Mount Pleasant House

Architect: Ezra F. Kysor
Year: 1876
Style: Italianate
City: Los Angeles, CA

Mount Pleasant House was built in 1875-76 in Boyle Heights for William Hayes Perry, who organized the Los Angeles Gas Company and later managed the Los Angeles City Water Company for 25 years. Kysor & Mathews designed the Italianate residence, one of the oldest surviving houses in the city. In 1975 it was moved to the Heritage Square Museum in Montecito Heights, and it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places the following year.

the style

One of the oldest surviving houses in Los Angeles, Mount Pleasant House is a rare intact example of 1870s Italianate residential design, predating the Victorian and Craftsman styles that later filled out the city.

the architect

Ezra F. Kysor, working as Kysor & Mathews, was among Los Angeles's earliest professional architects, active in the city during its 1870s growth.

significance

Mount Pleasant House is a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument and was individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976, a year after it was relocated to the Heritage Square Museum. Along the way it served as the residence of judge Stephan C. Hubbell and, in 1935, as a home for unwed mothers.

nearby

Ziegler Estate 0.7 mi · Queen Anne
Southwest Museum of the American Indian 0.9 mi · 1907
Richard Henry Dana Branch 0.9 mi · Colonial Revival · 1926
Lincoln Heights Branch Library 0.9 mi · Neoclassical
Lincoln Heights Jail 1.3 mi · 1931
Masonic Temple (Highland Park) 1.6 mi · Renaissance Revival · 1923

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