About

David J. Witmer & Loyall F. Watson, architect.

History:

“An unusual example of a reinforced concrete house with the wide board marks of the forms strongly showing. Its image & detailing are Tudor.” (Source: g&w, 1985, p 177.)
The architects, David Witmer and Loyall Watson, designed the first public housing project in Los Angeles in 1938-1939.
Illustrated in Southwest Builder and Contractor, 6/20/24, p. 45.

1930 census:
2020 North Edgemont Street (Value: $75,000): 1) Henry O. Wheeler, owner and head of household; 47 year old white married male; born in Vermont; father born in Vermont, mother in New York; an attorney at law. 2) Mary B. Wheeler, wife; 45 year old white married female; married at age 33; born in Illinois; father born in Connecticut, mother in Illinois; not working. 3) Henry O. Wheeler, Jr., son; 5 year old single white male; born in California. 4) Katharine B. Wheeler, daughter; 3 year 3 month old single white female; born in California. 5) Gudrun Monsen, nurse; 43 year old single white female; born in Norway; parents born in Norway; speaks Norwegian; to US in 1908, a resident alien; a nurse in a private family. 6) Margaret Fruby, servant; 51 year old female widow; born in Iowa; father born in Ireland, mother in New Jersey; a servant in a private family.

1940 Census:
2020 Edgemont Avenue (Value $30,000): 1) Mary B. Wheeler, head of household; white widow 55 years of age; born in Illinois; not working. 2) Henry O. Wheeler, Jr., son; white single male 15 years of age; born in California; in school. 3) Katharine B. Wheeler, daughter; white female 13 years of age; born in California; in school. 4) Gudrun Monsen, nurse; white single female 53 years of age; born in Norway; nurse-companion, private home; earns $1,800. 4) Anna Kettenring, cook; white single female 37 years of age; born in Germany; cook, private home; earns $720.