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The Formosa Apartments & Cottages: 7139 Hollywood Boulevard

  • Mar 23
  • 2 min read
Curved road bordered by grass leads to vintage craftsman-style buildings. Trees and shrubs adorn the setting under a partly cloudy sky.
Formosa Apartments & Cottages (UCLA Library Digital Collections)

The Formosa at 7139 Hollywood Boulevard was “the prettiest Japanese bungalow cottages in Southern California.”


In addition to a three-story apartment house with 20 units, there were eight single-family cottages, each named after a flower: Begonia, Daisy, Ivy, Pansy, Poinsettia (pictured above, right), Poppy, and Rose (pictured below), and Wisteria.

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