4468 W. Dundee Drive 90027
4468 W. Dundee Drive 90027 Los Feliz USA
Type
Spanish Colonial Revival
Sold
Bedrooms
4 Bedrooms
Bathrooms
3 Baths
Area
2,887 sqft
About
History:
George Hjelte served as a 1941 director of LFIA. In city government, he worked his way up to General Manager of the Los Angeles Recreation & Parks Department, writing “Footprints in the Park” about his experiences. His daughter, Dorothy Meyer, raised in the Dundee Drive home, raised her family there. She was President of the LFIA in the 1980s, as she also served the Culver City Rec & Parks Dept. A member of the Paller family who built the house recalls that the house was given up to the lender during the Depression. (Sources: LFIA records, Nora Paller, 1994) George C. Hjelte was an LFIA Director in 1941 and later from 1966 until 1974, and served as First Vice-President from 1972 to 1974. In the 1930s, he was the Los Angeles Superintendent of Recreation and Playgrounds, and later the General Manager of the Department of Recreation and Parks in the 1940s and 1950s. (Source: Donald Seligman and the Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks).
1930 census:
4468 Dundee Drive (Value: $30,000): 1) Max Paller, owner and head of household; 41 year old white married male; married at age 33; born in Russia; parents born in Russia; speaks Jewish; to US in 1911, a naturalized citizen; proprietor of a sheet metal works. 2) Minnie Paller, wife; 37 year old white married female; married at age 29; born in Russia; parents born in Russia; speaks Jewish; to US in 1910, a naturalized citizen; not working. 3) Leonard J. Paller, son; 6 year old white male; in school; born in California. 4) Ruth F. Paller, daughter; 1 year old white female; born in California. 5) Gladys M. Gordon, servant; 44 year old white divorced female; born in Poland; parents born in Poland; speaks Polish; to US in 1905, a naturalized citizen; a servant in a private family.
1940 Census:
4468 Dundee (value $15,000): 1) George C. Hjelte, head of household; white married male 48 years of age; born in California; superintendent city playground; earns over $5,000. 2) Francis A. Hjelte, wife; white married female 46 years of age; born in California; not working. 3. George S. Hjelte, son; 19 year old white single male; born in California; in school. 4) Helen A. Hjelte, daughter; 17 year old white single female; in school; born in California. 5) Dorothy B. Hjelte, daughter; 6 year old white female; born in California; in school. 6) Rebecca Lambert, maid; 56 year old negro female widow; born in Louisiana; a maid in a private household; earns $500.
Details
Type: Spanish Colonial Revival Sold
Bedrooms: 4
Area: 2,887 sqft
Lot Size: 12,260 sqft
Bathrooms: 3
Year Built: 1928