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History. The Magnolia, a historic Mission Revival –style estate built in the 1920s. A partner of the Los Angeles Suburban Homes Company, Gen. Moses Hazeltine Sherman developed Sherman Oaks. The company had subdivided 1,000 acres (400 ha) of land that would become Sherman Oaks. In 1927, each acre was sold for $780. [1] .
7,000 years ago, Sherman Oaks was home to the Tongva Native Americans. They called the place Siutcanga, and the heart of their village was just west of present-day Sherman Oaks. In 1769, Spanish conquistador Gaspar de Portolà arrived, and he and his men decimated the local population through disease and warfare.
Jul 23, 2016 · Now a vibrant community with mom-and-pop shops and quiet, tree-lined streets, Sherman Oaks was once blanketed by citrus groves, like much of the San Fernando Valley.
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Hal Wallis, the most prolific A-list Hollywood producer built an English estate in Sherman Oaks on present day site of Millikan Junior High before receiving the Commander of the British Empire Award from Queen Elizabeth II.
- 13418 Ventura Blvd, Sherman Oaks, 91423, CA
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May 26, 2011 · In 1980, the three-story Sherman Oaks Galleria was built at the site of Moses Sherman’s original investment – a project that unwittingly put the community on the map as the home of the...
Nov 17, 2023 · Originally designed by Richard Neutra, one of the most prominent modernist architects, the Platform Homes of Sherman Oaks were completed between 1962 and 1966.
Oakfield Drive in Sherman Oaks contains seventeen unusual Mid-Century Modern homes known as the Platform Houses, for obvious reasons: they are built on massive platforms that cantilever out over the edge of a steep slope, looking down onto the valley below.
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