Rear view of Fred and Edith Eckert's Craftsman style bungalow. The redwood shingle home was built in 1911 on the property of Gates Ranch in Eagle Rock, where Fred Eckert was the foreman; a few years later, in 1922, Eckert became the superintendent of Eagle Rock City Water Department. Eagle Rock is a neighborhood in northeastern Los Angeles that derives its name from a massive boulder at the district's northern edge, which contains an indentation that casts a vaguely bird-shaped shadow on the rock at certain times of day. In the 1880s Eagle Rock existed as a farming community with grand Victorian farmhouses and many exquisite Craftsman homes in charming neighborhoods. The Gates Strawberry Ranch, worked by Chinese laborers, covered Eagle Rock from Eagle Rock Boulevard to Maywood Avenue, from Yosemite Drive to Colorado Boulevard, replacing the grazing pastures of the great Rancho San Rafael once owned by the Verdugo family. In 1906 Eagle Rock became an independent city and was incorporated in 1911; in 1914 it also became home to Occidental College, designed by famed architect Myron Hunt. Today, several streets in Eagle Rock are lined with historic and architecturally significant homes done in the Colonial revival, English Tudor, Craftsman, Georgian, Streamline Moderne, Art Deco and Spanish/Mission style of yesteryear.
Architecture, Domestic--California--Eagle Rock (Los Angeles) Dwellings--California--Eagle Rock (Los Angeles) Ranches--California--Eagle Rock (Los Angeles) Eckert, Fred Gates Ranch (Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, Calif.) Eagle Rock (Los Angeles, Calif.)
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