Hollynook Court was aptly named, tucked away on a verdant acre at the bend of Highland and Franklin avenues in Hollywood. Hollynook Court (UCLA Digital Library) The seven bungalows were built in 1913, originally as Sabin Court after landlord Nat Sabin. There were two duplexes, four single-family cottages, and a fourplex in the rear for a total of 12 units. Sabin’s mother Effie was the first resident at 1803A Highland, until she swallowed strychnine on October 15, 1913.

Alice Blackburn invited 150 people when she relocated her Hollywood bungalow to 2919 St. George in 1948.

Just steps from the bustling Boulevard, Orsina Gray created a tranquil outdoor dining atmosphere surrounded by fruit trees.

Not every Whitley Heights home in the freeway’s path was destroyed. A select few were relocated, both near (within the neighborhood) and far — 40 miles away in Huntington Beach, as was the case for 6793 Whitley Terrace. 6793 Whitley Terrace (LAPL) After 28 years at the corner of Iris Drive (where its front door was located; see below), in 1950 the three-bedroom Spanish Colonial Revival was severed in half vertically and transported from the Hollywood Hills to Orange County.

One of the few homes rescued from the freeway’s path is a sprawling mansion with a mysterious connection to Harold Lloyd. 2053 Lloyd Lane (left) / UCSC Branson DeCou Archive The silent film star didn’t exactly live in Whitley Heights, although rumor has long had it otherwise. During the neighborhood’s land boom, he snapped up several lots in an area dubbed Lloyd Lane in 1924.

The home, now on Pilgrimage Terrace (Kathleen Perricone) This adorable doll house in the Hollywood Dell looks like it’s always been here — but until 1950, it was located just across Cahuenga Boulevard. Built by Bride of Frankenstein screenwriter William Hurlbut in 1933, the two-bedroom charmer had a pretty uneventful life at at 2225 Fairfield Avenue in Whitley Heights.