About

History:

House altered.

In 1922 Frank and Walter Van de Kamp of the Van De Kamp Dutch bakery family founded the Lawry’s company and created the Tam O’Shanter Inn restaurant in the Atwater Village district of Los Angeles, California, which claims to be the oldest restaurant in Los Angeles still operated by the same family in the same location. In 1938 the two opened Lawry’s The Prime Rib on La Cienega Boulevard in Beverly Hills. Lawry’s The Prime Rib is an upscale gourmet restaurant chain specializing in prime rib. For many years Lawry’s carvery was unique in having only a single entrée on its menu, standing rib roast. The same year, Lawry’s began marketing its signature seasoned salt in retail stores. This was the beginning of a food products empire under the Lawry’s name that today sells a wide range of seasonings and flavorings. (Wikipedia 2016).

A. J. Woodhouse, architect

1930 census:
3465 Rowena Avenue (Rents for $55 per month): 1) Jesse L. Moore, renter and head of household; 39 year old white married male; married at age 32; born in North Dakota; father born in Wisconsin, mother in Minnesota; a property manager. 2) Viola J. Moore, wife; 24 year old white married female; married at age 17; born in Pennsylvania; father born in Pennsylvania, mother in Germany; not working. 3) Betty J. Moore, daughter; 6 year old white female; in school; born in California.

1940 Census:
3465 Rowena Avenue (Rents for $70): 1) Walter Van de Kamp, head of household; white married male 40 years of age; born in Wisconsin; advertising director for a retail bakery association; earns $3,900. 2) Helen B. Van de Kamp, wife; white married female 36 years of age; born in Arizona; not working. 3) Kenneth Van de Kamp, son; white male 13 years of age; born in California; in school.