Didn’t Harold Charles Seymour build his real estate office right here in Castle Heights? It is a neighborhood on the Westside of Los Angeles. Welcome to Castle Heights.
It was founded in 1922. Castle Heights has roughly 900 single-family residences. There are also multi-family apartments, condominiums, and a limited amount of commercial property here.
Castle Heights is bound by Cheviot Hills, Beverlywood, and the Santa Monica Freeway. The multi-family housing is concentrated along the southern half of the neighborhood. The commercial buildings are concentrated along National Boulevard and South Robertson Boulevard.
Many single-family residences date from the 1920s to the 1940s. They were built in the Spanish Revival style. The last tract of homes was completed in 1962. Many of the multi-family buildings date from around that time.
The Expo Line runs adjacent to Castle Heights. The Palms Station is at the border of Castle Heights and Palms.
Castle Heights has historically been less affluent than Cheviot Hills and Beverlywood. Many residents work at local movie studios. Castle Heights is a short drive from Fox Studios and Sony Studios.
The Los Angeles Police Department operates the West Los Angeles Community Police Station. It serves Castle Heights.
Castle Heights has two schools. They are Castle Heights Elementary School and Alexander Hamilton High School.
There are no parks in Castle Heights itself. But Irvine Schachter Park and Woodbine Park are nearby.
The H. C. Seymour Company offered home-sites starting in 1922. Castle Heights combined part of the Palm City Tract and Tract 721. The original Castle Heights development has been called Palm City, Culver City, and Cheviot Hills.
The current Castle Heights designation includes areas formerly known as Arnaz and Ivywild. The Castle Heights Neighborhood Association erected area signs. But it is apparently inactive.
The Palm City tract was recorded by Adolphus Gustavus Hinckley in 1887. Castle Avenue ran up the middle of the tract.
James A. Keeney recorded Tract 625 in 1911. He marketed the area as Ivywild. S. C. Graham recorded Tract 721 in 1912. His tract map showed only one street: Castle Avenue.
The California Country Club became one of Castle Heights’ greatest attractions for buyers.
Harold Charles Seymour promoted Castle Heights. He had his real estate office here and his house remains. Seymour worked as a real estate broker for Harry Culver.
In 1923, Seymour developed the Vista Del Mar tract. In 1922, Marsh Brothers offered the first lots for sale as Castle Heights. The parcels were situated along Castle Avenue.
In 1923, H. C. Seymour Co. opened an office selling Subdivisions of Character. In 1926, Tract 7196 renamed Fontana Avenue to Castle Heights Avenue. Castle Avenue also became Castle Heights Avenue.
The Seymour house was later home to crooner Vic Damone. Harry Culver founded Culver City. His Castle Heights home was the most magnificent in the Cheviot Hills neighborhood.
With the 1949 annexation of Los Angeles County’s Arnaz district, Castle Heights shifted eastward. Castle Heights is a hidden gem nestled between Beverlywood, Cheviot Hills, and Culver City. The final tract development of homes was completed in 1962.