The Highland Park Heritage Trust, its members, and the Northeast Los Angeles public demand that City leaders do everything in their power to preserve this National Historic Register Landmark, the Lummis Home.
We are concerned that despite diligent work by committed people and institutions to find a path forward to preserve our City’s iconic Lummis Home, those efforts have hit a wall. We are urging City leaders to act.
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In 1970, the City recognized the importance of Lummis Home by designating it a Cultural Historic Monument. In doing so, the City recognized Charles Lummis’ unparalleled contributions to the growth and development of the City of Los Angeles, the country’s emerging national park system, and the influential Arts and Crafts movement, as well as to the preservation of Native American and Mexican/Spanish Southwest culture.
We are stunned by the lack of resources devoted by the City to the preservation and stewardship of Lummis Home - particularly in contrast to the efforts being made by Occidental College during the course of negotiations with the City.
Occidental College has stepped forward with a concrete preservation and stewardship plan for Lummis Home and brings its unique expertise and scholarship to the table. Occidental has, in good faith, already invested substantial time, money and personnel during the negotiation process. Occidental has:
- Raised substantial amounts of money in support of the Lummis Home preservation project;
- Engaged experts to study the Lummis property and it rehabilitation and preservation needs;
- Developed a budget for the proper ongoing operation and maintenance of the Lummis property as a community resource;
- Developed research and academic programs to implement the highest and best uses of the Lummis Home
It is clear that Occidental College, with its Institute for the Study of Los Angeles, is a perfect fit with the City for the proper stewardship and utilization of Lummis Home and its grounds as a living study and teaching tool, as well as a community resource. City leaders and departments need to stop their delay and make this partnership a working reality for the benefit of current and future generations of Angelenos.
The City has the financial resources and connections to make this a reality. We need them to make it happen. Please.
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Learn more about the Lummis Home here: https://www.kcet.org/history-society/lummis-house-...
Photo Credit: Martha Benedict, http://www.marthabenedictphotography.com/
Updates
Reached 500 supporters
May 10, 2017
Reached 100 supporters
May 2, 2017
May 1, 2017
We are approaching one hundred signatures. Keep the momentum going until we cross that mark.
239 Comments
Giving Occidental College stewardship of local historical sites also increases its prestige - which is ALSO great for LA. As long as it seems clear the college will be able to maintain this responsibility for many years to come, this seems like a good deal.
For many years I have enjoyed the great legacy of all the Lummis events in Northeast LA. As an Occidental alumni and Los Angelino, I join the signatories in urging support for the Lummis House preservation.
There are few places so iconic to the cultural history of Los Angeles as the Lummis Home -- where Lummis's guestbook shows signatures of 7,000 friends and visitors, the luminaries of his time. Please join Occidental College in keeping this site alive and useful!
The job of the leaders of this city is to serve the people and make sure those historical places like the Lummis House are preserved. You have the money and resources to make it happen, that is why we pay taxes. So my question is why is not happening?
I grew up next door to the granddaughters of one of the original curators/residents of the Lummis Home. The Gray family's grandmother worked there, we used to go see her all the time. Save this place!
Please keep this treasure alive.
Come on, Gil Cedillo! You were so worried about winning the election. Now do something worthwhile.
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The Highland Park Heritage Trust, its members, and the Northeast Los Angeles public demand that City leaders do everything in their power to preserve this National Historic Register Landmark, the Lummis Home.
We are concerned that despite diligent work by committed people and institutions to find a path forward to preserve our City’s iconic Lummis Home, those efforts have hit a wall. We are urging City leaders to act.
---
In 1970, the City recognized the importance of Lummis Home by designating it a Cultural Historic Monument. In doing so, the City recognized Charles Lummis’ unparalleled contributions to the growth and development of the City of Los Angeles, the country’s emerging national park system, and the influential Arts and Crafts movement, as well as to the preservation of Native American and Mexican/Spanish Southwest culture.
We are stunned by the lack of resources devoted by the City to the preservation and stewardship of Lummis Home - particularly in contrast to the efforts being made by Occidental College during the course of negotiations with the City.
Occidental College has stepped forward with a concrete preservation and stewardship plan for Lummis Home and brings its unique expertise and scholarship to the table. Occidental has, in good faith, already invested substantial time, money and personnel during the negotiation process. Occidental has:
- Raised substantial amounts of money in support of the Lummis Home preservation project;
- Engaged experts to study the Lummis property and it rehabilitation and preservation needs;
- Developed a budget for the proper ongoing operation and maintenance of the Lummis property as a community resource;
- Developed research and academic programs to implement the highest and best uses of the Lummis Home
It is clear that Occidental College, with its Institute for the Study of Los Angeles, is a perfect fit with the City for the proper stewardship and utilization of Lummis Home and its grounds as a living study and teaching tool, as well as a community resource. City leaders and departments need to stop their delay and make this partnership a working reality for the benefit of current and future generations of Angelenos.
The City has the financial resources and connections to make this a reality. We need them to make it happen. Please.
---
Learn more about the Lummis Home here: https://www.kcet.org/history-society/lummis-house-...
Photo Credit: Martha Benedict, http://www.marthabenedictphotography.com/
Updates
Reached 500 supporters
May 10, 2017
Reached 100 supporters
May 2, 2017
May 1, 2017
We are approaching one hundred signatures. Keep the momentum going until we cross that mark.
239 Comments
The city needs to get its act together and work to preserve this landmark. It is an important anchor in Northeast Los Angeles. Especially with the demise to the Southwest Museum as a cultural institution.
Giving Occidental College stewardship of local historical sites also increases its prestige - which is ALSO great for LA. As long as it seems clear the college will be able to maintain this responsibility for many years to come, this seems like a good deal.
For many years I have enjoyed the great legacy of all the Lummis events in Northeast LA. As an Occidental alumni and Los Angelino, I join the signatories in urging support for the Lummis House preservation.
There are few places so iconic to the cultural history of Los Angeles as the Lummis Home -- where Lummis's guestbook shows signatures of 7,000 friends and visitors, the luminaries of his time. Please join Occidental College in keeping this site alive and useful!
The job of the leaders of this city is to serve the people and make sure those historical places like the Lummis House are preserved. You have the money and resources to make it happen, that is why we pay taxes. So my question is why is not happening?
I grew up next door to the granddaughters of one of the original curators/residents of the Lummis Home. The Gray family's grandmother worked there, we used to go see her all the time. Save this place!
Please keep this treasure alive.
Come on, Gil Cedillo! You were so worried about winning the election. Now do something worthwhile.
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The city needs to get its act together and work to preserve this landmark. It is an important anchor in Northeast Los Angeles. Especially with the demise to the Southwest Museum as a cultural institution.