This is known as the home of
L. T. Garnsey, who is first listed at this address in the 1903 City Directory:
fold3.com
He may have built the house in 1902. The January 6, 1902,
Los Angeles Times shows Garnsey got a
building permit for a two-story, 10-room house at 2
441 W. 2
5th Street, and the November 6, 1902,
Los Angeles Herald shows
Garnsey spent $450 to build a barn at
224 W. 24th St, so perhaps those
listings contained typos.
Anyway, here's a slightly larger version of the photo of 2241 seen at the first link above:
Greater Los Angeles and Southern California (1906) @ Internet Archive
This photo of 2241 W. 24th Street appeared in the December 1908
The Architectural Record but appears
to have been taken prior to the photo in the 1906 book:
Internet Archive
Based on my search of building permits, the house on the NW corner of 24th and Cimarron Street (2227) may
have been built in 1907, so I'll put a c. 1906 date on this photo looking west from Cimarron at the north side
of 24th Street. At right is 2239, with 2241 next door:
489296 at Huntington Digital Library
According to the LA County Assessor, in 1929, at the rear of 2241 another home, 2241-1/2, was wedged between
the garages of 2239 and 2241. The two-story addition at the rear of 2239 (screen porch below, sleeping porch
above, according to the building permit) dates from 1928:
1950 Sanborn Map via ProQuest at LAPL
You can see 2241-1/2 at the rear between 2241 and 2239, which seems to be in bad shape in this undated view:
Bing
Eventually 2239 got to be such an eyesore that someone put a bag over it:
Google Earth
Both 2239 and 2241 look to be in good shape today. You can see the gated entrance to 2241-1/2 at the sidewalk:
May 2016 GSV
Here's 2241 in February 2014, when the house wasn't as blocked by trees as it is now. At some point, the right side
of the porch that extended east of the house was cut off, and the rest of the right side of the porch was enclosed:
GSV
This is 2241's garage in March 2015:
GSV