2228 N. Observatory Avenue 90027
2228 N. Observatory Avenue 90027 Los Feliz USA
Type
Spanish Colonial Revival Bungalow
Sold
Bedrooms
3 Bedrooms
Bathrooms
2 Baths
Area
1729 sqft
About
History:
Home of C. A. Page in 1928. President and General Manager Legal Publishing Co., publishers of the LA “News”; President Los Angeles Shipping Guide Publishing Co, Inc., publishers of the Daily Shipping Guide and Commercial “News”, 216 Court St., LA; born in Boston, MA, 1883; educated in MA; removed to LA in 1907 where he has since been in business; married Marietta Adams in Albany, NY in 1906, and they have a son, Charles A., Jr., and a daughter, Ruth Ten Broek. A member of the Jonathan, Foreign Trade and the Transportation Clubs. (Photo) (Source: Who’s Who in Los Angeles County, 19281929, p. 138)
Listed at $870,000 in 2003. (Source: real estate brochure)
Garden City of California, architect.
1930 census:
2228 Observatory Avenue (Value: $10,000): 1) Bert A. Page, owner and head of household; 46 year old white married male; married at age 23; born in Massachusetts; father born in New York, mother in Massachusetts; a newspaper publisher. 2) Marietta Page, wife; 44 year old white married female; married at age 21; born in New York; parents born in New York; not working. 3) Charles A. Page, son; 20 year old single white male; born in California; a clerk in a newspaper. 4) Ruth T. Page, daughter; 16 year old single white female; in school; born in California.
1940 Census:
2228 Observatory Avenue (Value $8,250): 1) Mary D. Stillson, head of household; white widow 76 years of age; born in Wisconsin; not working. 2) Louise F. Stillson, daughter; white single female 44 years of age; born in Colorado; librarian for a private library; earns $185. 3) Bernard J. Stillson, son; white single male 41 years of age; born in Colorado; installer, telephone company; earns $2,200.
Details
Type: Spanish Colonial Revival Bungalow Sold
Bedrooms: 3
Area: 1729 sqft
Lot Size: 8400 sqft
Bathrooms: 2
Year Built: 1920