(1900)* - Close-up view of the Los Angeles County Courthouse in 1900, taken from across Broadway near Rivers Bros. Click HERE to see more Early Views of Hollywood (1850 - 1920). The Hollywood Hills stand in the background. In the extreme background at center, a group of large homes can also be seen. The two-story home consists of a covered balcony and cylindrical section with a rounded rooftop.

In the background at left, is the large Victorian mansion of banker H.J. In the foreground is a well-tended garden consisting of small pine trees, yucca trees, and patches of lawn. 1905) ^ - View showing the northwest corner of Prospect (later Hollywood Blvd.) and Wilcox. As president and major shareholder of the Los Angeles Pacific Boulevard and Development Company, he orchestrated the building of the Hollywood Hotel, the opening of the Ocean View Tract and construction of a Bank which were located on the corners of Hollywood Boulevard and Highland.^* He was well known as a land developer and many tried to follow on his coattails. Mattison bought the Cahuenga Valley RR from James McLaughlin.***

Hurd made his fortune from the mines of Colorado and invested it in a prime Hollywood tract. The beautiful mansion on the northwest corner of Pospect (later Hollywood) and Wilcox was originally built by James McLaughlin who also built the Cahuenga Valley RR.Į. Hurd was a member of the Cahuenga Valley Water Company in Hollywood. 1900)* - Exterior front view of the two-story Victorian Hollywood residence of H.J. In addition to selling his railroad, McLaughlin sold his beautiful mansion on the norhwest corner of Prospect (later Hollywood) and Wilcox to Eli C. Mattison who extended the line westward along Prospect Avenue to Laurel Canyon, opening it to residential development. In 1890 the Cahuenga Valley RR was sold to E.

It was here that McLaughlin built himself a rather imposing “McMansion” on the northwest corner of that intersection. The end of the line was at Prospect Avenue (later Hollywood Blvd.) and Wilcox. The line would extend north along Texas to Temple and then westward to the Los Angeles City Limits at Hoover Street and beyond. In 1887, James McLaughlin obtained a franchise to build a steam dummy line connecting to the 2nd Street Cable Railroad at Diamond (Beverly Boulevard) and Texas (Belmont Avenue) Streets. Also a couple are sitting in an open-air automobile, and the woman wears a lap robe. A streetcar, labeled Santa Monica, is on the street in front of the house. Whitley residence (previously the Hurd Residence) at 6594 Hollywood Blvd. (1900)* - Exterior front view of the Victorian style H.J.

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