34.1036° N 118.2166° W
Mount Washington
Robert Marsh's 1909 hilltop subdivision, once reached by an incline railway. Winding streets, hillside moderns and views from downtown to the San Gabriels.
History
How Mount Washington came to be.
- 1909
Robert Marsh lays out Mount Washington, with a summit hotel and an incline railway from the valley floor.
- 1914
The Southwest Museum opens on the hillside above the Arroyo Seco.
- 1919
The incline railway shuts down.
- 1925
Paramahansa Yogananda buys the old hotel as the world headquarters of Self-Realization Fellowship.
- Today
Hillside lots draw architects for houses that cling to the slopes.
Points of interest
Places that define Mount Washington
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Fun facts
Things even locals forget
A railway up the hill.
From 1909 to 1919 a funicular carried residents to the summit.
Steep enough to brag about.
Eldred Street's 33 percent grade ranks it among the steepest in LA.
A yogi bought the hotel.
Yogananda turned the summit hotel into a spiritual retreat in 1925.
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