Historical Photos Of Houses Moving In Los Angeles From The Past

After years of struggle and advocacy, movable houses and ADUs are now legal in Los Angeles. The Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) ordinance permits Movable Tiny Houses as permissible and permanently habitable ADUs. Approximately one thousand houses are moved each year in the Los Angeles area alone.

All over Southern California, there are opportunities to buy houses for the moving… houses that stand in the way of such building projects like shopping centers, apartment buildings, parking lots, filling stations, churches, government construction, and road projects. Here below are some historical photos that show people moving their houses in Los Angeles City From the mid-20th century.

#1 John and Cheryl Fremdling moved their 349-ton home in Pasadena to keep it from being demolished. Aug. 16, 1973

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#2 A house being transported on the back of a truck in the LA city.

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#3 An early 1900s house crossing over the Nimitz Freeway in Oakland stops so workers can free its eaves from being entangled with a light pole. Oct. 22, 1973

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#4 One section of a house, left, is in position at Harriman Avenue and Edison Street in Los Angeles, ready for the arrival of another portion being moved from Glendale. But the second section collapsed after hitting a dip just a half-block short of its destination. Both sections had to be demolished. J

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#5 One of two Victorian houses, both designated as Los Angeles historical-cultural monuments, is shown being moved from Court Street, just west of downtown, to 1300 Carroll Ave., seven blocks away. March 1978

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#6 Cables are used to pull a six-room, 20-ton house up a hill – one of the steepest in town – on Baxter Street, just east of Lake Shore Avenue, in Silver Lake. July 10, 1951

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#7 House moving in 1100 block of West 96th Street, Los Angeles, 13 July 1955.

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#8 House being moved on Route 101, by a House moving truck in Los Angeles, 1948.

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#9 A house moved from Hollywood is elevated to clear its new neighbor’s roof on East 90th Street. Aug. 31, 1958

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#10 A house is raised 25 feet to move into its new location on West 43rd Street. The structure was moved from 94th Street and El Manor Avenue. Jan. 8, 1959

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#11 A barge carrying a pair of houses is prepared to sail from Los Angeles Harbor to Port Hueneme in Ventura County. Aug. 23, 1960

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#12 At about 5 a.m., a garage being moved from La Cañada to Hollywood slipped off its truck on Broadway near Alpine. Wreckers had to rip the structure apart to remove it before morning rush hour. July 10, 1968

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#13 John and Cheryl Fremdling check out their house after its move to a new Pasadena location. Aug. 16, 1973

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#14 A house being moved in LaCrosse, Wis., stalls on a railroad track, but workers were able to move the structure before a train arrived. September 1974

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#15 The Edward Strong mansion in downtown Los Angeles is moved from its site of 102 years on West 15th Street to make room for an expansion of the Los Angeles Convention Center. May 11, 1989

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#16 The parsonage of Inglewood First Methodist Church is moved to Grace Methodist Church in Lennox. Ed French, left, the foreman on the moving job, talks with Rev. M.K. Stone and Willis L. Hanna of Lennox. Oct. 25, 1950

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#17 Parked cars block the path of a two-story house being relocated from Doheny Drive just south of Sunset Boulevard to Santa Monica. June 1952

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