A recent question about when the name “Hollenbeck” was applied to the Los Angeles Police Department station in Boyle Heights led to an interesting aspect of the history of the neighborhood. First, a police station was contemplated for the community as far back as the mid-1890s, though it was a few years before one was…
All posts tagged Boyle Workman
Historic Photos of Boyle Heights: The Andrew Boyle House
Long before there was a Boyle Heights, the area was occupied by the Lopez and Rubio families who had adobe houses there. Perhaps someone descended from those families has photographs and the history of those important early settlers and their homes to share on this blog. Meantime, in 1858, Irish native Andrew Boyle, recently arrived…