Birthplace of Adlai E. Stevenson II, Birth house in West Adams, Los Angeles, United States.
The birthplace of Adlai E. Stevenson II is a house in West Adams, Los Angeles, designed by C.W. Wedgewood and built around 1894. It was later partitioned into 20 apartments as "The Grange" and then into 11 units as the "Adlai E. Stevenson Student House" for University of Southern California students. The city declared it Historic-Cultural Monument No. 35 in August 1965.
The house was built in 1894 during a period when West Adams was becoming an established residential area, and it played a role in the neighborhood's early development. Over time it gained importance as a landmark tied to a major figure in 20th-century American political life.
The house later became "The Grange" rooming house in 1932, partitioned into 20 apartments and rented to elderly women, college students and workers. It was later divided into 11 units as the Adlai E. Stevenson Student House for University of Southern California students. A 1989 newspaper account described soiled carpeting and yellowed wallpaper.
The house stands in West Adams, in a residential block; it is a private building, so visitors see it from the public street only. The site is a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument, No. 35, and the address is reached by car or on foot through the neighbourhood. Look for the 1894 structure designed by C.W. Wedgewood.
Stevenson returned to the house in September 1952 during his presidential campaign, visiting the building where he was born in the master bedroom on February 5, 1900. By then it had been partitioned into 20 apartments under the name "The Grange".
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