Birthplace of Adlai E. Stevenson II, Los Angeles

Name: Birthplace of Adlai E. Stevenson II
Address: Los Angeles, United States

#702 among attractions in Los Angeles

Memorial, Victorian architecture, Colonial revival architecture

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Birthplace of Adlai E. Stevenson II is a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument in the West Adams neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. The site was the birthplace of two-time US Presidential candidate Adlai E. Stevenson II, who was born there on February 5, 1900. The house was designed by C.W. Wedgewood and built in approximately 1894. When Stevenson died in 1965, the site was declared a Historic-Cultural Monument. ()

Coordinates: 34°1'52"N, 118°17'7"W

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South Los Angeles (University Park)Los Angeles United States

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Birthplace of Adlai E. Stevenson II – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Galen Center, Dosan Ahn Chang Ho Memorial Interchange, Uytengsu Aquatics Center, Shrine Auditorium.

0.8 miSE
Sport venue, Sport, Arenas and stadiums
Galen Center, Los Angeles
20 min walk • The Galen Center is a multipurpose indoor arena and athletic facility owned and operated by the University of Southern California.
0.8 miNE
Bridge
Dosan Ahn Chang Ho Memorial Interchange, Los Angeles
21 min walk • The Dosan Ahn Chang Ho Memorial Interchange, also known as the Harbor–Santa Monica Freeway Interchange, is a three-level cloverstack interchange that serves as the junction between the Harbor and Santa Monica Freeways at the southern edge of Downtown Los Angeles, California.
0.5 miSW
Watersports, Swimming pool, Swimming
Uytengsu Aquatics Center, Los Angeles
14 min walk • The Uytengsu Aquatics Center is a 2,500-seat outdoor aquatics venue located on the campus of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, USA. The facility features two pools: a long course pool, and a diving well with towers. The facility is the home pool for the USC Trojans swimming and diving teams.
0.6 miS
Concerts and shows, Theater, Concert hall
Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles
15 min walk • The Shrine Auditorium is a landmark large-event venue in Los Angeles, California. It is also the headquarters of the Al Malaikah Temple, a division of the Shriners. It was designated a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument in 1975, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.
0.6 miSE
Church, Romanesque architecture
St. John's Cathedral, Los Angeles
15 min walk • St. John's Cathedral is an Episcopal church near downtown Los Angeles that serves as both a parish church and the cathedral church of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, an area covering five and a half counties. Though St. John's was formed in 1890, the current Romanesque Revival architectural style church was built in 1925.
0.6 miSE
Sacred and religious sites
Shrine Exposition Hall, Los Angeles
15 min walk • The Shrine Exposition Hall is a multi-purpose event facility located in Los Angeles, California, adjacent to the Shrine Auditorium. It features 54,000 square feet of exhibit and meeting space—34,000 in the main level and 20,000 in an open mezzanine. The Exposition Hall has a capacity of 5,000 patrons.
0.8 miS
Library, Romanesque revival architecture
Doheny Library, Los Angeles
20 min walk • The Edward L. Doheny Jr. Memorial Library is a library located in the center of campus at the University of Southern California. After the shooting of his son, the Irish American oil tycoon Edward L. Doheny donated $1.1 million in 1932 to USC to build the Doheny Library. It was designed by architect Ralph Adams Cram.
0.7 miS
Monuments and statues, Sculpture
Tommy Trojan, Los Angeles
19 min walk • Tommy Trojan, officially known as the Trojan Shrine, is one of the most recognizable figures of school pride at the University of Southern California.
0.5 miE
Church, Spanish colonial revival architecture
St. Vincent de Paul Church, Los Angeles
14 min walk • St. Vincent de Paul Church is a Roman Catholic parish and Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument in the South Los Angeles section of Los Angeles, California. The church was built in the 1920s and designed by architect Albert C. Martin, Sr. Paid for by local oilman Edward L.
0.5 miE
Memorial, Victorian architecture, Gothic Revival architecture
Stimson House, Los Angeles
14 min walk • Stimson House is a Richardsonian Romanesque mansion in the University Park neighborhood of Los Angeles. Built in 1891, it was the home of lumber and banking millionaire Thomas Douglas Stimson.
0.4 miE
Street
Doheny Drive, Los Angeles
12 min walk • Doheny Drive is a north–south thoroughfare mostly through Beverly Hills and West Hollywood, in Los Angeles County, California. It is named for Edward L. Doheny, an early 20th century oil tycoon based in Los Angeles.

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Which popular attractions are close to Birthplace of Adlai E. Stevenson II?

Nearby attractions include Miller and Herriott House, Los Angeles (1 min walk), Forthmann House, Los Angeles (4 min walk), Forthmann Carriage House, Los Angeles (4 min walk), ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, Los Angeles (6 min walk).

How to get to Birthplace of Adlai E. Stevenson II by public transport?

The nearest stations to Birthplace of Adlai E. Stevenson II:

Bus

Vermont & Adams • Lines: 204, 754 (10 min walk)
Vermont & 29th • Lines: 204 (11 min walk)

Light rail

LATTC/Ortho Institute • Lines: E (18 min walk)
Jefferson/USC • Lines: E (19 min walk)