Ocean Front Walk
Venice, California
St. Francis Hotel (Historic) on 3128 2008
Circa 1904
The St. Marks, designed per developer Abbot Kinney’s directive in “Venitian Renaissance” stlye, was a cornerstone of early Venice.
Windward
Venice, California
Apartment Building (Marsh & Russell) on 3025 2008
Circa 1905
Early Marsh & Russell apartments in the old canal district. Like several other, contemporary Venice designs, the building is evocative of the Prairie School architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright and his mentor, Louis Henri Sullivan.
San Juan Ave
Venice, California
Old Craftsman (Historic) on 3025 2008
Circa 1912
This Market Street Craftsman is a variation on the important, turn-of-the-century (that would be the last century) architectural style.
Market Street
Venice, California
The Haley Hotel (Historic) on 3025 2008
Circa 1906
The former Haley Hotel (which I know precious little about) is now home to a youth hostel, skateboard shop and various other small businesses.
1516 Pacific Ave
Venice, California
Kinney House (Historic) on 3023 2008
Circa 1908
This house reportedly stood in the canal district where it was inhabited by the Kinney family from 1908 to 1920. Willed to Irwin Tabor, Kinney’s black driver, upon Kinney’s death, the house was moved to Oakwood because blacks weren’t allowed to live in certain sections of Venice.
Oakwood
Venice, California
Southern Apartments (Historic) on 3023 2008
Circa 1912
Once an apartment building…
Horizon
Venice, California
Police and Fire Station of Venice (Historic) on 3023 2008
Circa 1930
Venice’s old police and fire station is Los Angeles’ only art deco police station and was the first municipal building built after Venice’s 1925 annexation by the City of L.A. This PWA-era building has relief work over the entrance.
North Venice Blvd at Pisani Drive
Venice, California
Parkhurst Building (Historic) on 3023 2008
Circa 1922
Built by Venice attorney/mayor Parkhurst.
California Ave
Venice, California