1530 East Adams Boulevard

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  • Built in 1906 on Lot 64 in Harbert & Butterworth's Adams Street Tract by William Johnson, apparently on spec. The Department of Buildings issued a permit for 1530 East Adams Street on May 10, 1906
  • James E. Gallagher, a Los Angeles Railway conductor, bought 1530 East Adams soon after completion. Both he and his wife Margaret were born in Ireland; by 1910 they were living at 1530 with three children. Early on the morning on December 21, 1914, the family was awakened by an intruder, who was chased down the street by Mr. Gallagher and then by a partrolman, who fired shots in vain. The burglar had made off with a purse containing $22. The Gallaghers left 1530 by 1920, after which the house became rental property
  • By 1920, Melcerd and Josephine Pipkin were renting 1530; he is described in the Federal census enumerated that January 8th as a "car polisher" at a garage. The Pipkins were succeeded by renter William Pulliam, a grocer
  • Barrelmaker and minister of the gospel Henry Dright acquired 1530 East Adams by 1925. Both he and his wife, Mary, were Louisiana natives, born before the Civil War; they would remain at 1530 until 1940
  • Warehouseman Irvin Poma, an employee of the W.P.A., and his wife, Equilla, bought 1530 East Adams in 1940, at times over the next 17 years renting it out. A classified advertisement appeared in the Los Angeles Sentinel on October 31, 1957, offering the house for sale: "Close to school and transportation"
  • 1530 East Adams was occupied by Horace Pinkney from at least early 1960 until his death on February 20, 1967; his widow, Lizzie, appears to have remained in the house until her death on January 3, 1976
  • Though surrounded by the industrial replacement of many similar neighboring cottages, 1530 East Adams remains very well maintained as a residence as of 2019 



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