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Old Posted May 27, 2012, 1:14 AM
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This house was built in 1911 by James C. Drake and his wife Fanny Wilcox Drake to replace their previous dwelling on the same lot at 2715
S. Hoover. Mr. Drake died in 1920; Fanny had the Kress Company move it to 70 Fremont Place in early 1931. She wasn't able to enjoy her new
neighborhood for long; she died of a stroke that September. The Frank H. Powells were in residence from about 1938 into the mid '50s; during
the '60s, the Zebulon Owingses lived there. Following her husband's death, Mrs. Owings auctioned off everything in the house and left for
the East. The old Drake house was demolished some time between 1969 and 1972; by 1980 a much less interesting house rose on the
site, and is still there.

FULL STORY HERE: http://losangeleshistory.blogspot.co...struction.html



Los Angeles Times, May 11, 1931



Los Angeles Times, May 11, 1931



And here's at little twist to the story. It seems that Mr. Kress, the famed house mover, had a few odd habits:


Los Angeles Times, December 9, 1928

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