34.0727° N 118.3351° W
Hancock Park
G. Allan Hancock's 1920s subdivision of Rancho La Brea. Grand Tudor, Spanish and Georgian homes on wide parkway streets, with the Wilshire Country Club at its center.
History
How Hancock Park came to be.
- 1828
Rancho La Brea is granted to Antonio José Rocha and Nemesio Domínguez.
- 1863
Major Henry Hancock acquires the rancho land.
- 1919
His son G. Allan Hancock begins subdividing the oil fields into a residential park.
- 1948
Nat King Cole buys a Tudor on Muirfield Road, becoming the first Black homeowner in the neighborhood despite fierce opposition.
- 2008
The City Council adopts the Hancock Park Historic Preservation Overlay Zone.
Points of interest
Places that define Hancock Park
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Fun facts
Things even locals forget
Royal guests.
Prince William and Catherine stayed at the British Consul General's Wallace Neff residence in 2011.
Baby Jane's house.
The house in What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? is at 172 South McCadden Place.
A name shared with the tar pits.
The Hancock family also gave the city the park around the La Brea Tar Pits.
Hancock Park real estate
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