Special Tour
HOME is Beverly Fairfax Historic District
Saturday, April 19, 2025
1 p.m.
About This Special Tour
The L.A. Conservancy invites you to a special spring tour: HOME is Beverly Fairfax Historic District!
The Beverly Fairfax Historic District is a hidden pocket of pastel-colored apartment buildings, each one more charming than the last. It houses primarily two-story multi-family homes in various architectural styles, including Spanish Colonial Revival, Late Chateauesque, Tudor Revival, Colonial Revival, Monterey Revival, Art Deco, and Streamline Moderne.
Unlike many other neighborhoods developed in the 1920s, Beverly Fairfax had no racial covenants in place, and it quickly became a destination for many Jews living on the East side of Los Angeles.
In 2016, several major development projects near the district motivated residents to preserve the neighborhood’s architectural and cultural history. They formed the group Save Beverly Fairfax and launched a successful years-long grassroots campaign culminating in Beverly Fairfax Historic District being officially listed in the National Register of Historic Places. In 2019, this effort received an L.A. Conservancy Preservation Award.
Today, the neighborhood remains predominantly Jewish, with some residents living in the same apartment buildings that their grandparents once called home. Tourgoers should consider a pre- or post-tour stop at some of the nearby legacy businesses which have helped fuel this neighborhood for decades, such as Du-Pars Diner or Canter’s Deli!
Please note that Beverly Fairfax Historic District shares a similar history, as well as characteristics and types of structures, to those found in the Miracle Mile Apartments Historic District, an area also available to tour on April 19.
$25 Members and Youth (under 18) | $30 General Public
1.5 hours
Reservations required, no walk-ups
Dress for an outdoor, day-time event, and for walking on uneven ground.
Exteriors only
Upcoming Beverly Fairfax Historic District Tours
This tour is one of three special events on April 19th, celebrating varying examples of multifamily structures and the neighborhoods they reside in. This special tour is part of the Conservancy’s HOME Campaign, which raises awareness and visibility about L.A.’s historic resources, the communities they create, and the people they serve.
Important Information
Meeting and parking information are provided in the reservation confirmation.
- Tour will run rain or shine.
- You can change your reservation time if you contact us at info@laconservancy.org at least 24 hours before your original reservation date.
- If a member of your party is in a wheelchair, please let us know in advance by emailing info@laconservancy.org.
- There is no cost for caregivers accompanying people with disabilities. Please let us know in advance by emailing us at info@laconservancy.org.
All participants in the Los Angeles Conservancy-sponsored Walking Tours knowingly and freely accept and assume all risks, both known and unknown, including contracting and/or transmitting COVID-19 and any other communicable diseases, and AGREE TO RELEASE, DEFEND, INDEMNIFY, NOT SUE, AND HOLD HARMLESS the Los Angeles Conservancy, its principals, officers, employees, volunteers, sponsors, agents and other participants from any and all claims, damages (including medical expenses and attorneys’ fees), injuries and expenses arising out of, or resulting from your voluntary attendance/participation in Walking Tours, including contracting and/or transmitting COVID-19 and any other communicable diseases and any and all other injury, illness, disability, death, or loss or damage to person or property. All participants expressly waive the benefits of California Civil Code 1542, which provides that: “A general release does not extend to claims that the creditor or releasing party does not know or suspect to exist in his or her favor at the time of executing the release and that, if known by him or her, would have materially affected his or her settlement with the debtor or released party.
Major funding for the Los Angeles Conservancy’s educational programs is provided by the LaFetra Foundation and the Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Norris Foundation.
